As an Operations Manager for the TelePresence Exchange Business Unit (TXBU), you will drive a critical operation that will enable an emerging, high-growth video business. The long-term goals of the TXBU are to drive pervasive adoption of TelePresence technology by delivering hosted video solutions.
In this position you will closely collaborate with other operations manager as well as product management and other business units, finance, operations and support teams in developing critical business enabling processes and tools.
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RESPONSIBILITIES:
• BU responsibility for aligning billing capabilities with market needs by ensuring billing/collection process is flexible to adjust quickly to changing offerings and can quickly and accurately report on payment status
• Work closely with BU functional leads (particularly product management, engineering and operations) and other internal functions (finance, operations) to define and implement billing and collection processes and tools for a recurring, usage based customer bill, including:
1. Invoicing
2. Rating
3. Taxes / fees (by jurisdiction)
4. Payment
5. Collection and reconciliation
6. Settlement / reports
7. Integration into existing processes / systems (customer database, Cisco ERP systems, finance systems, service desk)
• Lead process of evaluating, selecting and managing third-party vendors
• Define collection processes with Cisco, including evaluation of credit-card payment
• Primary responsibility for successful implementation of new internal and third-party processes
• Manage small team dedicated to implementation and integration of these tools and processes with rest of the organization
• Customize / localize processes / tools by country as necessary
• Build small team responsible for billing / collection operations
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
The ideal candidate will possess the following experience:
• BA/BS (business, marketing, or engineering preferred)
• 10-15 years of prior experience with telecommunications billing (rating, invoicing, settlement) processes
• Past experience in selecting and managing implementation of outsourced billing providers
• Experience in establishing credit card payment processes
• 2-3 people management experience
• Driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit and sense of urgency. Must be resourceful, proactive and aggressive, willing to swim against the tide.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented and possessing a high level of integrity.
• Team player that works well in collaborative situations and start-up environments.
• Strong written and oral communication skills required.
• Ability to effectively collaborate across multiple functions and departments
To apply, email your resume to 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=879337&CurrentPage=1
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
CISCO - R870852 - Senior Software Engineer, Smart Grid Business Unit - San Jose, CA
Join the Smart Grid BU as a Senior Software Engineer.
In this role you will be joining the Smart Grid BU and working with the Development and product teams to design and implement security solutions for Smart Grid products. The individual must have a proven track record of implementing and deploying security solutions for hardware platforms.
The individual must have hands-on development experience. Must have the ability to implement and proto-type security solutions being proposed. The candidate must be able to make system level design decisions and trade-off. Broad knowledge of security protocols, applications, methodologies in deploying security standards.
Job Responsibilities:
• Develop security solutions for switches, routers and intelligent smart grid devices.
* Ability to implement and proto-type security solutions being proposed in
either C, C++, Python.
• Ability to represent and take a leadership role in standard body and lead
Development team to implement newly adopted security standards
• Evaluate development designs to provide threat analysis as prescribed by CSDL.
• Collaborate with the Documentation team to ensure high quality of end-user documents
• Perform job duties involving knowledge of standard networking theories, concepts, and techniques and application to product development and related disciplines
• Contribute to system level architecture design and write functional and detailed design specifications
• Work with other functional teams such as HW, documentation, field support to ensure product and customer success.
• Participate and lead design reviews of SW and platform design by the team. Ability to energize and mentor junior team members of the team to achieve deliverables.
• Assess competitive products and evolving technologies and apply this knowledge to product roadmap development.
Requirements:
• MSEE/CS combined with 12+ years of related experience, or BSEE/CS combined with 14+ yrs related experience.
• C/C++ software development, preferably in Cisco IOS, Linux or RTOS, delivering multiple successful products to market
* Strong understanding of implementation and practical challenges of
Encryption, 802.1X, Certificate management, 802.1X and other security standards.
• Hands on experience with developing security solutions and strategies for light weigh low-end platforms.
* Very high technical competence, and proven track record for high quality and on time product delivery
• Translate BU level goals into your own and team work assignments
• Solid knowledge of Embedded development environment required
• Experience with switch and router software development methodology
• Proficiency with software test and debugging environment
• Ability to interface with other disciplines including HW engineers
• Demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in an innovative and fast paced environment
• Ability to stay in sync with key customer requirements and deliver products to meet the requirements, making appropriate trade-offs
To apply, email your resume to 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=870852&CurrentPage=1
In this role you will be joining the Smart Grid BU and working with the Development and product teams to design and implement security solutions for Smart Grid products. The individual must have a proven track record of implementing and deploying security solutions for hardware platforms.
The individual must have hands-on development experience. Must have the ability to implement and proto-type security solutions being proposed. The candidate must be able to make system level design decisions and trade-off. Broad knowledge of security protocols, applications, methodologies in deploying security standards.
Job Responsibilities:
• Develop security solutions for switches, routers and intelligent smart grid devices.
