Software Engineer | C Programming and Networking | 5 to 9 Yrs | Bangalore & Chennai

Meet the Team

As an integral member of this team, you will work with a team of seasoned engineers. You will have the opportunity to architect, design, and develop some of the world’s most widely deployed Enterprise Switches that are continuously evolving towards enabling the support of newer and exciting customer business paradigms.

You will be interacting and working closely with some of the finest talent pool in the industry – where you will find that work is both fun and challenging.

Your Impact

Looking forward to getting an exciting start to your career? You will bring your unique talents to the group that works on Cisco's Switching technology, which large enterprises now consider to be the Networking Equipment of choice for mission-critical networks. In your role as a Software Engineer, you will develop and integrate products that are deployed by some of the leading Enterprises in the world. You will work with a BU-wide vibrant technical community, learning from experts and translating this learning into exciting opportunities for personal growth. You will work on networking equipment that forms a crucial backbone of many offices, hospitals, educational and financial institutions. You will learn about cutting-edge technologies and platforms while developing software for these equipment. Experience the exhilaration of taking a product through development and integration.

Minimum Qualifications :

• 5-9 years proven experience in internetworking technologies and applications.
• Good experience in developing software in C, under multi-threaded environment with Excellent problem-solving skills
• Hands on Data Structures, Operating Systems and Data Networking fundamentals
• Experience in development of Layer 2 (Ethernet) and/or Layer 3 Networking protocols including Routing, IPV4/6 (unicast/multicast) Is preferable
• Expertise in working with Linux OS
• Experience in any Cisco OS – XR, XE or NXOS would be a plus
• Good 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
  
  

Preferred Qualifications :

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field (MS preferred
  
  

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