Senior Software Engineer | NSO Engineering

What Youll Do

As a member of NSO Engineering team within the DSE organization you will closely work with Solution architects and team leads to design and deliver components of new software and network orchestration features to automate provisioning of Cisco s solutions on the network.

Who Youll Work With

You will collaborate with the Software Product Development team and Solutions architect to develop network services configuration automation software, orchestration and management tools. The software features will include instantiating virtual network functions (VNF) and/or container network functions (CNF) and/or configuring virtual and physical devices in the network. You will work within a small team to:

• Understand and analyze customer/solution use-cases
• Design, code, test and deploy services as part of our configuration automation, written mostly in Python using industry leading NSO (network services orchestrator) platform
• Fix and resolve issues reported by Solution test and/or Technical Support team

Who You Are

• You are a software developer whose passion lies in applying the latest software technologies in a DevOps model to embark on this new era of network service orchestration
• Highly motivated to learn and apply skills for team and future career development
• You have an aim to learn new technologies, NSO platform and provisioning use-cases including configuration of network physical and virtual devices
• You are friendly, creative, and independent
• You have a passion for coding, and you also enjoy designing software components
• You are passionate about continuous integration, delivery, and deployment processes

Our Minimum Requirements for this role:

• BS in Computer Science with 6+ years of relevant shown experience or MS in Computer Science with 3+ years of shown experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in developing applications using Python Programming Language
• Experience in network orchestration design and development for any network provisioning and management solutions
• Deep knowledge of design patterns, data structures, and algorithms
• Familiarity with automated configuration and orchestration tools
• Working experience with Linux or other Unix-based systems
• Extensive experience with incremental development, testing, and deployment, as well as building and improving CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with virtualization and containerization platforms, especially Docker, Kubernetes or Redhat Hands on experience working with Cisco/Tail-f Network Services is a plus
• Working knowledge in Erlang is a plus
• Openshift is desired

Why Cisco

#WeAreCisco. We are all unique, but collectively we bring our talents to work as a team, to develop innovative technology and power a more inclusive, digital future for everyone. How do we do itWell, for starters - with people like you!

Nearly every internet connection around the world touches Cisco. We re the Internet s optimists. Our technology makes sure the data traveling at light speed across connections does so securely, yet it s not what we make but what we make happen which marks us out. We re helping those who work in the health service to connect with patients and each other; schools, colleges, and universities to teach in even the most challenging of times. We re helping businesses of all shapes and sizes to connect with their employees and customers in new ways, providing people with access to the digital skills they need and connecting the most remote parts of the world - whether through 5G, or otherwise.

We tackle whatever challenges come our way. We have each other s backs, we recognize our accomplishments, and we grow together. We celebrate and support one another - from big and small things in life to big career moments. And giving back is in our DNA (we get 10 days off each year to do just that).

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We know that powering an inclusive future starts with us. Because without diversity and a dedication to equality, there is no moving forward. Our 30 Inclusive Communities, that bring people together around commonalities or passions, are leading the way. Together we re committed to learning, listening, caring for our communities, whilst supporting the most vulnerable with a collective effort to make this world a better place either with technology, or through our actions.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidates hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.

Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco s flexible Vacation Time Off policy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco s Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter. Up to 80 hours of unused sick time will be carried forward from one calendar year to the next such that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is 160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.