**This is hybrid role and candidates must be located in the Raleigh NC area** Who We Are The Cisco Distributed System Engineering (DSE) group is at the forefront of developing products that power the largest networks in the world. The networking industry is going through a massive transformation to build the next generation infrastructure to meet the needs of AI/ML workloads and continuously increasing internet users and application. We are uniquely positioned to capture that market transition. This team builds products by harnessing the potential of open-source technologies while pushing the boundaries on Systems and Silicon Architecture. Who You Are You are a detail-oriented and keen-minded professional with strong communication skills, capable of making a significant impact through your work. With a solid educational background and extensive software development experience in C/C++ or Python, you excel in debugging within a Linux environment and have a thorough understanding of embedded networking layer 2 or 3 protocols. You possess the ability to work independently, yet are equally adept at collaborating within small teams or cross-functional groups. Your experience with RDMA technologies, data plane implementations, and performance tuning underscores your technical prowess. Additionally, your familiarity with Docker, GIT, Jira, Jenkins, and CI/CD pipeline tools, along with contributions to open-source networking projects, further highlights your capability to lead and innovate. What You’ll Do In this role, you will develop, implement, solve, and support RDMA-enabling protocols and technologies for data center applications. You will diagnose and resolve issues related to RDMA technologies, ensuring the reliability and performance of the system by developing, executing, and extending test plans. Collaboration is key, as you will work closely with multi-functional hardware and software engineering teams to ensure seamless integration of RDMA-enabling technologies. Your responsibilities will also include participating in code reviews, testing, and debugging processes to ensure high-quality work. Additionally, you will provide technical support and guidance to other teams and collaborators, integrating RDMA solutions with existing network infrastructure and applications. Minimum Qualifications: * Bachelor’s degree +7 of software experience or Master’s degree +4 years of software experience * More than 3 years of software development experience with C, or C++, or Golang and Python * Development and debugging experience in a Linux environment * Experience working with embedded networking layer 2 or 3 protocols Preferred Qualifications: * More than 2 years of experience with development, implementation and optimization of RDMA technologies in a datacenter or HPC environments * Experience data plane experience with NPU, DPU or software data plane * Docker, GIT, Jira, Jenkins and CI/CD pipeline tools * Strong performance tuning skills * Strong communication skills with ability to work solo, in a small team or multi-functional teams * Contributions to open-source networking projects * Experience leading small teams on a turnkey basis Why Cisco #WeAreCisco. 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