Senior Software Engineer - BGP Routing

Cisco Systems, Inc.•Milpitas, CA

35d

About The Position

Renowned for being the best in the industry, our BGP Routing Team is part of the Distributed Systems Engineering group, where they focus on the design, development, coding, and testing of routing software modules. These modules are critical for providing enterprise, data center, and service provider solutions, giving them a competitive edge. This team oversees the XR BGP protocols and works on platform-independent networking software compatible with all XR platforms, including Cisco 8000, ASR 9000, and 5500. They develop new features for service providers and hyperscaler customers, addressing emerging demands with a rich implementation of technologies like segment routing and EVPN, L3VPN, while ensuring IETC (RFC) compliance. Primarily coding in C with Python for automation, the team focuses on multithreaded development to enhance network scalability and performance. This is a growing team with a presence across San Jose, India, Ottawa, and Europe. Your Impact The Tech Lead position involves working on the development of new features, bug fixing, and addressing customer queries within the BGP protocol space. The position requires developing expertise for webscaler demands while collaborating with other software teams to ensure high-quality software delivery.

Requirements

Bachelors in STEM with 7+ years of experience or Masters in STEM with 4+ years of experience or PhD in STEM with 1+ years of experience.
Previous software development experience in the networking domain
Multithreaded programming experience with C
Knowledge of Routing Technologies

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of BGP, OSPF, ISIS, MPLS protocols
AI/ML knowledge is a plus for productivity of daily workflows
Understands advanced architecture principles and design practices
Creative problem-solving skills and excellent troubleshooting/debugging skills
Experience in manageability frameworks such as YANG/SNMP/XML.
Understanding datacenter technologies/concepts like VxLAN, Segment-Routing, Traffic-Engineering
Familiarity with Unix/Linux. Experience using RTOS (ex: QNX, VxWorks)

Responsibilities

Develop new features and fix bugs, including customer-specific and engineering-driven initiatives.
Focus on BGP protocol specifics to meet growing demands from customers.
Conduct peer code/design reviews and collaborate with adjacent software teams on programming interfaces.
Develop automated tests to ensure a high-quality handoff to the Test team and deliver detailed software specifications.
Handle customer queries and participate in triages for issue resolution.

Benefits

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco's plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance.
Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco's policies: 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee's birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
Exempt employees participate in Cisco's flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

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