Research Intern, BGP

Who We Are

Cisco ThousandEyes is a Digital Experience Assurance platform that empowers organizations to deliver flawless digital experiences across every network – even the ones they don’t own. Powered by AI and an unmatched set of cloud, internet and enterprise network telemetry data, ThousandEyes enables IT teams to proactively detect, diagnose, and remediate issues – before they impact end- user experiences.

ThousandEyes is deeply integrated across the entire Cisco technology portfolio and beyond, helping customers deploy at scale while also delivering AI-powered assurance insights within Cisco’s leading Networking, Security, Collaboration, and Observability portfolios.

What You’ll Do

Our BGP research team has access to massive volumes of unmatched data collected from some of the largest enterprise and public networks in the world.  While your time at ThousandEyes as an intern might be limited, your impact will be immense! You will be paired with and mentored by a full-time researcher on one of the many exciting ongoing projects we have, with direct impact on our product!

As part of the research team, you will innovate, design, and develop new algorithms to improve the inference schemes within the ThousandEyes BGP product, and will work with world class engineering and product teams to take your innovations from proof of concept to production and be used by some of the largest networks in the world.

Qualifications 

• Understanding of object-oriented programming languages such as Java, Kotlin, Scala, etc.
• Optional experience in languages such as Go.
• Solid Computer Science fundamentals and object-oriented design skills.
• Good collaboration and communication skills.
• Ongoing Masters or PhD degree in Computer Science or similar.
• Command of spoken and written English.

Cisco values the perspectives and skills that emerge from employees with diverse backgrounds. That's why Cisco is expanding the boundaries of discovering top talent by not only focusing on candidates with educational degrees and experience but also placing more emphasis on unlocking potential. We believe that everyone has something to offer and that diverse teams are better equipped to solve problems, innovate, and create a positive impact.
We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification. Research shows that people from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy. We urge you not to prematurely exclude yourself and to apply if you're interested in this work.