Software Technical Leader

Cisco • Ottawa, ON

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About The Position

The Platform Forwarding team at Cisco develops innovative software solutions across the routing, switching, and wireless platform portfolio, transforming networking through groundbreaking technologies. Our team is deeply invested in reshaping IT consumption for our customers, specifically through the Cisco 8000 Series, one of our most successful routing products that leverages the advanced Silicon One architecture. Introduced to revolutionize the Internet for the 5G era, the 8000 Series focuses on performance, efficiency, and sustainability, aiding service providers and web-scale companies in reducing the costs of building and operating mass-scale networks for the 5G, AI, and IoT era. This unified, programmable architecture is designed to serve various network environments, from web-scale data centers to 5G network edges and enterprise access points. Specifically, our team emphasizes Layer 3 forwarding on the Cisco IOS XR operating system, enhancing network environments for the world's largest service providers and hyperscalers.

Requirements

• Bachelors + 8 years of related experience, or Masters + 6 years of related experience, or PhD + 3 years of related experience.
• Programming experience with C or C++
• Automation experience with Python
• Experience with CI/CD and API design

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience in networking, including experience with networking protocols such as (IPv4, IPv6, MPLS, RIP, etc.)
• Experience using GO programming language to write unit tests
• Familiarity with Linux environments
• Experience with Agile development methodologies
• Experience in network virtualization development
• Experienced with modern software tools and techniques for development/debugging and validated software design and development skills

Responsibilities

• Gather functional specifications, design and develop forwarding applications, and test the code.
• Develop network automation, algorithmic thinking, and analytics applications derived from customer use cases.
• Design, develop, automate, and implement new hardware or features across complex network architectures using C/C++ language.
• Define and qualify end-to-end solution architectures, engage in debugging complex network problems, and define solutions.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery of new features and improvements.
• Expertise in internal tooling, CI/CD, API design, and fostering collaboration across teams to improve engineering efficiency

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
• paid time away
• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year
• 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
• paid year-end holiday shutdown
• 4 paid days off for personal wellness
• 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
• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior