Cisco
Software Engineering Technical Leader
$152K–$308K
RTP, North Carolina, US · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Oct 30, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of relevant experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s in STEM
About the job
Designs, automates, and qualifies IOS-XR customer network solutions and develops test frameworks to validate them in Cisco labs.
What you'll do
- Design customer-use-case topologies and reproduce customer environments in internal labs for testing and validation.
- Develop test frameworks, automation tools, and test cases; perform manual and automated solution validation.
- Monitor and optimize network performance and collaborate with internal development and account teams.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s in STEM with 8+ years of relevant experience.
- Experience developing automation tools, test frameworks, and network validation scripts using Python.
- Hands-on experience with Layer 2/Layer 3 protocols, including BGP, OSPF, ISIS, MPLS, Segment Routing, and Multicast.
- Experience with network automation, protocol testing, software quality assurance, reproducing customer environments, and troubleshooting routing platforms.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience with GIT, Jira, Jenkins, and CI/CD pipeline tools.
- CCIE/CCNP/Cisco DevNet certification; experience with network monitoring tools, traffic generators, programmability, Linux, virtualization, or AI/ML.
Pay
$151,600.00 to $222,400.00 USD (starting salary range; base salary); $186,900.00 - $307,800.00 USD (full salary range; base salary); $166,300.00 - $274,100.00 USD (full salary range; base salary)
Tools
IOS-XR, Python, BGP, OSPF, ISIS, MPLS, pyATS, Jira
AI focus
Develop web-based GUIs leveraging analytics and machine learning; AI and ML experience is a plus.
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