Cisco
Cisco
Cisco is an enterprise technology company focused on networking, security, and digital infrastructure. Its portfolio includes routers, switches, optical transceivers, programmable silicon, edge computing platforms, Webex collaboration tools, observability products, AI-enabled software, and cloud-managed services. Cisco serves enterprises, service providers, and governments, supporting the design, operation, and security of large-scale networks and data centers through technology, professional services, training, and ongoing support.

Senior Software Engineering Technical Leader, Cloud Networking

Set the technical direction for Cisco’s multi-cloud networking platform for Splunk Cloud, building self-service infrastructure and guiding architecture. Lead major initiatives and mentor network engineers.

Description

  • Define the long-term technical direction for the connectivity platform.
  • Make architecture and build-versus-buy decisions, including IP address management.
  • Develop services, APIs, and infrastructure as code to provision VPCs, VNETs, load balancers, private endpoints, and transit.
  • Enable customers to manage connectivity through self-service instead of relying on manually implemented network changes.
  • Lead major initiatives in self-service provisioning and future network architecture.
  • Mentor engineers through code reviews, design feedback, pairing, and coaching.
  • Establish standards for code quality, testing, and observability.
  • Join the weekly on-call rotation.
  • Apply technical judgment during customer incidents and address root causes to reduce team toil.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of related experience, a master’s degree and 6 years, or a PhD and 3 years.
  • Experience building and operating large-scale production systems with Go and/or Python.
  • Experience with Layer 3 and Layer 4 networking, including IP routing, CIDR design, NAT, TCP and UDP, load balancing, and TLS.
  • Experience with cloud networking in AWS, GCP, or Azure, including VPCs/VNETs, route tables, security groups, transit gateways, and private endpoints.
  • Experience building infrastructure as code with Terraform at scale, including reusable modules and CI/CD with safe production promotion.
  • Experience leading major technical initiatives and influencing engineering direction beyond the immediate team.
  • Preferred: Experience with multi-cloud transit and hybrid connectivity, such as AWS Cloud WAN, Transit Gateway, Aviatrix, BGP, Direct Connect, Cloud Interconnect, or IPsec VPN.
  • Preferred: Experience with private connectivity services such as AWS PrivateLink, GCP Private Service Connect, or Azure Private Link.
  • Preferred: Experience with IP address management at scale using NetBox or a purpose-built service.
  • Preferred: Experience with IPv6 dual-stack design, including BYOIP.
  • Preferred: Experience with Kubernetes in production or regulated environments such as GovCloud, FedRAMP, or DoD IL5.
  • Preferred: Strong communication and mentoring skills, demonstrated by developing engineers at different levels and explaining complex networking topics to engineers and executives.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • Short- and long-term disability coverage.
  • Basic life insurance.
  • Cisco restricted stock unit grants may be available.
  • 10 paid holidays per full calendar year.
  • One floating holiday for non-exempt employees.
  • One paid day off for the employee’s birthday.
  • Paid year-end holiday shutdown.
  • Four paid days off for personal wellness.
  • 16 days of paid vacation per full calendar year for non-exempt employees.
  • Flexible vacation time for exempt employees, with no defined limit and subject to availability and business needs.
  • 80 hours of sick time provided on the hire date and each January 1 thereafter.
  • Carry forward up to 80 hours of unused sick time.
  • Additional paid time off for critical or emergency family issues.
  • Option to take 10 paid volunteer days per full calendar year.
  • Annual bonuses for non-sales roles, subject to Cisco policies.

Related Jobs

Prudential Financial

Senior Remote Business Relationship Manager, Annuities

Prudential Financial

Manage Prudential’s annuity distribution partnerships by improving operations, coordinating onboarding and agreements, and leading initiatives across teams. Serve as a key contact for partner needs and support product launches, workflow changes, and sales processing.

Open