Tech Lead, AI Networking & Data Center

Cisco Systems; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 187,000 - 268,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with Cisco matching

Paid parental leave

Flexible vacation

Job summary

Cisco Systems in Milpitas, CA seeks a Tech Lead for the Datacenter Switching team. You will develop software aligned with Design Thinking, focus on UX, security, and scalable architectures while partnering with design and product management to deliver customer solutions.

You will mentor engineers, guide features from design to deployment, contribute to DL/SDLC, and drive performance through monitoring, threat modeling, and reliable code.

Qualifications

• Bachelors + 8 years of related experience, or Masters + 6 years of related experience, or PhD + 3 years of related experience.
• Experience with Datacenter Switches and Networking.
• Experience in dealing with customer escalations, troubleshooting skills on L2/L3 technologies, NXOS infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Interpret internal or external business issues and recommend best practices.
• Lead small-to-medium features from technical design through completion.
• May lead projects that span multiple teams and manage workloads holistically.
• Guides in the development and implementation of the software development lifecycle and agile engineering strategies across applicable teams.

Skills

Datacenter Networking

VXLAN forwarding

AI-Networking

Python scripting

Security and reliability

Education

Bachelor's degree + 8 years experience

Masters + 6 years experience

PhD + 3 years experience

Tools

NXOS

Copilot

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Job description

Cisco Systems in Milpitas, CA seeks a Tech Lead for the Datacenter Switching team. You will develop software aligned with Design Thinking, focus on UX, security, and scalable architectures while partnering with design and product management to deliver customer solutions.

You will mentor engineers, guide features from design to deployment, contribute to DL/SDLC, and drive performance through monitoring, threat modeling, and reliable code.