Software Engineer - C & Networking with L2 & L3

JOIN OUR DYNAMIC TEAM AT CISCO NETWORKING ENGINEERING (CNE), WHERE INNOVATION MEETS COLLABORATION! WE ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF DELIVERING CUTTING-EDGE SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS THAT POWER THE FUTURE OF NETWORKING. OUR TALENTED PROFESSIONALS FROM DIVERSE REGIONS, PRODUCT AREAS, AND FUNCTIONS COME TOGETHER TO DRIVE IMPACTFUL RESULTS.

THE NEXT PLATFORM INDEPENDENT COMMON (PI-COMMON) GROUP DRIVES THE PI SOFTWARE FOR CISCO'S FLAGSHIP ROUTERS AND SWITCHES. WE DEVELOP HIGH-PERFORMANCE SYSTEM SOFTWARE FOR VARIOUS CISCO PLATFORMS, INCLUDING ENTERPRISE SWITCHING & ROUTERS, DATACENTER SWITCHES, AND SERVICE PROVIDER ROUTING PLATFORMS.

YOUR IMPACT

OUR TEAM DEVELOPS NETWORKING SOFTWARE FOR ONE OF THE MOST ADVANCED NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEMS IN THE WORLD. WE FOCUS ON SEVERAL PLATFORM-INDEPENDENT COMPONENTS, INCLUDING SYSTEM/INFRA SOFTWARE, OAM, MANAGEABILITY, AND SERVICEABILITY INFRA SOFTWARE, COLLABORATING CLOSELY WITH PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT TEAMS TO ENABLE THE SOFTWARE STACK ON CURRENT AND FUTURE PLATFORMS. THE TEAM WORKS WITH TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS VIRTUALIZATION INFRA, APPLICATION HOSTING, AND SERVICEABILITY INFRASTRUCTURE SOFTWARE, AS WELL AS EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN DATA MODELS, TELEMETRY INTEGRATION, AND ROUTING INNOVATIONS LIKE SEGMENT ROUTING AND MOBILE IP.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS (PROVIDE UP TO FIVE (5) BULLET POINTS - THESE SHOULD BE CLEARLY DEFINED, OBJECTIVE, NON-COMPARATIVE, RELEVANT, AND QUANTIFIABLE TO APPROPRIATELY EVALUATE APPLICANTS – NOT INCLUDING SOFT SKILLS):

• TYPICALLY REQUIRES A BSEE/CS OR MS/CS OR EQUIVALENT WITH 5-8 YEARS OF RELEVANT EXPERIENCE IN INTERNETWORKING TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS.
• EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPING LAYER 2 (ETHERNET) AND/OR LAYER 3 NETWORKING PROTOCOLS, INCLUDING ROUTING, IPV4/6 (UNICAST/MULTICAST).
• HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE WITH DATA STRUCTURES, OPERATING SYSTEMS, AND DATA NETWORKING FUNDAMENTALS.
• EXPERTISE IN DEVELOPING SOFTWARE FOR COMPLEX MULTI-THREADED REAL-TIME SYSTEMS.
• EXCELLENT WRITTEN AND VERBAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS, ESSENTIAL FOR OPTIMAL COMMUNICATION ACROSS ALL ORGANIZATIONAL GROUPS.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS (PROVIDE UP TO FIVE (5) BULLET POINTS: THESE CAN INCLUDE SOFT SKILLS)

• EXPERIENCE IN ANY CISCO OS – XR, XE, OR NXOS IS A PLUS.
• STRONG HANDS-ON IMPLEMENTATION EXPERIENCE WITH ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: RTOS INTERNALS, HIGH AVAILABILITY, IPC, MEMORY MANAGEMENT, DISTRIBUTED COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE, SERVICEABILITY, LINUX, CONTAINERS, VIRTUALIZATION.
• EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPING NETWORKING SOFTWARE FOR CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE.
• WILLINGNESS TO COLLABORATE AND EXCEL IN GEOGRAPHICALLY DIVERSE TEAMS.
• QUICK LEARNER, SELF-DRIVEN, AND PASSIONATE ABOUT EXCELLENCE.

#WEARECISCO (THIS IS THE STANDARD AND CANNOT BE CHANGED)

#WEARECISCO WHERE EVERY INDIVIDUAL BRINGS THEIR UNIQUE SKILLS AND PERSPECTIVES TOGETHER TO PURSUE OUR PURPOSE OF POWERING AN INCLUSIVE FUTURE FOR ALL.

OUR PASSION IS CONNECTION—WE CELEBRATE OUR EMPLOYEES’ DIVERSE SET OF BACKGROUNDS AND FOCUS ON UNLOCKING POTENTIAL. CISCONIANS OFTEN EXPERIENCE ONE COMPANY, MANY CAREERS WHERE LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT ARE ENCOURAGED AND SUPPORTED AT EVERY STAGE. OUR TECHNOLOGY, TOOLS, AND CULTURE PIONEERED HYBRID WORK TRENDS, ALLOWING ALL TO NOT ONLY GIVE THEIR BEST, BUT BE THEIR BEST.

WE UNDERSTAND OUR OUTSTANDING OPPORTUNITY TO BRING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER AND AT THE HEART OF THAT IS OUR PEOPLE. ONE-THIRD OF CISCONIANS COLLABORATE IN OUR 30 EMPLOYEE RESOURCE ORGANIZATIONS, CALLED INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES, TO CONNECT, FOSTER BELONGING, LEARN TO BE INFORMED ALLIES, AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE. DEDICATED PAID TIME OFF TO VOLUNTEER—80 HOURS EACH YEAR—ALLOWS US TO GIVE BACK TO CAUSES WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT, AND NEARLY 86% DO!

OUR PURPOSE, DRIVEN BY OUR PEOPLE, IS WHAT MAKES US THE WORLDWIDE LEADER IN TECHNOLOGY THAT POWERS THE INTERNET. HELPING OUR CUSTOMERS REIMAGINE THEIR APPLICATIONS, SECURE THEIR ENTERPRISE, TRANSFORM THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE, AND MEET THEIR SUSTAINABILITY GOALS IS WHAT WE DO BEST. WE ENSURE THAT EVERY STEP WE TAKE IS A STEP TOWARDS A MORE INCLUSIVE FUTURE FOR ALL. TAKE YOUR NEXT STEP AND BE YOU, WITH US!

U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.

Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco’s flexible Vacation Time Off policy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco’s Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter. Up to 80 hours of unused sick time will be carried forward from one calendar year to the next such that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is 160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.