Meet the Team

The team is responsible for design, development and delivery of Cisco NFVIS (Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure Software) product which is built upon Linux KVM technologies and deployed in marque customer deployments.

NFVIS enables customers to manage the customer’s VM (Virtual Machines) and Container lifecycles (both Cisco and 3rd Party). It is supported uniquely on Cisco custom hardware (ENCS, c8200-ucpe, c8300-ucpe) and Cisco General Compute HW (UCS-C series) and provisioned through Cisco SD-WAN orchestrator or built-in local NFVIS-GUI.

The team has complete ownership of CI/CD with automation for the features and manages release collaterals (including security) for image posting. The team operates in high-touch model for key customer accounts to take relevant features through the adoption cycle in customer deployment. Team also works closely with rest of Cisco ecosystem like SDWAN, Thousand Eyes, Security & Trust Org, Cisco HW, Compute and Collaboration teams

Your Impact

You’re Senior Software Engineer and will design, develop, and release in a dynamic agile environment, using modern methodologies and open-source tools. Whether a new feature or a bug fix, you will own your work and deliver the most elegant and scalable solutions, all while learning and growing your skills. You will work and collaborate with autonomous, multi-functional team of makers, doers, and disruptors who love to tackle real problems and meet real customer needs.

Minimum Qualifications

• Expert level experience in Linux, understanding of Kernel, virtualization technologies such as qemu, libvirt, kvm
• Expert level experience in Python / C, YANG, NetConf/REST API implementation.
• Expert level experience with networking concepts and protocols (DHCP, Bridges, VLAN, etc)
• A degree in Computer Science or related field and 10+ of experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Work closely with cross functional teams to design and develop new features
• Work closely with fellow developers on software / system architecture
• Write specification documents and unit test plan
• Create estimates and schedules
• The candidate should be self-driven and have a background in build processes, scripting, and python automation.
• Automation using CI/CD pipelines and version control systems like Git

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.