Senior Software Engineer – Control Plane (Go/Kubernetes) - Hypershield

Cisco•San Jose, CA

2d•$183,800 - $303,100•Remote

About The Position

Join Cisco’s Cisco Hypershield team, where we are building the next generation of distributed security infrastructure for modern networking environments. Within Hypershield, the Smart Switch team develops foundational security capabilities that extend across multiple Cisco platforms, including switching, routing, and firewall systems. This team is responsible for core control plane software that enables policy configuration, deployment workflows, logging, visibility, and feature orchestration across a shared security architecture used by products spanning Cisco systems networking portfolios, including Nexus, Catalyst, and emerging smart switch platforms. The work here is highly foundational: features built by this team influence security behavior across multiple Cisco networking products and future infrastructure platforms.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree + 8 years of related software engineering experience, or Master's + 6 years of related experience, or PhD + 3 years of related experience.
5+ years of development experience in languages such as Go, C, or C++
Experience developing software in Linux environments
Experience building or maintaining software for security, networking, or infrastructure products or distributed systems
Experience developing software for cloud-native applications or services deployed on Kubernetes or similar distributed platforms

Nice To Haves

5+ years of professional Go development experience
Experience designing and developing APIs using REST, gRPC, or Protocol Buffers
Experience working with Kubernetes-based applications, including developing, deploying, debugging, or operating software running in Kubernetes environments
Familiarity with Kubernetes concepts such as CRDs, Kubernetes APIs, controllers, RBAC, or secrets management
Working knowledge of networking fundamentals, including network flows, policy enforcement, load balancing, or network configuration concepts
Experience working with distributed systems or network infrastructure platforms
Familiarity with network configuration technologies such as YANG, NETCONF, telemetry, or similar infrastructure configuration frameworks
Experience working effectively in a remote or distributed team environment

Responsibilities

Design and develop control plane features for network security products using Go in Linux-based environments
Build and maintain APIs used for policy configuration, deployment workflows, logging, and operational visibility
Integrate third-party components and internal services into Cisco security platforms
Collaborate with data plane and platform engineering teams to deliver end-to-end feature functionality
Contribute to architecture discussions, feature design, and technical execution for new security capabilities
Ability to collaborate effectively with peers across a geographically distributed team, with regular overlap during Pacific Time (PST/ PDT) business hours.

Benefits

medical, dental and vision insurance
a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
paid parental leave
short and long-term disability coverage
basic life insurance
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
16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees (non-exempt)
flexible vacation time off program (exempt)
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
optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
annual bonuses (non-sales roles)
performance-based incentive pay (sales roles)