Software Engineer

Cisco — Bangalore, India

Meet the Team At Cisco’s Distributed Systems Engineering Business Unit, we build next-generation networking solutions for AI, cloud, and enterprise environments. Our team delivers high-quality, scalable, and reliable networking software through deep protocol expertise, strong automation, and close multi-functional collaboration. This role offers the opportunity to work across the product lifecycle, from feature validation and automation to deployment support, customer issue analysis, and continuous quality improvement. You will work with expert engineers and contribute to building robust networking solutions with a strong focus on scale, performance, and reliability. Your Impact In this role, you will: · Evaluate and validate networking software features across MPLS, routing protocols (OSPF, IS-IS, BGP, EIGRP), L2VPN, L3VPN, SPAN, NetFlow, BFD, L2/L3 protocols, and SRv6 · Own feature validation end-to-end, including test planning, automation design, execution, solving, and resolution · Design and implement comprehensive test scenarios covering functionality, scale, reliability, and interoperability · Develop and maintain Python-based automation to improve validation efficiency, regression coverage, and overall product quality · Analyze and reproduce customer-reported issues, and strengthen automation coverage to help prevent recurrence · Partner with development and multi-functional teams to solve issues and support successful product delivery · Support deployments and customer concerns through effective triage, debugging, and issue resolution · Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a culture of technical perfection and collaboration · Use AI-assisted development tools and practices to improve engineering productivity and quality Minimum Qualifications · Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electronics, Telecommunications, or a related technical field · Typically requires 8+ years of proven experience in software engineering, networking, system validation,

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