* Ability to implement and proto-type security solutions being proposed in
either C, C++, Python.
• Ability to represent and take a leadership role in standard body and lead
Development team to implement newly adopted security standards
• Evaluate development designs to provide threat analysis as prescribed by CSDL.
• Collaborate with the Documentation team to ensure high quality of end-user documents
• Perform job duties involving knowledge of standard networking theories, concepts, and techniques and application to product development and related disciplines
• Contribute to system level architecture design and write functional and detailed design specifications
• Work with other functional teams such as HW, documentation, field support to ensure product and customer success.
• Participate and lead design reviews of SW and platform design by the team. Ability to energize and mentor junior team members of the team to achieve deliverables.
• Assess competitive products and evolving technologies and apply this knowledge to product roadmap development.
Requirements:
• MSEE/CS combined with 12+ years of related experience, or BSEE/CS combined with 14+ yrs related experience.
• C/C++ software development, preferably in Cisco IOS, Linux or RTOS, delivering multiple successful products to market
* Strong understanding of implementation and practical challenges of
Encryption, 802.1X, Certificate management, 802.1X and other security standards.
• Hands on experience with developing security solutions and strategies for light weigh low-end platforms.
* Very high technical competence, and proven track record for high quality and on time product delivery
• Translate BU level goals into your own and team work assignments
• Solid knowledge of Embedded development environment required
• Experience with switch and router software development methodology
• Proficiency with software test and debugging environment
• Ability to interface with other disciplines including HW engineers
• Demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in an innovative and fast paced environment
• Ability to stay in sync with key customer requirements and deliver products to meet the requirements, making appropriate trade-offs
To apply, email your resume to 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=870852&CurrentPage=1
CISCO - R870850 - Software/Cyber Security Technical Lead, Smart Grid Business Unit - San Jose, CA
Join the Smart Grid BU as a Software/Security Architect.
In this role you will be joining the Smart Grid BU and working with the Development and product teams to define and architect security solutions for Smart Grid products. The individual must have a proven track record of implementing and deploying cyber security solutions.
The individual must have hands-on development experience. Must have the ability to implement and proto-type security solutions being proposed. The candidate must be able to make system level design decisions and trade-off. Broad knowledge of security protocols, applications, methodologies in deploying security standards.
Job Responsibilities:
• Develop security solutions for switches, routers and intelligent smart grid devices.
* Ability to implement and proto-type security solutions being proposed in
either C, C++, Python.
• Ability to represent and take a leadership role in standard body and lead
Development team to implement newly adopted security standards
• Evaluate development designs to provide threat analysis as prescribed by CSDL.
• Collaborate with the Documentation team to ensure high quality of end-user documents
• Perform job duties involving knowledge of standard networking theories, concepts, and techniques and application to product development and related disciplines
• Contribute to system level architecture design and write functional and detailed design specifications
• Work with other functional teams such as HW, documentation, field support to ensure product and customer success.
• Participate and lead design reviews of SW and platform design by the team. Ability to energize and mentor junior team members of the team to achieve deliverables.
• Assess competitive products and evolving technologies and apply this knowledge to product roadmap development.
Requirements:
• MSEE/CS combined with 12+ years of related experience, or BSEE/CS combined with 14+ yrs related experience.
• C/C++ software development, preferably in Cisco IOS, Linux or RTOS, delivering multiple successful products to market
* Strong understanding of implementation and practical challenges of
Encryption, 802.1X, Certificate management, 802.1X and other security standards.
• Hands on experience with developing security solutions and strategies for light weigh low-end platforms.
* Very high technical competence, and proven track record for high quality and on time product delivery
• Translate BU level goals into your own and team work assignments
• Solid knowledge of Embedded development environment required
• Experience with switch and router software development methodology
• Proficiency with software test and debugging environment
• Ability to interface with other disciplines including HW engineers
• Demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in an innovative and fast paced environment
• Ability to stay in sync with key customer requirements and deliver products to meet the requirements, making appropriate trade-offs
To apply, email your resume to 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=870850&CurrentPage=1
In this role you will be joining the Smart Grid BU and working with the Development and product teams to define and architect security solutions for Smart Grid products. The individual must have a proven track record of implementing and deploying cyber security solutions.
The individual must have hands-on development experience. Must have the ability to implement and proto-type security solutions being proposed. The candidate must be able to make system level design decisions and trade-off. Broad knowledge of security protocols, applications, methodologies in deploying security standards.
Job Responsibilities:
• Develop security solutions for switches, routers and intelligent smart grid devices.
* Ability to implement and proto-type security solutions being proposed in
either C, C++, Python.
• Ability to represent and take a leadership role in standard body and lead
Development team to implement newly adopted security standards
• Evaluate development designs to provide threat analysis as prescribed by CSDL.
