Meet the Team
Cisco IOS-XR team Manageability team is responsible for programmability stack exposing Cisco’s Flagship IOS-XR Operating System as an API. This small team is responsible for delivering a highly innovative, scalable, and reliable programmatic OS to Cisco’s Campus, Branch, Service Provide Edge, and hyper scalers market Segments that will be deployed on Millions of devices and help to generate Billions in revenue annually.
Your Impact
You will be part of a phenomenal team of engineers with a diverse set of experiences and knowledge who develop the next generation machine to machine interface, manageability technology stack (grpc, netconf), and tooling to enable network automation at scale. In this role you will have an opportunity to learn and for us to learn from you.
- Architecting and Evolving IOS-XR Programmability
- Development of the XR programmability/manageability stack for enabling fully automated operations management for service provider and web customers
- Simplifying the architecture by reducing memory footprints and improving performance to meet customer expectations and enabling modularity for ease of maintenance
- Implementing model-driven APIs and programmability features to enable seamless integration with modern tools and workflow
Minimum Qualifications (Provide up to five (5) bullet points - these should be clearly defined, objective, non-comparative, relevant, and quantifiable to appropriately evaluate applicants – not including soft skills):
- Bachelor’s degree with 6+ years of related experience, or a Master’s degree with 4+ years of experience
- Expert knowledge and hands-on experience with C and Python
- Proficiency in writing functional code, unit testing, and debugging.
- Network and multithread programming
- Experience with Linux, Kernel Programming and Open-Source technologies
Preferred Qualifications (Provide up to five (5) bullet points: these can include soft skills)
- Good understanding of regular expressions and CLI parsers
- Experience in API programming, Netconf, gRPC based services, network programming (TCP/IP)
- Experience with Open config models and services like netconf, grpc, gnmi, gnoi is a plus
- Prior development experience in Cisco IOS-XR product
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree with 6+ years related experience or Master's degree with 4+ years experience
- Expert knowledge and hands-on experience with C and Python
- Proficiency in writing functional code, unit testing, and debugging
- Experience in network and multithread programming
- Experience with Linux, kernel programming and open-source technologies
- Understanding of regular expressions and CLI parsers
- Experience in API programming, Netconf, gRPC based services, and TCP/IP
- Familiarity with OpenConfig models and services like netconf, grpc, gnmi, gnoi
- Prior development experience in Cisco IOS-XR product
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
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