What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technical Lead/Manager - SONiC Software Engineering position at Cisco Systems, Inc.?
As a Tech Lead/Manager for RDMA (Remote Direct Memory Access)/QoS (Quality of Service) Engineering team, you'll lead an agile team engaged in the design, development, automation and execution of tests for RDMA/QoS related functionalities on fixed and distributed Cisco 8000 platforms using SONiC network operating system. The feature sets include Queuing, Policers, WRED, PFC, ECN etc.
- Working with Network Operating Systems and in System and Software Qualification.
- Helping to deliver an automation first approach and experience with scripting languages and test frames works.
- Be passionate about open-source development and contribution.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelors in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or a related field with 12 years of experience in network engineering or software engineering, or Masters 8 years of related experience, or PhD 5 years of related experience.
- Programming experience with C, C and/or Python.
- Background in working within Networking and Networking Technologies.
- Experience with Linux or other like network operating systems.
- Experience managing and leading teams of software engineers.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Exposure to network operating systems, preferably SONiC
- Knowledge of control & data plane technologies including L2, L3, VXLAN
- Experience with RDMA, HPC networks
- Knowledge of RoCE and InfiniBand protocols
- Experience leading teams with a focus on Quality of Service (QOS)
- Hands on experience with GIT, Jira, Jenkins and CI/CD pipeline tools
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