• Collaborate with the Documentation team to ensure high quality of end-user documents
• Perform job duties involving knowledge of standard networking theories, concepts, and techniques and application to product development and related disciplines
• Contribute to system level architecture design and write functional and detailed design specifications
• Work with other functional teams such as HW, documentation, field support to ensure product and customer success.
• Participate and lead design reviews of SW and platform design by the team. Ability to energize and mentor junior team members of the team to achieve deliverables.
• Assess competitive products and evolving technologies and apply this knowledge to product roadmap development.
Requirements:
• MSEE/CS combined with 12+ years of related experience, or BSEE/CS combined with 14+ yrs related experience.
• C/C++ software development, preferably in Cisco IOS, Linux or RTOS, delivering multiple successful products to market
* Strong understanding of implementation and practical challenges of
Encryption, 802.1X, Certificate management, 802.1X and other security standards.
• Hands on experience with developing security solutions and strategies for light weigh low-end platforms.
* Very high technical competence, and proven track record for high quality and on time product delivery
• Translate BU level goals into your own and team work assignments
• Solid knowledge of Embedded development environment required
• Experience with switch and router software development methodology
• Proficiency with software test and debugging environment
• Ability to interface with other disciplines including HW engineers
• Demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in an innovative and fast paced environment
• Ability to stay in sync with key customer requirements and deliver products to meet the requirements, making appropriate trade-offs
To apply, email your resume to 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=870850&CurrentPage=1
CISCO - R870849 - Sr. Software Engineer, Smart Grid Business Unit - San Jose, CA
In this role you will be joining the Smart Grid BU and working with the SW and project teams to deliver high-quality products for the Smart Grid, one of Cisco’s key initiatives.
Job Responsibilities:
• Develop switch and router software for utility grade products. Participate in the specification, design, and development of switch and router software.
• Follow standard design, implementation processes and procedures
• Architect, design and test your code to ensure delivery of high quality products
• Contribute to system level architecture design and write functional and detailed design specifications
• Work with other functional teams such as HW, documentation, field support to ensure product and customer success.
• Write unit and integration test plans
• Debug issues identified during unit, function, and system testing
• Collaborate with the Documentation team to ensure high quality of end-user documents
• Perform job duties involving knowledge of standard networking theories, concepts, and techniques and application to product development and related disciplines
• Participate in design reviews of SW components designed by you and other team members. Mentor junior team members
• Assess competitive products and evolving technologies and apply this knowledge to product roadmap development.
Requirements:
• MSEE/CS combined with 10+ years of related experience, or BSEE/CS combined with 12+ yrs related experience.
• C/C++ software development, preferably in Cisco IOS, delivering multiple successful products to market
• Very high technical competence, and proven track record for high quality and on time product delivery
• Hands on experience with one or more of the LAN/WAN network layer protocols as demonstrated by work on related products.
• Translate BU level goals into your own and team work assignments
• Solid knowledge of Embedded development environment required
• Experience with switch and router software development methodology
• Proficiency with software test and debugging environment
• Ability to interface with other disciplines including HW engineers
• Demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in an innovative and fast paced environment
• Ability to stay in sync with key customer requirements and deliver products to meet the requirements, making appropriate trade-offs
To apply, email your resume to 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=870849&CurrentPage=1
Job Responsibilities:
• Develop switch and router software for utility grade products. Participate in the specification, design, and development of switch and router software.
• Follow standard design, implementation processes and procedures
• Architect, design and test your code to ensure delivery of high quality products
• Contribute to system level architecture design and write functional and detailed design specifications
• Work with other functional teams such as HW, documentation, field support to ensure product and customer success.
• Write unit and integration test plans
• Debug issues identified during unit, function, and system testing
• Collaborate with the Documentation team to ensure high quality of end-user documents
• Perform job duties involving knowledge of standard networking theories, concepts, and techniques and application to product development and related disciplines
• Participate in design reviews of SW components designed by you and other team members. Mentor junior team members
• Assess competitive products and evolving technologies and apply this knowledge to product roadmap development.
Requirements:
• MSEE/CS combined with 10+ years of related experience, or BSEE/CS combined with 12+ yrs related experience.
• C/C++ software development, preferably in Cisco IOS, delivering multiple successful products to market
• Very high technical competence, and proven track record for high quality and on time product delivery
• Hands on experience with one or more of the LAN/WAN network layer protocols as demonstrated by work on related products.
