Senior Software Engineer – Java, Security & SD-WAN Platform from 8+ Years at Cisco India

Meet the team Cisco's Routing SD-WAN Group develops intelligent, secure, and scalable networking solutions that help enterprises connect and protect their networks from edge to cloud. The SDWAN Manager engineering team builds the platform's management plane using scalable distributed systems, delivering services, APIs, workflows, and user experiences that enable customers to efficiently configure, operate, monitor, and solve their networks, with AI-driven capabilities enhancing operational efficiency and customer experience. Your Impact: Develop and enhance the platform layer of SD-WAN Manager, focusing on scalable backend services and distributed systems. Design and build foundational platform capabilities that support multiple product teams and applications. Demonstrate strong proficiency in software development, with proven DSA, Multithreading, and OOP fundamentals, along with networking and security experience, to build scalable, secure, and high-performance solutions. Contribute to platform architecture, service frameworks, developer tooling, build systems, and runtime reliability. Collaborate across teams to improve platform scalability, maintainability, and operational excellence. Minimum qualifications (Must have skills) We are seeking a Senior Engineer with 8+ years of software development experience with a BE/BTech/MS/MCA in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field. Have good expertise in Java and Data Structures & Algorithms (DSA) , with a proven ability to design, build, and scale high-performance applications, services, and APIs. Experience with observability and monitoring solutions, telemetry pipelines, performance optimization, and security protocols, including authentication, authorization, secure coding, and building reliable, resilient systems. Experience developing scalable applications and services, with exposure to distributed systems, cloud-native technologies and Linux-based environments. Passion for solving complex technical challenges, with hands-on experience in debugging, root-cause analysis, CI/CD, automated testing, and modern quality engineering practices. Strong communication and collaboration skills, combined with experience using AI-powered development tools and agentic assistants to enhance productivity, innovation, and engineering effectiveness. Preferred qualifications (Optional Skills) Experience in Python, or Go is plus Experience with SD-WAN, routing, controller-based networking, or network management systems. Understanding of digital certificates (issuance, renewal, revocation, configuration, maintenance etc.) 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. Disclaimer To ensure that we hire the best talent in the right way, we follow a strict hiring process and recently, Cisco has been made aware of fraudulent recruiters claiming to be from the company. Please be advised that any communication from Cisco about careers will: be in direct response to an application you have submitted through the company career site begin with screening or an interview originate from a Cisco email address, and be conducted across email, phone, or WebEx Cisco will never make a job offer without conducting an interview process or ask you for money in any way. If you have been requested to apply for a role or have received an offer from a site other than https://careers.cisco.com or cisco.wd5.myworkday.com , do not provide any personal identifying information, including your Aadhaar or other personal identifying number, birth certificate, banking information, driver's license, or passport. If you are the target of a recruiting scam, consider filing a report with your local law enforcement authorities. Cisco bears no responsibility, and cannot be held liable, for any claims, damages, expenses, or other inconvenience resulting from or in any way connected to recruiting scams.

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