Software Engineering Technical Leader

Cisco

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Work type
Remote
Location
Boulder, CORTP, NC
Salary
$151,600–$222,400 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
2 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Cisco Systems is the world''s leading networking technology company, designing and manufacturing networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and cybersecurity solutions for businesses and governments. Industry: Networking Technology & Cybersecurity

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TL;DR · Software Engineering Technical Leader

The Software Engineering Technical Leader joins the Traffic Engineering Infrastructure team to manage the Layer 3 and Layer 4 network connecting customers and internal teams to the cloud across AWS, GCP, Azure, and GovCloud. You will set the long-term technical direction for the connectivity platform, leading initiatives to transform manual network requests into a self-service platform. Daily responsibilities include writing services, APIs, and infrastructure as code to provision VPCs, VNETs, load balancers, and private endpoints. You will mentor engineers through code reviews and coaching while maintaining production systems. Required skills include Go, Python, and Terraform, alongside expertise in IP routing, CIDR design, NAT, TCP, UDP, and TLS. You will solve complex multi-cloud transit and hybrid connectivity problems to ensure reliable data flow.

What you'll do

  • Set the long-term technical direction for the connectivity platform architecture and build vs. buy decisions.
  • Write services, APIs, and infrastructure as code to provision VPCs, VNETs, load balancers, and transit.
  • Lead major initiatives to transition manual network requests into a self-service provisioning platform.
  • Mentor engineers through code reviews, design feedback, pairing, and coaching on code quality and observability.
  • Participate in a weekly on-call rotation to resolve customer incidents and fix root causes.
  • Design and manage large-scale IP address management and multi-cloud transit networking.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree plus 8 years of related experience, Master's plus 6 years, or PhD plus 3 years.
  • Experience building and operating large-scale production systems in Go and/or Python.
  • Experience with Layer 3 and Layer 4 networking including IP routing, CIDR design, NAT, TCP/UDP, load balancing, and TLS.
  • Experience with cloud networking in AWS, GCP, or Azure including VPCs, route tables, security groups, transit gateways, and private endpoints.
  • Experience building infrastructure as code with Terraform at scale, including reusable modules and CI/CD.
  • Experience leading major technical initiatives and influencing engineering direction beyond the immediate team.
  • Experience with multi-cloud transit, hybrid connectivity, or private connectivity services (preferred).
  • Experience with IP address management at scale, Kubernetes, or regulated environments like GovCloud or FedRAMP (preferred).

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