• Translate BU level goals into your own and team work assignments
• Solid knowledge of Embedded development environment required
• Experience with switch and router software development methodology
• Proficiency with software test and debugging environment
• Ability to interface with other disciplines including HW engineers
• Demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in an innovative and fast paced environment
• Ability to stay in sync with key customer requirements and deliver products to meet the requirements, making appropriate trade-offs
To apply, email your resume to 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=870849&CurrentPage=1
Cisco - R871266 - Technical Leader II, DC and IaaS Cloud, Network Management Technology Group - San Jose, CA
Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate. Information about Cisco can be found at www.cisco.com
POSITION SUMMARY: NMTG Summary:
The Network Management Technology Group (NMTG) is responsible for defining and developing a rich set of Network Management platforms and applications across Cisco’s traditional market segments of Enterprise Commercial customers and Service Providers. NMTG consists of approximately 1100 full time employees and contractors in multiple locations (San Jose, Boxborough and Raleigh Durham, US; Glasgow, Scotland; Bangalore and Chennai, India; Monza, Italy) and a yearly budget of approx $50M. The CTO is instrumental in driving NMTG’s technology strategy.
Technical Leader II Role Summary:
The CTO of NMTG is responsible for the technology strategy and direction for NMTG. In addition to strategy, the CTO’s office will be involved in the development of solution architectures, technology investigations and the strategic engagement of industry standards bodies. These efforts will require very senior level architects and engineers to participate in the development of cross Cisco solution architectures for company priorities such as Data Center, Video, IP NGN, Cloud, Borderless Networks, Smart Grid etc. The Technical Leader must also be able to represent NMTG from a management architecture perspective on these various initiatives.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Major Responsibilities
• Technology Strategy and Direction: The primary focus of the Technical Leader will be Data Center. This includes Cisco’s strategy with respect to enabling IaaS Clouds. The individual will play a leadership role in setting the management strategy and the management technology direction for NMTG in the Data Center. This will include both the embedded manageability components of the various DC products, as well as the management products.
• Solution Architectures: Cisco is transitioning its investment strategy from a point product approach to solution architectures. These solutions may require integrating products from across Cisco, third parties, and open source, as well as using professional services for customer integration requirements. The Technical Leader will participate as a DC management domain architect with the ability to understand all aspects of the solution as it pertains to the DC and be able to prescribe the end to end management architecture suitable for the particular solution space.
• Standards Support: The Technical Leader must be able to identify key standards activities that may present an opportunity or risk to Cisco in the Data Center. Participation in standards activities, or working with those directly involved will be an important part of the job.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE The successful Technical Leader candidate will be an innovative and seasoned leader with a proven record in DC management. The ideal candidate has very strong knowledge of a broad base of DC technologies including network, compute, storage and virtualization technologies. They will also have a deep understanding of resource management, provisioning and service assurance technologies, particularly as to how they relate to the highly dynamic and virtualized nature of IaaS clouds. The candidate must have demonstrated strong execution in a highly collaborative environment.
The ideal candidate will possess the following experience:
• Will have strong technology knowledge across the range of DC technologies.
• Will have experience in participating in the development of large cross functional solution architectures
• Will have a strong DC management technology background
• Will be very familiar with the current state of IaaS Cloud architectures
• Will be an excellent communicator
• Will be a very strong collaborator across organizational boundaries
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES & CHARACTERISTICS Critical Competencies for Success
A “Bold” Strategic Orientation: The candidate will have a clear track record of leading strategic architecture development, and making bold recommendations on key product innovations and investments in the context of a rapidly evolving technology sector. Evidence of this orientation will include notable product development success, and taking calculated risks in product direction and development that paid off and proved to be prescient moves. A leader who is comfortable with change.
Deep Technical Knowledge: The candidate must have a very deep and broad technical knowledge covering core Cisco DC technologies such as networking, compute, storage and the virtualization capabilities in each of these areas. They must also have a deep understanding of the relevant management and embedded management technologies and how these apply in IaaS clouds. A software development background is preferred.
Collaboration Skills: The candidate’s operating style will be characterized by an emphasis on collaboration and working through other internal and external organizations and individuals to achieve success – particularly in the context of a complex and global organization with multiple priorities. Evidence of these skills will include examples of business and product success that required the coordination of numerous parties for which the individual did not have direct control, yet they effectively engaged and influenced to gain commitment and action.
Communication Skills: The candidate will have good oral and written communication skills. The individual should have experience in public speaking and have published whitepapers, technical documents or other artifacts.
Other Personal Characteristics
The ideal candidate will:
• Be a dynamic, engaging, self-reliant senior leader, accustomed to working with a collaborative, fact-based approach, articulate communication, and interpersonal warmth.
• Be an extraordinarily intelligent, rigorous thinker who can operate successfully among very bright and charismatic people.
• Be equally comfortable and capable interacting with technologists as with business executives.
• Be open to continuous learning and committed to on-going self improvement.
EDUCATION: An undergraduate degree in Computer Science or a related field is required. Advanced degree preferred.
COMPENSATION: The successful candidate will receive a highly competitive and attractive compensation package, which includes a base salary, a performance-based bonus, and equity.
