What You'll Do We are looking for a software engineer to assist in the design and development of Cloud Native Networking solutions. Develop industry leading performance modular software data plane (L1 - L7) utilizing FD.io/VPP packet process engine. You’ll work with engineering team to develop new features and help the integration in various virtualized, containerized and bare metal environments. You will be responsible for coding, unit testing and maintaining features. In addition to code development, you will design & implement private cloud, public cloud and multi-cloud related solutions. Who You'll Work With The Cloud & Network Security (CNS) is part of Security Business Group (SBG) and its mission is to help people connect securely with confidence on any device, to any application, anywhere, anytime. The Cloud Networking & Data Plane team, which is part of this business unit, focuses on delivering fast user space virtualized networking solutions to SBG as well as other Business Units. You'll be part of a supportive and expert team who is responsible and focused on delivery and producing results. You'll be able to carve your own path while working closely aligned with project and team goals. Responsibilities * This role requires a software technical leader capable of collaborating with industry leaders to address hardware bottlenecks in CPU architectures to improve the efficiency, throughput, and latency of software packet processing. * The ideal candidate has excellent communications skills both written and oral, is a team builder, is self-motivated to produce excellent software, and has a track record of delivering on the commitments made * The focus of this role will be SSE on Edge as part of the evolution of Network Architecture and Data Centre for Cloud Security Engineering products. Upgrading, monitoring, and fixing the production systems with regards to SSE on Edge and handling the production issues. Minimum Qualifications: * You are a software engineer who is very capable of taking requirements to completion. You are required to have deep understanding of L2-L7 packet processing and data plane protocols. * We expect you to have a bachelor's degree and 10+ years' experience delivering cloud software & high-performance software written in C/C++, Python, Golang. * You should also be familiar with Linux-based operating systems, virtual machines, cloud-based services, and networking protocols. * CPU hardware architecture (Arm64, x86_64). VPP (Vector Packet Processor) vectorization principles, optimizations, efficiency. CPU / SOC / NIC hardware programming. * Software performance tuning, hands on proficiency with Hardware evaluation boards and emulators optimizing cache and instruction level efficiency. Preferred qualifications: · Working knowledge of Kubernetes, AWS as well as virtualization technologies * Containerization and Kubernetes knowledge \#WeAreCisco #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.