Software Engineering Technical Leader -- Secure Workload Agent

Cisco Systems, Inc.
Bismarck, ND, United States
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

IBM AIX Unix Compilers Code Review Computer Programming Linux Device Drivers IBM System Z Software Engineering Solaris (Operating System) Cisco

Job description

Experteer Overview In this role you drive design, development, and optimization of the Secure Workload Unified Agent across multiple OS and architectures. You’ll work near the OS and kernel, delivering high performance, reliability, and security for enterprise environments. You’ll mentor teammates while guiding platform enablement and complex engineering projects. This is an opportunity to shape runtime security capabilities for diverse infrastructures at scale. Compensation / Benefits * Design, develop, and optimize low-level software components for the Unified Agent using C, focusing on OS and kernel-level functionality * Develop and maintain support for Linux, IBM AIX, IBM Power, IBM System z, Solaris, and other platforms * Diagnose complex software issues using crash/core dumps and OS internals to improve reliability and performance * Collaborate with engineers across Secure Workload, Tetragon, and Isovalent to deliver runtime security and platform enhancements * Mentor junior engineers through technical guidance, design discussions, and code reviews to uphold engineering excellence Tasks * Bachelor’s degree with 12+ years of related experience, or Master’s with 8+ years, or PhD with 5+ years * Experience developing software in C for Linux or UNIX-based OS * Experience with OS internals, kernel programming, or kernel driver development * Experience with compilers, cross-platform compilation, and crash/core dump analysis * Experience developing software for enterprise OS or multiple processor architectures Key requirements * medical, dental, and vision insurance * 401(k) with Cisco matching * paid time off and holidays * restricted stock units (RSUs) * paid parental leave * volunteer days

Requirements

Linux through technical guidance, design discussions, and code reviews to uphold engineering excellence Tasks * Bachelor’s degree with 12+ years of related experience, or Master’s with 8+ years, or PhD with 5+ years * Experience developing software in C for Linux or UNIX-based OS * Experience with OS internals, kernel programming, or kernel driver development * Experience with compilers, cross-platform compilation, and crash/core dump analysis * Experience developing software for enterprise OS or multiple processor architectures Key requirements * medical, dental, and vision insurance * 401(k) with Cisco matching * paid time off and holidays * restricted stock units (RSUs) * paid parental leave * volunteer days

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