To apply, email your resume to 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=871266&CurrentPage=1
POSITION SUMMARY: NMTG Summary:
The Network Management Technology Group (NMTG) is responsible for defining and developing a rich set of Network Management platforms and applications across Cisco’s traditional market segments of Enterprise Commercial customers and Service Providers. NMTG consists of approximately 1100 full time employees and contractors in multiple locations (San Jose, Boxborough and Raleigh Durham, US; Glasgow, Scotland; Bangalore and Chennai, India; Monza, Italy) and a yearly budget of approx $50M. The CTO is instrumental in driving NMTG’s technology strategy.
Technical Leader II Role Summary:
The CTO of NMTG is responsible for the technology strategy and direction for NMTG. In addition to strategy, the CTO’s office will be involved in the development of solution architectures, technology investigations and the strategic engagement of industry standards bodies. These efforts will require very senior level architects and engineers to participate in the development of cross Cisco solution architectures for company priorities such as Data Center, Video, IP NGN, Cloud, Borderless Networks, Smart Grid etc. The Technical Leader must also be able to represent NMTG from a management architecture perspective on these various initiatives.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Major Responsibilities
• Technology Strategy and Direction: The primary focus of the Technical Leader will be Data Center. This includes Cisco’s strategy with respect to enabling IaaS Clouds. The individual will play a leadership role in setting the management strategy and the management technology direction for NMTG in the Data Center. This will include both the embedded manageability components of the various DC products, as well as the management products.
• Solution Architectures: Cisco is transitioning its investment strategy from a point product approach to solution architectures. These solutions may require integrating products from across Cisco, third parties, and open source, as well as using professional services for customer integration requirements. The Technical Leader will participate as a DC management domain architect with the ability to understand all aspects of the solution as it pertains to the DC and be able to prescribe the end to end management architecture suitable for the particular solution space.
• Standards Support: The Technical Leader must be able to identify key standards activities that may present an opportunity or risk to Cisco in the Data Center. Participation in standards activities, or working with those directly involved will be an important part of the job.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE The successful Technical Leader candidate will be an innovative and seasoned leader with a proven record in DC management. The ideal candidate has very strong knowledge of a broad base of DC technologies including network, compute, storage and virtualization technologies. They will also have a deep understanding of resource management, provisioning and service assurance technologies, particularly as to how they relate to the highly dynamic and virtualized nature of IaaS clouds. The candidate must have demonstrated strong execution in a highly collaborative environment.
The ideal candidate will possess the following experience:
• Will have strong technology knowledge across the range of DC technologies.
• Will have experience in participating in the development of large cross functional solution architectures
• Will have a strong DC management technology background
• Will be very familiar with the current state of IaaS Cloud architectures
• Will be an excellent communicator
• Will be a very strong collaborator across organizational boundaries
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES & CHARACTERISTICS Critical Competencies for Success
A “Bold” Strategic Orientation: The candidate will have a clear track record of leading strategic architecture development, and making bold recommendations on key product innovations and investments in the context of a rapidly evolving technology sector. Evidence of this orientation will include notable product development success, and taking calculated risks in product direction and development that paid off and proved to be prescient moves. A leader who is comfortable with change.
Deep Technical Knowledge: The candidate must have a very deep and broad technical knowledge covering core Cisco DC technologies such as networking, compute, storage and the virtualization capabilities in each of these areas. They must also have a deep understanding of the relevant management and embedded management technologies and how these apply in IaaS clouds. A software development background is preferred.
Collaboration Skills: The candidate’s operating style will be characterized by an emphasis on collaboration and working through other internal and external organizations and individuals to achieve success – particularly in the context of a complex and global organization with multiple priorities. Evidence of these skills will include examples of business and product success that required the coordination of numerous parties for which the individual did not have direct control, yet they effectively engaged and influenced to gain commitment and action.
Communication Skills: The candidate will have good oral and written communication skills. The individual should have experience in public speaking and have published whitepapers, technical documents or other artifacts.
Other Personal Characteristics
The ideal candidate will:
• Be a dynamic, engaging, self-reliant senior leader, accustomed to working with a collaborative, fact-based approach, articulate communication, and interpersonal warmth.
• Be an extraordinarily intelligent, rigorous thinker who can operate successfully among very bright and charismatic people.
• Be equally comfortable and capable interacting with technologists as with business executives.
• Be open to continuous learning and committed to on-going self improvement.
EDUCATION: An undergraduate degree in Computer Science or a related field is required. Advanced degree preferred.
COMPENSATION: The successful candidate will receive a highly competitive and attractive compensation package, which includes a base salary, a performance-based bonus, and equity.
To apply, email your resume to 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=871266&CurrentPage=1
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Anti-Spam / Anti-Malware Researcher
It’s an Exciting Time to Work at Cisco!
Like the networks we build, our team is a broad network of individuals collaborating to change how the world works, lives, plays and learns.
