R887467 - System Software Engineer - SGBU - San Jose, CA

SGBU is looking for an experienced system software engineer to help build a network management system (NMS) for smart grid networks comprised of millions of devices including electric/gas meters, grid sensors/controllers, edge routers, etc. The networking technologies involed include RF mesh, PLC mesh, WiFi, WiMax, celluar, etc. The key challenges are the sheer number of devices and the compexities in managing large-scale mesh networks over lossy and low-power networks.

Responsibilities:
* Building server-side components for a network management system, including
- large-scale element management, state storage, and status tracking
- highly scalable time-series data collection, storage, and analysis
- high-speed event processing, filtering, synthesis, and notifications
- large-scale parallel configuration deployment and remote control operations
- cluster job managers, with parallelization and high availability
- component-based software architecture for extensibility
* Building and/or reusing existing network clients and servers for communication with elements
- ping, traceroute
- SNMP client and trap receiver
- Custom UDP-based clients and servers
- HTTP/XML clients and servers
* Authoring system management components for network support services, including DHCP and AAA
* Working with a SQL database backend for optimized storage and querying

Requirements:
* Experience designing scalable backend systems in J2EE
* Deep understanding of SQL databases, queueing, clustering, and high-availability
* Ability to design a modular software architecture for extensibility and upgradability
* Familiarity with enterprise software security and network security
* Experience implementing network protocols is a plus
* Excellent communication skills.

To apply, email your resume to David Sneed: dsneed@cisco.com and reference the job title in the email's subject field or apply online: http://www.cisco.apply2jobs.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=mExternal.showJob&RID=887467&CurrentPage=1