Who We Are

We are modernizing the Software Development Experience at Cisco, bringing best in

class Infrastructure, solutions and open source software for use by engineering. This

role aims at revolutionizing the way every engineer at Cisco lives, plays, works and

learns!

The R&D campus in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada is looking for experienced software

developers who will be an active member of the development team to innovate,

design, implement customer delivery of state-of-the-art engineering Test,

development and workow infrastructure and Services, including:

            pyATS/Genie: Core Python framework, and/or open-source library

development, focusing on NetDevOps and network automation [https://cs.co/pyats]

            XPRESSO: Full-stack web infrastructure, with Angular front-end and

Python/NodeJS micro-service architecture

            Lab as a Service hardware and virtual resource management using open-

stack, kvm, and various virtualization technologies

We are looking for a collaborative engineering professional with substantial experience

design and development and bring a strong perspective that drives change and you

are motivated to develop simple solutions to complex problems in our Engineering

Group.  A Product and Software Quality Champion by engaging with all phases of

Software Development Lifecycle and particularly contributing to the infrastructure to

help accelerate Software Release delivery while improving Product Quality.

Responsibilities includes:

- Innovate, architect, design & Develop new infrastructure and technologies, building

frameworks/prototypes using both proprietary and open-source software

- Design & implement new feature and solutions as required by customers

- Contribute to open-source community

- Support the end-users, both inside and outside Cisco

Requirement  :

* Bachelor/Master Degree in CS/SE/CE or equivalent

* Expertise in Python

* Experience in software and/or Tool Infrastructure development

;

Solid understanding and exposure of Test and Development Lifecycle, Test Coverage,

 test plan and test case creation

* Good grasp of networking technologies, routing protocols (CCNA/CCNP )

* Superior coding skills with solid understanding of OOP design patterns, paradigms &

recipes

* Solid understanding of software development and test processes

* Interest in test automation, tooling & end-to-end test solutions

* Creative problem solving skills and excellent troubleshooting/debugging skills

* Familiarity with Unix/Linux and web-application development

* Experience of working with Agile/Scrum process ; DevOps mindset 

* Prior knowledge/experience in building and improving CI/CD pipelines

Desirable Pluses:

* knowledge/experience of working of ORM & Database (MySQL, NoSQL, Cassandra,

Mongo, ELK); Data Collection APIs and SDKs; RESTful interfaces; Websockets

* knowledge/experience of working with virtualization and containerization platforms

(eg. OpenStack, Docker) and container orchestration tools (eg. Kubernetes),

Kafka/Zookeeper, Apache Hadoop/Mesos

* Prior knowledge/experience with storage optimizations and management

* Exposure to DevOps architecture experience

The ideal candidate must possess the following soft skills:

* Self-motivated & highly proactive , results-driven and engaged; Curiosity and strong

desire for quality

* Strong problem solving skills and troubleshooting/debugging skills ; Solid analytical

skills and attention to detail

* Strong written and verbal communication ; Ability to communicate complex technical

details

* Flexible and open to change, have fun learning new technologies

* Excellent teamwork and people skills ; passionate about development and enjoy

support & collaborating in a team-based environment

* Ability to handle multiple tasks at the same time, prioritize them and manage time

eectively and doesnt give up when faced with complex problems.

* Critical to be an Excellent team player with an ability to contribute projects

substantially