Anti-Spam / Anti-Malware Researcher
IronPort Systems, a Cisco Business Unit, is looking for a results-oriented applied-researcher in the Security Applications Analysis Group. The Analysis Group is responsible for identifying and quantifying the impact of techniques for improving the efficacy of our email and web security applications. The Researcher will study spam and malware missed by existing techniques and apply disciplined analysis to identify new techniques for identifying spam and malware. Deliverables include research proposals, research documents describing a technique and quantitative measures of expected efficacy improvement, prototypes, functional specifications and ad-hoc measurement tools. As an applied researcher, the candidate should be comfortable engaging in healthy debate with team members and developing production code as required. Development will be on a UNIX-based platform primarily using Python or C as an implementation language.
Required Experience and Skills:
• 3+ years of applied research or development experience in email, web or network security or a related field
• Understanding of security, including email and/or web threats
• Experience turning research ideas into actionable designs
• Proficient with Unix and databases
• Working knowledge of Perl
• Facility with applied statistics or machine learning
• Advanced degree in a relevant field is desirable
• Professional experience developing any service-oriented software, especially with scaling, QOS and uptime requirements desired
• Relevant experience in reviewing designs, specifications, schedules, and resource estimates
• Cross functional skills: must be able to communicate other groups to agree on testing requirements, hardware specifications, deployment configurations, scheduling, etc.
• Comfortable working in a group with several ongoing concurrent projects.
• Must possess strong verbal, written, analytical, and persuasive skills, and the ability to communicate and interact with all members of the development team.
Primary Responsibilities:
• Characterize and quantify problems related to spam/malware not detected by existing technologies and new techniques being used to spread them
• Propose techniques to stop malware and spam and how the impact of these techniques should be measured
• Develop functional overviews and function specs summarizing the problem being addressed by a new system and its various components
• Publish research documents documenting the methodology and findings of a research project, including quantitative measures of expected efficacy improvement
• Develop and document prototypes to simulate the behavior of a new technique
• Design and monitor tools to measure a particular problem or the contribution of a particular technique over time
• Design and implement production code for projects as required
• Work closely with a cross functional team to design new features and resolve issues as they arise
Personal Characteristics:
“The Customer Comes First” Attitude: Candidate will demonstrate passionate commitment to the customer and to product quality. Champions the product and the customer’s needs and implements a model of continuous improvement in both company goals and project-related task.
“Practical, results-oriented focus”: Candidate must possess a keen instinct to discern the ideas likely to have the most measurable benefit to IronPort’s products from the many possible ideas out there and work closely with other members of the development team to execute them.
For immediate consideration, please submit your resume here.
Performance Testing Engineer
It’s an Exciting Time to Work at Cisco!
Like the networks we build, our team is a broad network of individuals collaborating to change how the world works, lives, plays and learns.
Performance Testing Engineer
IronPort is an independent business unit of Cisco Systems, Inc. and one of Cisco’s most recent and highly touted acquisitions. Operating as a part of Cisco’s Security Technology Group, IronPort is a leading provider of anti-spam, anti-virus and anti-spyware appliances for organizations ranging from small businesses to the Global 2000 and one of the fastest growing business units in all of Cisco Systems.
Job Description:
The Performance Testing Engineer will be primarily responsible for developing and maintaining tools used in automated performance testing of IronPort's email and web appliances; executing and triaging performance tests; working with development to resolve performance issues; and publishing benchmarks and sizing documents. The Performance Engineer will possess a strong background in QA and engineering, with extensive experience identifying and resolving performance issues in a UNIX environment. The performance testing process is collaborative, and as such the position requires strong organizational and people skills.
Required Experience and Skills:
• Must have 3 year professional experience developing and executing performance tests.
• Expert command of some UNIX variant; able to perform minor system administration duties
• Working knowledge of Python, Perl or other object scripting language
• Strong knowledge of networking debugging
• Working knowledge of Routing, DNS, SMTP, FTP, HTTP, SSH and Telnet
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills. Must utilize these skills to communicate effectively across all groups in the organization.
• Demonstrated experience in debugging scripting and object oriented code
• Proven track record of delivering quality in a highly available, scalable environment
• Eagerness to learn new technologies/skills
• Experience testing Email or HTTP
For immediate consideration, please submit your resume here.
Like the networks we build, our team is a broad network of individuals collaborating to change how the world works, lives, plays and learns.
Performance Testing Engineer
IronPort is an independent business unit of Cisco Systems, Inc. and one of Cisco’s most recent and highly touted acquisitions. Operating as a part of Cisco’s Security Technology Group, IronPort is a leading provider of anti-spam, anti-virus and anti-spyware appliances for organizations ranging from small businesses to the Global 2000 and one of the fastest growing business units in all of Cisco Systems.
Job Description:
The Performance Testing Engineer will be primarily responsible for developing and maintaining tools used in automated performance testing of IronPort's email and web appliances; executing and triaging performance tests; working with development to resolve performance issues; and publishing benchmarks and sizing documents. The Performance Engineer will possess a strong background in QA and engineering, with extensive experience identifying and resolving performance issues in a UNIX environment. The performance testing process is collaborative, and as such the position requires strong organizational and people skills.
