Software Engineer - Data Center Networking

Company: Cisco Systems, Inc.
Location: Milpitas
Posted on: April 25, 2025

Job Description:

Meet the Team The Cisco Data Center Networking team is on the forefront of developing products that power the largest networks in the world. We focus on cloud networking; an umbrella term that provides the connectivity to and between, applications and workloads distributed across all variations of clouds, cloud-based services, data centers and edge networks. It is significant to the performance, security, and efficient management of hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
Your Impact You are someone who thrives in a dynamic start-up like environment. You can define, design, and deliver new platforms for the Nextgen ASICs for the Cisco Data Center Switch Platforms. You have a thirst for knowledge and are interested in growing your knowledge on a wide range of Data Center technologies.

• Participate in the development of software for our next generation network operating systems for Cisco's industry leading N9K family of datacenter switches.
• Write complete functional and design specs and can design & develop large portions of software
• Working on forwarding software on L2/L3/ multicast/Vxlan areas
  
  Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent with 5+ years of development experience or Master's degree with 3+ year of development experience
  • Programming experience with C, C++ and Python
  • Knowledge of OS and System architecture
    
    Preferred Qualifications
    • Experience with high availability related to switch/router products
    • Experience with VxLAN and Multicast protocols
    • Networking knowledge is a plus
    • Scripting experience with Python for UT automation
    • Hands on experience on switch/router embedded system software development, kernel drivers
      
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