Sr. Network Platform Engineer

Cisco

Remote Actively hiring
Usa-Milpitas Posted 45 days ago $165,000–$241,400 / year
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TL;DR

As a SONiC Platform Engineer at Cisco, you will join a team of best-in-class engineers and technical visionaries responsible for delivering advanced simulation solutions and infrastructure to both internal and external customers. Your role involves porting and optimizing the SONiC operating system onto new Cisco ASICs and virtual platforms, integrating SAI and Syncd layers, and ensuring peripheral components are properly brought up through Platform APIs and BSPs. You will design full-stack qualification cycles, develop regression test suites using Pytest and PTF, and perform deep-dive debugging with tools like GDB and Tcpdump to identify issues in the OS, hardware, or SAI layer. The position requires expertise in Python for automated testing, Linux systems, and experience with SONiC architecture, including Redis and SwSS components, as well as familiarity with ASIC SDKs and traffic generators. This role is pivotal in bridging open-source networking with carrier-grade hardware at scale.

Skills

Python SONiC SAI BSP Pytest PTF Ansible GDB Tcpdump Redis SwSS Syncd Linux Docker Scapy Spirent IXIA ASIC SDKs ONIE

What you'll do

  • Lead the effort to port SONiC onto new Cisco ASICs and virtual platforms.
  • Integrate and fine-tune SAI and Syncd layers for hardware-specific SDK calls.
  • Own the bring-up of peripheral components through Platform APIs and BSP.
  • Design and execute end-to-end qualification cycles for performance benchmarks.
  • Develop massive regression test suites using Pytest, PTF, and Ansible.
  • Perform root-cause analysis of failures during bring-up using GDB and Tcpdump.

What we're looking for

  • 4+ years of experience in hardware bring-up or NOS platform engineering.
  • Experience qualifying networking platforms for high-scale data center deployments.
  • Strong Python skills for building automated test frameworks and REST/gRPC API interactions.
  • Deep understanding of Linux systems, including kernel drivers and containerization.
  • Familiarity with SONiC architecture and SAI standard for switch abstraction.

Market check

Salary context

This $165,000–$241,400 range sits above 84% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$127,600–$191,400

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$129,575–$185,125

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 239 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Cisco

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

Cisco currently has 123 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $165,000–$241,400 across 123 roles with salary data.

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