Required Experience and Skills:
• Must have 3 year professional experience developing and executing performance tests.
• Expert command of some UNIX variant; able to perform minor system administration duties
• Working knowledge of Python, Perl or other object scripting language
• Strong knowledge of networking debugging
• Working knowledge of Routing, DNS, SMTP, FTP, HTTP, SSH and Telnet
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills. Must utilize these skills to communicate effectively across all groups in the organization.
• Demonstrated experience in debugging scripting and object oriented code
• Proven track record of delivering quality in a highly available, scalable environment
• Eagerness to learn new technologies/skills
• Experience testing Email or HTTP
For immediate consideration, please submit your resume here.
Monday, February 4, 2008
QA Engineer
It’s an Exciting Time to Work at Cisco!
Like the networks we build, our team is a broad network of individuals collaborating to change how the world works, lives, plays and learns.
QA Engineer
IronPort® Systems, Inc. is an independent business unit of Cisco Systems. Operating as a part of Cisco’s Security Technology Group, IronPort is a leading provider of anti-spam, anti-virus and anti-spyware appliances for organizations ranging from small businesses to the Global 2000. IronPort product lines utilize SenderBase®, the world’s largest threat detection database, enabling powerful security measures that are easy to deploy and manage.
This QA Engineer will be a primary contributor to the test effort for the IronPort Security Management Appliance, part of IronPort's full line of high availability, massive performance and easy to use network security appliances. The QA Engineer will work with Engineering and Product Management to review product requirements and engineering specifications and will write and execute test plans and test cases based on these documents.
Primary Responsibilities:
* Create and review test cases and test plans based on functional specifications and marketing requirements documents
* Execute test cases and test plans using internal API test tool or manual execution as needed.
* Identify, isolate and document software defects, either independently or with QA/Development peers
* Analysis and diagnosis of issues found in the field.
* Mentor junior team members
* Provide status and escalate issues to Team Lead as needed
Required Experience and Skills:
* MUST HAVE SERVER-SIDE, UNIX BASED QA EXPERIENCE
* Minimum of 6 years experience in QA
* Proven, referenceable experience as a White/Grey box QA Engineer
* Strong command of some UNIX variant
* API level testing using custom test harnesses
* Solid skills in python or other programming language
* Strong knowledge of TCP/IP networking
* Experience testing RDBMS-based applications
* Experience testing server applications
* Proven track record of developing test plans and test cases from engineering specifications and product marketing documents
* Possess outstanding written and verbal communication skills. Must utilize these skills to communicate effectively across all groups in the organization
Required Experience and Skills:
* FreeBSD
* SQL
* Knowledge of Routing, DNS, SMTP, HTTP, FTP, SSH and Telnet
For immediate consideration, please submit your resume here.
Like the networks we build, our team is a broad network of individuals collaborating to change how the world works, lives, plays and learns.
QA Engineer
IronPort® Systems, Inc. is an independent business unit of Cisco Systems. Operating as a part of Cisco’s Security Technology Group, IronPort is a leading provider of anti-spam, anti-virus and anti-spyware appliances for organizations ranging from small businesses to the Global 2000. IronPort product lines utilize SenderBase®, the world’s largest threat detection database, enabling powerful security measures that are easy to deploy and manage.
This QA Engineer will be a primary contributor to the test effort for the IronPort Security Management Appliance, part of IronPort's full line of high availability, massive performance and easy to use network security appliances. The QA Engineer will work with Engineering and Product Management to review product requirements and engineering specifications and will write and execute test plans and test cases based on these documents.
Primary Responsibilities:
* Create and review test cases and test plans based on functional specifications and marketing requirements documents
* Execute test cases and test plans using internal API test tool or manual execution as needed.
* Identify, isolate and document software defects, either independently or with QA/Development peers
* Analysis and diagnosis of issues found in the field.
* Mentor junior team members
* Provide status and escalate issues to Team Lead as needed
Required Experience and Skills:
* MUST HAVE SERVER-SIDE, UNIX BASED QA EXPERIENCE
* Minimum of 6 years experience in QA
* Proven, referenceable experience as a White/Grey box QA Engineer
* Strong command of some UNIX variant
* API level testing using custom test harnesses
* Solid skills in python or other programming language
* Strong knowledge of TCP/IP networking
* Experience testing RDBMS-based applications
* Experience testing server applications
* Proven track record of developing test plans and test cases from engineering specifications and product marketing documents
* Possess outstanding written and verbal communication skills. Must utilize these skills to communicate effectively across all groups in the organization
Required Experience and Skills:
* FreeBSD
* SQL
* Knowledge of Routing, DNS, SMTP, HTTP, FTP, SSH and Telnet
For immediate consideration, please submit your resume here.
