Merakis Vision:

At Cisco Meraki, we know that technology can connect, empower, and drive us. Our mission is to simplify technology so our customers can focus on what's most meaningful to them: their students, patients, customers, and businesses. Were making IT and networking easier, faster, and more inquisitive with technology that simply works!

As a Software Engineering Manager on MX SP, you will drive all technical aspects of products and features required by service provider networking, including requirements definition and refinement, design, estimation, implementation, unit and system-level testing, as well as deployment.

Partner with Product Management to define and implement the platform roadmap & will also be growing the team, retaining talent, provide technical direction and career development opportunities, and nurture the team's culture of quality, teamwork, and inclusiveness.

An ideal candidate would have:

• 10+ years of technical leadership experience in Cloud based or Embedded Networking Platforms development
• 3+ years experience managing teams who have shipped and supported routing/switching platforms
• Have good working & customer deployments knowledge of Layer-2 (802.1Q/xSTP/LAG/ARP) or Layer-3 or (BGP/IP/OSPF/VPN/IPSec/NAT) or SDWAN, SASE technologies
• Knowledge of end-to-end testing of SD-WAN or SASE or Routing or Switching
• Effective communication skills and consistent track record of collaboration
• Experience with an Agile methodology (e.g., Scrum, Kanban)
• Experience with modern C++ (C++11 and further)

Bonus points for:

• Experience building cloud-based infrastructure and services (e.g. web applications)
• Scripting skills in Ruby or Python
• Understanding of network security fundamentals
• Experience working with version control, specifically Git
• Experience with Yocto

Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

At Cisco Meraki, we don't just accept difference - it's one of our key values. Everybody In means we listen to each other's opinions. Everybody is accepted and valued here, and we are a team that works as one towards our goals. We recognize that diverse teams make the strongest teams, and we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.