Come Join Cisco Software Solutions
Cisco Software Solutions (CSS) is the software development arm of Cisco's Collaboration platform organization (CCPS). We develop and maintain the platforms and related tools required for our products and the people who operate them to shine.
Our World is a mix of old and new - a new unified platform to replace our various legacy platforms, old tools at all points in lifecycle, new tools to differentiate and enhance our platform offering. It is messy in places, sometimes because parts are so new, sometimes because parts are so old.
We are forming a new team that will help drive consistency, reliability and observability across that World.
You should join!
Who You’ll Work With
We are a distributed and diverse team of developers with an operational mindset, united under the charter to make running virtualized and containerized workloads easy and frictionless for our tenants, and to make the platforms that do that easy and frictionless to manage for our operators.
Who You Are
You are an experienced developer who also is familiar with operations. You have worked on data center and cloud infrastructure , tools and services at scale. You understand that software is for people, and are here to help.
What You’ll Do
As a member of our new tools team, you’ll work with the rest of the organization to mature our World. That includes everything from lifecycle automation through to observability and other operability improvements, through to unifying or even retiring tools, through to building new tenant or operator facing functionality.
Agentic AI tool use will play a significant part in your day to day.
Minimum Requirements
In the interest of saving everyone time, this role does have some minimum requirements to apply:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
7+ years
1+ years of experience working with a public or private cloud such as AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenStack or OpenShift
1+ years of experience working with Docker and/or virtualization
1+ years of experience working with CI/CD or DevOps systems
Preferred Requirements
This role could be a good fit for you if you bring experience with some of:
Agentic AI development tools e.g. Claude CLI, Codex, Copilot, OpenCode
Programming languages such as Python, Golang, Java, Javascript or Typescript
Lifecycle / deployment tools such as Ansible or Terraform
Network administration
Linux administration (especially Linux networking)
Design, implementation and operation of distributed software
Infrastructure or service operations at scale
HTTP, REST, the DOM
Virtualization technologies
Containerization technologies e.g. Docker
Management and operations of the OpenStack or Kubernetes platforms
Infrastructure management tools such as Intersight and UCS Manager
This role could be a great fit for you if you also bring a growth mindset and the desire to do what's best for your team.
Let's make CSS excellent together.
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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
- 7+ years of experience
- 1+ years of experience working with a public or private cloud, such as AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenStack, or OpenShift
- 1+ years of experience working with Docker and/or virtualization
- 1+ years of experience working with CI/CD or DevOps systems
- Experience with agentic AI development tools such as Claude CLI, Codex, Copilot, or OpenCode
- Experience with Python, Golang, Java, JavaScript, or TypeScript
- Experience with Ansible or Terraform
- Network administration experience
- Linux administration experience, especially Linux networking
- Experience designing, implementing, and operating distributed software
- Experience with infrastructure or service operations at scale
- Experience with HTTP, REST, and the DOM
- Experience with virtualization technologies
- Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker
- Experience managing and operating OpenStack or Kubernetes platforms
- Experience with infrastructure management tools such as Intersight and UCS Manager
- Growth mindset and desire to support team outcomes
Cisco Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cisco and has not been reviewed or approved by Cisco.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as robust with multiple plan options and access to onsite/virtual LifeConnections Health Centers on major campuses. Company materials also highlight mental-health resources and comprehensive preventive care, supporting strong core medical benefits.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time away includes company‑wide recharge days, a paid birthday, a year‑end shutdown, and paid Critical Time Off for emergencies. Paid volunteer days further expand opportunities to step away and recharge.
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Parental & Family Support — Policies include a global minimum for paid parental leave for primary caregivers, caregiving concierge services, and on‑site children’s learning centers in select locations. In the U.S., family‑building support is consolidated under Carrot with a defined lifetime maximum, indicating structured assistance across fertility, preservation, adoption, and surrogacy.
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What We Do
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) enables people to make powerful connections--whether in business, education, philanthropy, or creativity. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create the Internet solutions that make networks possible--providing easy access to information anywhere, at any time. Cisco was founded in 1984 by a small group of computer scientists from Stanford University. Since the company's inception, Cisco engineers have been leaders in the development of Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking technologies. Today, with more than 71,000 employees worldwide, this tradition of innovation continues with industry-leading products and solutions in the company's core development areas of routing and switching, as well as in advanced technologies such as home networking, IP telephony, optical networking, security, storage area networking, and wireless technology. In addition to its products, Cisco provides a broad range of service offerings, including technical support and advanced services. Cisco sells its products and services, both directly through its own sales force as well as through its channel partners, to large enterprises, commercial businesses, service providers, and consumers.
