Software Engineer, Enterprise Switching - San Jose, California, US

Accepting applications until further notice. · Meet the Team: · The Enterprise Networking Business Cisco's largest business group by revenue, profit, and contribution margin. Enterprise edge products that integrate industry-leading routing, application services, security, and voi ...

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Accepting applications until further notice.

Meet the Team:

The Enterprise Networking Business Cisco's largest business group by revenue, profit, and contribution margin. Enterprise edge products that integrate industry-leading routing, application services, security, and voice/video features with new technologies such as virtualization, 4G mobile data, cloud-based IT applications, DNA, Switching, Routing and WAN. Customers range from small businesses to the world's largest retailers, financial institutions, and IT service providers. Our customers likely include your bank, apparel retailer, grocery store, superstore, and maybe even your favorite coffee shop. Driving innovation and increased customer value has enabled Cisco Enterprise Routing to maintain market share leadership within the industry.

Your Impact:

We are hiring for a motivated Software Engineer who can make a difference in the team with their out of box thinking and you will be part of premiere Software engineering team that works on various ground breaking technologies in Enterprise Switches connecting to Cloud applications. Opportunity to work with powerful networking technologies in the areas of embedded switching, AI and network applications. You will join a project team of engineers involved in the development of software for our next generation Network operating systems. This team defines, architects, designs, and delivers new software and features for the Enterprise platforms.

Day to day activities will involve:

• Creating new features, understanding features in a driven product and proposing solutions that work for our platform,

• Writing functional and design specifications, programming, unit and integration testing your code,

• Helping review specifications and code for other software engineers in the team, helping documentation team with the configuration aspects of your feature.

Minimum Qualifications:

• You have a strong background in software development including specification, implementation and testing.

• Experience in programming in C/C++ language.

• Knowledge of embedded systems, kernel, drivers and PHY related firmware development is very important

• Strong OS fundamentals and networking concepts is necessary.

• Typically requires MSEE/CS combined with 6-8 years of related experience, or BSEE/CS combined with 8-10+ yrs related experience.

• Self-motivated, strong sense of ownership, good teammate

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of L2, L3 and over-lay/virtualization/container technologies is a plus.

• Strong design/programming ethic. Knowledge of designing large-scale systems in Python/C/Java environments is preferred.

• Experience configuring and automating the deployment of MPLS based VPNs (MVPN, L3VPN, L2VPN) is a plus.

• From a technical point of view, you should have some familiarity with at least some of these areas: Linux platform development, Hardware bringup, Server platform development

Why Cisco? 

At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We've been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you'll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere. 

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you. 

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

The starting salary range posted for this position is $152,500.00 to $219,200.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

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. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks.  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

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco's policies.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. 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 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:

$152, $252,000.00

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

$135, $224,400.00

* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco's sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.