Software Engineering Technical Leader

Cisco

Hybrid

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Usa-Research Triangle Park
Salary: $149,100–$218,900 / yr
Posted: 10 days ago

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TL;DR · Software Engineering Technical Leader

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As a Solution Qualification/Automation Technical Leader at Cisco in RTP, you will join the IOS-XR team to design and automate customer use cases for platforms like ASR9K, NCS5500, and 8000. Your daily tasks include setting up customer solutions in Cisco labs, developing test frameworks with web-based GUIs that incorporate analytics and machine learning, and executing both automated and manual tests. You will work closely with global development teams to ensure alignment on project goals and collaborate on reproducing customer environments for validation using tools like pyATS and open-source technologies. The role requires expertise in Python, network automation, Layer 2/3 protocols, and experience with platforms such as Nexus switches and Cisco IOS-XR. Preferred skills include knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, network monitoring tools, virtualization technologies, and AI/ML applications.

Skills

Python pyATS BGP OSPF ISIS MPLS Segment Routing Multicast GIT Jira Jenkins Grafana telegraf InfluxDB Ixia Spirent gNMI gRPC NETCONF YANG REST API Linux CentOS Redhat Ubuntu Bash Unix Shell Scripting KVM VMware Docker Kubernetes Cisco IOS-XR AI ML

What you'll do

Design and automate customer use cases based on IOS-XR for various platforms.
Replicate customer environments in internal labs using hardware and traffic generators.
Develop innovative test frameworks and web-based GUIs to validate solutions.
Drive automated and manual test cases to ensure solution validation.
Collaborate with global development teams to align on customer use case requirements.

What we're looking for

8+ years of experience in network automation and validation using Python.
Hands-on experience with Layer 2/3 networking protocols including BGP, OSPF, MPLS.
Expertise in configuring and troubleshooting Cisco IOS-XR platforms like ASR9K, NCS5500.
Development of test frameworks and tools for automated testing environments.
Ability to reproduce customer network environments and perform root cause analysis.
Experience with network automation tools such as pyATS or similar technologies.
Knowledge of Linux/Unix shell scripting and virtualization/containerization technologies.