Software Engineer (C/C++)

Applications are accepted until further notice.

**This is a hybrid role, requiring working onsite at our San Jose, CA office**

Meet the Team

Cisco's Enterprise Access Switching Group is the industry leader in enterprise networking with a proven track record of delivering innovative wired and wireless solutions. This position is part of the Software development team.

Your Impact

You will be a Software Development Engineer working with an extraordinary software engineering team working on various revolutionary switching technologies. Opportunity to work with powerful networking technologies in the areas of high-speed, dedicated switches for the Access/Campus market segments.

• Highly motivated, passionate about learning and giving back to the team and company with a “can do” attitude.
• Commitment to Quality: Ability to ensure and commit to a higher than usual level of quality in the face of market pressures.
• Solid operating system fundamentals and networking concepts are required

Responsibilities:

• Participate in a project team of engineers involved in software development for our next-generation campus switching architectures.
• Define, architect, design and deliver new software and features for campus switching platforms
• Implement tests, track and log issues and drive them till resolution with verification of bug fixes
• Daily activities will involve creating new features, understanding the functionality of a competitive product and proposing solutions that work for our platform, writing functional and design specifications, programming, unit and integration testing your code, assisting with reviewing specifications and code for other software engineers on the team, and assisting the documentation team with configuration aspects of your feature.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Typically requires MSEE/CS combined with 3-5 years of related experience or BSEE/CS combined with 6-8 years of experience
• Strong design and programming ethic.
• Proficiency in large-scale system design in C/C++ environments
• Extensive experience in designing networking systems with Forwarding, Security, ACL, and VXLAN (Overlay) technologies
• Good understanding of various networking protocols and standards.
• Strong passion and experience in troubleshooting, debugging complex systems and possess excellent problem-solving techniques

Preferred Qualifications :

• Self-motivated, strong sense of ownership, great teammate
• 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 ongoing self-improvement.
• Initiate and participate in organizational efforts to improve overall software quality, new innovation

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