Software Engineer

What we do

We build high-performance, secure, and lightweight software agents running on various platforms such as AIX, Linux, Solaris, and Windows and across multiple architectures including aarch64, x86_64, s390x and ppc64_le on workload, Kubernetes nodes, and DPUs.

Meet the Team

As an integral member of the software agent team, you'll be closely involved in the product development cycle from conceptualization to deployment in production environments.

You will be embedded within matrixed teams that include data engineers, data scientists, and UX/UI engineers.

The features you develop will enable data center, enterprise, and cloud network transparency, and management at an unprecedented scale.

In this role you will help improve and develop features for software agents that:

Collect a rich set of information on the workloads, including network traffic and system activities such as processes, users, and file access activities.

Enforce network policies from the central controller to the workload.

Monitor and protect container-based deployments.

Who You are

A self-motivated, hard-working team member who enjoys analyzing, designing, developing and improving the product and customer-facing features.

You embrace agile methodologies that involve rapid prototyping by feedback gathered from customers, peers, and technical support engineers.

A senior software engineer with proven computer science understanding in areas such as algorithms, systems and/or networking.

You would like to use your experience in analyzing complex systems, which involve interactions between different processes and interactions with kernel.

Minimum Qualifications

• Software development experience
• Bachelor or Master degree in CS or CE or EE or equivalent
• C programming
• Crash dump analysis
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• C++ programming
• Host-based firewall
• Computer Networking
• Development on Microsoft Windows
  
  

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#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!