Senior Software Engineer

Cisco
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

What You'll Do

Are you determined, hard-working, experienced in cloud-native technologies and/or management systems experience and looking for a chance to create a difference? We are currently looking for talent to join our Intersight development team as part of Cisco's Data Center Compute portfolio (https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/servers-unified-computing/index.html).

Cisco Intersight is a cloud-based system management platform for Cisco UCS (Unified Computing System) and many other products which enables IT organisations to analyse, simplify and automate their environments. It is driven by analytics and machine learning to provide actionable intelligence for IT operations/management.

Who You'll Work With

This is a unique opportunity to be part of a dynamic core team and help build the future of compute, network and storage management technology as well as product direction.

Who You Are

A successful candidate will bring deep technical expertise, especially in cloud-native technologies, and the ability to work within a fast paced, start-up-like environment to deliver solid code that has a broad business impact. We are looking for candidates driven by the challenge of solving unique and difficult technical problems, who thrive and excel when given creative freedom.

Minimum Qualifications

The ideal candidate should demonstrate a system-level focus while understanding the impact of every component. Broad knowledge of and exposure to system management software are critical for success in this role.

Required Skills

  • B.E./M.Tech. with 10+ years of experience.
  • Experience designing and implementing software systems with high emphasis on scalability and availability.
  • Experience working on SaaS Enterprise Software or Cloud Infrastructure with exposure to Microservices architecture.
  • Solid knowledge of Object-Oriented Concepts and Design.
  • Fundamentally strong in Data Structures and Algorithms.
  • Expertise in programming languages like GoLang, Java or C/C++.
  • Expertise in working with Docker and Kubernetes environments.
  • Experience with AWS.
  • Strong analytical and debugging skills.

Personal Characteristics

  • Excellent interpersonal skills and a proven track record to handle challenging high-priority tasks.
  • Independent, accountable, strong sense of ownership, bold, communicative, sense of urgency and flexible/adaptable.
  • A passion for quality, for doing the right thing for the customers, the product, and for the company.

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