**Meet the Team** Join Cisco’s Network Engineering and Enablement team, a highly skilled group dedicated to optimizing engineering processes, developing robust infrastructure, and delivering world-class network solutions. We partner closely with product development, software quality assurance, and security engineering, working collaboratively to deliver secure, scalable, and high-performing products and services that support Cisco’s global business and technology goals. **Your Impact** As a Network Engineering Manager, you will: + Lead daily activities of software engineers focused on the development, enhancement, and maintenance of network modules and applications, including cloud-based and internet-related tools. + Guide teams working on medium-to-large features from technical design through completion, ensuring adherence to coding standards anddevelopmentbest practices. + Evaluate and resolve technical feasibility, design, security optimization, and production issues, ensuring technical quality and continuous improvement throughout the development process. + Lead projects end-to-end, from requirements gathering to deployment, while applying agile and other modern development methodologies. + Monitor compliance with procedures, policies, and standards, acting on issues and recommendingenhancementsas necessary. + Participate in product roadmap planning, provideaccurateschedulesand resource estimates, and manage resource allocation effectively. + Represent the team in meetings with customers and stakeholders to explain solutions, gather feedback, and ensure that input is reflected in design and deployment. + Serve as the primary contact for cross-functional interactions,eliminatingblockers, holding technical discussions, and solving immediate problems. + Independently execute advanced network and security configurations (VLAN, SVI, BGP, ACL, PBR, etc.), analyze network topologies, and implement solutions. + Develop and implement network automation scripts to enhance security provisioning, configuration management, and incident response. + Oversee system patching, software upgrades, and configuration changesin accordance withchange control procedures. + Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation to support operational continuity and knowledge sharing. + Demonstrate independence and initiative in learningnew technologiesandidentifyingopportunities for efficiency improvements. **Minimum Qualifications** + Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field with 8+ years of related experience, OR + Master’s degree with 6+ years of related experience, OR + PhD with 3+ years of related experience. + Previoussupervisory or team lead experiencerequired. + Hands-on experience in operation and maintenance of datacenter, backbone networking, and network security. + Proficiencyin network and security configuration and troubleshooting. + Experience managing system patches, upgrades, andchangecontrol in a large-scale environment. + Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills. **Preferred Qualifications** + Advanced experienceoperatingand maintaining Cisco network platforms, including enterprise switches and routers (IOS-XE), data center switches (NXOS), backbone routers (IOS-XR), Cisco NGFW Firepower, and FMC, withproficiencyin command line syntax. + Deep knowledge of Cisco ACI environments, including technical principles, configuration methods, and management through Ansible. + Proficient in advanced network technologies:vPC, LACP, STP, OSPF, BGP, MPLS, VXLAN, ACL, and PBR. + Proventrack recordof developing and implementing network automation scripts. + Expertisein creating andmaintainingtechnical documentation for knowledge sharing and operational continuity. + Demonstrated ability to manage medium-to-large projects, including resource planning, stakeholder management, and cross-functional collaboration. + Experience inoptimizingengineering processes, enabling team efficiency, and leading technology adoption. + Strong self-motivation and ability to proactively learn and applynew technologies. **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. Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.