Who We Are The Cisco Distributed System Engineering (DSE) group is at the forefront of developing products that power the largest networks in the world. The networking industry is going through a massive transformation to build the next generation infrastructure to meet the needs of AI/ML workloads and continuously increasing internet users and application. We are uniquely positioned to capture that market transition. Who You’ll Work With This team builds products by harnessing the potential of open-source technologies while pushing the boundaries on Systems and Silicon Architecture. They are developers and leaders who are passionate about tackling complex technology, building large scale distributed systems and comfortable working with open-source communities and technologies. As an engineering technical lead, you will work closely with a group of engineers, QA and automation engineers, collaborate extensively with other technical leads and engineering managers. You need to be ready to present solutions to customers and other stakeholders. You will be involve with a fast-paced work environment and responsible for end-to-end product development and production support. What You'll Do The SONiC team in DSE is looking for awesome talented individuals to help build their Next Generation NOS. In this role, you will be responsible to design and develop SONiC manageability solution, collaborate with team members and other technical leads. You are hands on and will build best in class products for Datacenter Enterprise customers and Service Providers. You'll be responsible to ensure that the solution is secured, scalable and meets customer SLAs. You have a proven track record of designing and developing containerized solutions and software solutions. * 5+ years of software development experience, preferably in product companies with very good exposure on distributed architecture. * Hands-on experience with virtualization and container technologies e.g. Docker. * Worked on Yang, distributed caches such as Redis. * Hands on experience designing and implementing Ansible playbook. * Strong networking background and comfortable with networking technologies such as L2, L3, VLAN, Port Channel, LAG, VXLAN, Routing, Authentication etc. * Fair understanding of manageability tools such as gNMI/gRPC/gNOI/Netconf. Actively worked on at least one of these. * Adept in Python as coding language. Good in either C or Golang * Hands-on work experience working with software data and control plane software, data structure, Linux user space/OS internals. * Experience in designing, modelling and testing of software. Exposure working with Opensource tools. * Working knowledge of GitHub, Jira, Jenkins and CI/CD pipeline tools #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! Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.