Lead Escalation Engineer, AI Networking & DC Systems

Cisco

Milpitas (CA)

On-site

USD 187,000 - 268,000

Full time

6 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Disability coverage

Life insurance

Paid holidays

Job summary

Cisco is seeking a Tech Lead for its Datacenter Switching team, focused on high-performance networking for AI and cloud workloads. You will guide small-to-medium features, contribute to architectural decisions, and mentor engineers while ensuring secure, scalable software across Nexus 9K platforms.

You will partner with design and product teams to deliver customer-ready solutions, drive continuous improvement in development practices, and influence the roadmap while maintaining a strong

Qualifications

Requires Bachelors + 8 years of related experience or equivalent.
Experience with Datacenter Switches and Networking.
Experience in customer escalations and troubleshooting L2/L3 technologies.

Responsibilities

Develop software with Design Thinking and secure coding practices.
Mentor team members and lead features from design to completion.
Participate in architectural decisions focusing on security, scalability, and reliability.
Contribute to threat modeling and production issue resolution.
Design robust monitoring to improve performance and reliability.

Skills

Datacenter networking

NXOS troubleshooting

L2/L3 support

Python scripting

AI networking

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Master's degree

Job description

You will partner with design and product teams to deliver customer-ready solutions, drive continuous improvement in development practices, and influence the roadmap while maintaining a strong

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