Job Description

Meet the Team
This is the Enterprise Access Switching Group at Cisco. Cisco is the industry leader in enterprise networking with a proven track record in building innovative wired and wireless solutions. Enterprise switching forms the backbone of an organization's wired network, ensuring reliable, secure, and efficient connectivity between all devices and services.
Who You Are
As a Software Developer on the Platform Development team you will be part of world-class software development team that works on various cutting edge technologies in switching. Opportunity to work with leading edge networking technologies in the areas of high speed, high performance switches for Access/Campus market segments.

• Extremely motivated, passionate about learning and contributing to the team and the business with "can do" attitude.
• Strong design/programming ethic. Knowledge of designing large-scale systems in C/C++ environments is preferred.
• Commitment to Quality: Ability to ensure and commit to a higher standard of quality than usual in the face of time to market pressures.
• Strong OS fundamentals and networking concepts.
• In-depth experience designing networking systems with L2, L3 and VXLAN (Overlay) technologies
• Experience with peripheral interfaces (USB, I2C, SPI, high-speed serial interfaces).

Responsibilities

• Participate on a project team of developers involved in the development of software for our next generation Campus switching architectures. Define, Architect, design, and deliver new software and features for the Campus switching platforms
• Day to day activities will involve creating new features, understanding features in a competitive 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 developers in the team, helping documentation team with the configuration aspects of your feature.

Who You Are
Minimum Qualifications:

• MSEE/CS combined with 3-4 years of related experience or BSEE/CS combined with 5+ years of experience
• Experience in writing software in C/ C++.
• Excellent Layer 2 and Layer 3 knowledge/ hands-on experience. Good understanding of various networking protocols and standards.
• Strong passion and experience in troubleshooting, debugging complex systems and possess excellent problem-solving techniques
• Execute tests, track and log issues and drive them till resolution with verification of bug fixes

Desired Skills:

• Knowledge of scripting in Python
• Knowledge of Device Drivers, Linux OS, and embedded systems
• Must be able to handle multiple tasks at once and work independently with minimal managerial oversight.
• Have experience in customer deployments
• Be open to continuous learning and committed to on-going self-improvement.
• Initiate and participate in organizational efforts to improve overall group productivity and test effectiveness.
• Contribute to overall test strategies

#WeAreCisco
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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!
Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:
When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.
U.S. employees have 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.

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