# Software Engineer (Hybrid)

**Company**: Cisco
**Location**: Sierra Vista, Arizona
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $103,200.00 to $146,800.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

You will be a member of the Global Certification Team (GCT) at Cisco, working on architecting, designing, developing, and testing systems.

As a Software Engineer, you will maintain and handle the lab infrastructure that supports the team and help bring Cisco products through certification.

Responsibilities:

- Maintain and manage the lab infrastructure supporting the team.

- Build test networks, including configuration, installation, and setup of routers and switches.

- Assist in certification-related projects, including internal lab testing, product analysis, and communication with engineering business units.

- Perform onsite testing at Government test centers (travel up to 15% of the time).

- Research, design, develop, and document technical solutions, procedures, and organisational change documentation, using automation and AI-assisted tools.

Minimum Qualifications:

- Experience working with Cisco products

- Demonstrable Experience of IP routing protocols and switching technologies (e.g., LAN/WAN, STP, OSPF, BGP, VRRP/HSRP, IPv4, IPv6)

- Ability to build test networks, including configuration and setup of routers and switches

- Understanding of security concepts and frameworks: SSHv2, PKI, IPSec, TLS, AAA, Zero Trust, NIST 800-53, STIGs

- Community college or higher education in Information Technology/Systems, Computer Science, or engineering, or a similar background, or 4 years additional work experience in a related field

Preferred Qualifications:

- CCNP or Cisco DevNet Associate certification; familiarity with network automation (Ansible, Terraform), APIs and data models (REST, NETCONF/RESTCONF, YANG, JSON/YAML), and Git

- Experience with data center and cloud technologies: Cisco UCS, Nexus, VXLAN/EVPN, ESXi/Hyper-V, Docker/Kubernetes awareness, Windows Server/Active Directory, and at least one of AWS, Azure, or GCP

- Foundational scripting experience with Python and/or Bash

- Familiarity with AI-assisted tooling and responsible, secure AI usage; ability to detail environments with Visio, draw.io, or diagrams-as-code

- Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills; detail oriented, self-motivated, strong time management, and able to work independently and in a team

Benefits:

- Medical, dental and vision insurance

- 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution

- Paid parental leave

- Short and long-term disability coverage

- Basic life insurance

- 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees

- 1 paid day off for employee's birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness

- Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year

- Exempt employees participate in Cisco's flexible vacation time off program

- 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter

- Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

## Skills

### Required
- Cisco products
- IP routing protocols
- switching technologies
- security concepts
- SSHv2
- PKI
- IPSec
- TLS
- AAA
- Zero Trust
- NIST 800-53
- STIGs

### Nice to have
- CCNP
- Cisco DevNet Associate
- network automation
- Ansible
- Terraform
- APIs
- data models
- REST
- NETCONF/RESTCONF
- YANG
- JSON/YAML
- Git
- Python
- Bash
- AI-assisted tooling

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