Software Engineer - Automation- pyATS, Ansible, Jenkins, and Cisco NSO, OpenFlow, Netconf, REST APIs- 5 to 8 years

Meet the Team You will be part of a highly skilled, globally distributed team of networking professionals across the US, Canada, and India. The team thrives on collaboration, continuous learning, and innovation, with engineers bringing diverse experience across Cisco technologies. With a “work hard, play harder” culture, the team is passionate about solving complex problems, supporting customers, and helping each other grow while working closely with cross-functional groups such as Product Management, Sales, Marketing, and Customer Support. Your Impact As a CVT Solution Qualification Engineer, you will play a critical role in ensuring the successful qualification, automation, and deployment of service provider and web networking solutions. You will work on cutting-edge XR platforms and technologies, building scalable automation frameworks and validating real-world customer use cases that impact millions of users globally. This role offers the opportunity to innovate, collaborate globally, and directly influence customer experience and solution quality. Design, configure, and qualify customer use cases on IOS-XR platforms (ASR9K, NCS5500, NCS5000, 8000 series) Develop, automate, and execute test plans based on customer requirements and deployment scenarios Build and enhance test frameworks, tools, and web-based GUIs leveraging analytics and machine learning Execute test cases manually and via automation; identify, track, and validate defects and fixes Reproduce customer issues in internal labs, improve test coverage, and generate reports and technical documentation Minimum Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science with 6+ years of experience or Master’s degree with 4+ years of experience Hands-on experience in networking automation, software quality assurance, and protocol testing Strong understanding of routing platforms, forwarding architecture, and service provider/web networking technologies Proficiency in Python for automation and test development Experience working with IOS-XR platforms and customer deployment/use-case validation Preferred Qualifications CCIE Certification (Routing & Switching / Service Provider / Data Center) Experience with platforms such as ASR9K, NCS5500, NCS5000, NCS540/560, NCS6K, CRS, and 8000 series Knowledge of OpenFlow, Netconf, REST APIs, and exposure to AI/ML concepts Experience with automation tools like pyATS, Ansible, Jenkins, and Cisco NSO Expertise in Linux/Unix environments (CentOS, RedHat, Ubuntu) and scripting (Bash/Shell), along with strong protocol knowledge (BGP, OSPF, EVPN, MPLS, Segment Routing, Telemetry, gNMI/gRPC) Why Cisco? At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere. We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.