# Senior Software Engineer

**Company**: Cisco
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $167,700.00 - $245,200.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will own CVIS/NVIS, AI Cluster Validation, end-to-end solution testing, RA certification, GPU debugging, performance profiling, bottleneck analysis, acceptance criteria, test plan and automation, release qualification, and readiness across AI cluster and Cisco network-switch solutions.

You will:

- Develop test plans, validation matrices, automation, and exit criteria for AI cluster solutions.

- Execute CVIS/NVIS, AI Cluster Validation, GPU burn, NCCL, workload, resilience, and interoperability test suites.

- Model workloads, profile end-to-end performance, analyse bottlenecks, and produce benchmark reports.

- Validate Cisco network-switch, multi-plane, ToR, compute, storage, and software integrations.

- Drive defect triage, evidence collection, release qualification, RA certification, and acceptance-report packaging.

The platform behind this work is full stack, combining workflow and API services, network and infrastructure automation, and the UI used to run validation across labs and customer environments.

Cisco Validated Infrastructure Services (CVIS) establishes and proves the performance of large AI clusters before they are handed over to customers.

Minimum Qualifications:

- Bachelors + 7 years of related experience, or Masters + 4 years of related experience, or PHD +1 year of related experience, or equivalent related work experience.

- Experience building and executing end-to-end validation for GPU or distributed AI systems.

- Experience with test strategy, automation, Python, Linux, performance analysis, and defect-triage skills.

- Prior experience translating system requirements into measurable tests, acceptance criteria, and release gates.

- Experience with technical writing and cross-functional communication.

Preferred Qualifications:

- NVIS, NVIDIA GPU platforms, NCCL, Kubernetes, Slurm, network testing, and storage validation.

- Benchmark engineering, workload modeling, CI-based testing, observability, and release management.

- Experience with Cisco networking and AI cluster reference architectures.

The starting salary range posted for this position is $167,700.00 to $245,200.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.

## Skills

### Required
- Python
- Linux
- performance analysis
- defect-triage
- test strategy
- automation
- GPU
- distributed AI systems

### Nice to have
- NVIS
- NVIDIA GPU platforms
- NCCL
- Kubernetes
- Slurm
- network testing
- storage validation
- benchmark engineering
- workload modeling
- CI-based testing
- observability
- release management
- Cisco networking
- AI cluster reference architectures

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