QA Engineer
It’s an Exciting Time to Work at Cisco!
Like the networks we build, our team is a broad network of individuals collaborating to change how the world works, lives, plays and learns.
QA Engineer
IronPort® Systems, Inc. is an independent business unit of Cisco Systems. Operating as a part of Cisco’s Security Technology Group, IronPort is a leading provider of anti-spam, anti-virus and anti-spyware appliances for organizations ranging from small businesses to the Global 2000. IronPort product lines utilize SenderBase®, the world’s largest threat detection database, enabling powerful security measures that are easy to deploy and manage.
This QA Engineer will be a primary contributor to the test effort for the IronPort Security Management Appliance, part of IronPort's full line of high availability, massive performance and easy to use network security appliances. The QA Engineer will work with Engineering and Product Management to review product requirements and engineering specifications and will write and execute test plans and test cases based on these documents.
Primary Responsibilities:
* Create and review test cases and test plans based on functional specifications and marketing requirements documents
* Execute test cases and test plans using internal API test tool or manual execution as needed.
* Identify, isolate and document software defects, either independently or with QA/Development peers
* Analysis and diagnosis of issues found in the field.
* Mentor junior team members
* Provide status and escalate issues to Team Lead as needed
Required Experience and Skills:
* MUST HAVE SERVER-SIDE, UNIX BASED QA EXPERIENCE
* Minimum of 6 years experience in QA
* Proven, referenceable experience as a White/Grey box QA Engineer
* Strong command of some UNIX variant
* API level testing using custom test harnesses
* Solid skills in python or other programming language
* Strong knowledge of TCP/IP networking
* Experience testing RDBMS-based applications
* Experience testing server applications
* Proven track record of developing test plans and test cases from engineering specifications and product marketing documents
* Possess outstanding written and verbal communication skills. Must utilize these skills to communicate effectively across all groups in the organization
Required Experience and Skills:
* FreeBSD
* SQL
* Knowledge of Routing, DNS, SMTP, HTTP, FTP, SSH and Telnet
For immediate consideration, please submit your resume here.
Like the networks we build, our team is a broad network of individuals collaborating to change how the world works, lives, plays and learns.
QA Engineer
IronPort® Systems, Inc. is an independent business unit of Cisco Systems. Operating as a part of Cisco’s Security Technology Group, IronPort is a leading provider of anti-spam, anti-virus and anti-spyware appliances for organizations ranging from small businesses to the Global 2000. IronPort product lines utilize SenderBase®, the world’s largest threat detection database, enabling powerful security measures that are easy to deploy and manage.
This QA Engineer will be a primary contributor to the test effort for the IronPort Security Management Appliance, part of IronPort's full line of high availability, massive performance and easy to use network security appliances. The QA Engineer will work with Engineering and Product Management to review product requirements and engineering specifications and will write and execute test plans and test cases based on these documents.
Primary Responsibilities:
* Create and review test cases and test plans based on functional specifications and marketing requirements documents
* Execute test cases and test plans using internal API test tool or manual execution as needed.
* Identify, isolate and document software defects, either independently or with QA/Development peers
* Analysis and diagnosis of issues found in the field.
* Mentor junior team members
* Provide status and escalate issues to Team Lead as needed
Required Experience and Skills:
* MUST HAVE SERVER-SIDE, UNIX BASED QA EXPERIENCE
* Minimum of 6 years experience in QA
* Proven, referenceable experience as a White/Grey box QA Engineer
* Strong command of some UNIX variant
* API level testing using custom test harnesses
* Solid skills in python or other programming language
* Strong knowledge of TCP/IP networking
* Experience testing RDBMS-based applications
* Experience testing server applications
* Proven track record of developing test plans and test cases from engineering specifications and product marketing documents
* Possess outstanding written and verbal communication skills. Must utilize these skills to communicate effectively across all groups in the organization
Required Experience and Skills:
* FreeBSD
* SQL
* Knowledge of Routing, DNS, SMTP, HTTP, FTP, SSH and Telnet
For immediate consideration, please submit your resume here.
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Technical Marketing Engineer, Web Security Appliances
It’s an Exciting Time to Work at Cisco!
Like the networks we build, our team is a broad network of individuals collaborating to change how the world works, lives, plays and learns.
Technical Marketing Engineer, Web Security Appliances
IronPort is an independent business unit of Cisco Systems. Operating as a part of Cisco’s Security Technology Group, IronPort is a leading provider of anti-spam, anti-virus and anti-spyware appliances for organizations ranging from small businesses to the Global 2000. IronPort product lines utilize SenderBase®, the world’s largest threat detection database, enabling powerful security measures that are easy to deploy and manage.
Responsibilities:
Technical Marketing Engineers (TMEs) are product focused, working with a cross-functional team to ensure that the products that IronPort is bringing to market is successful in a wide variety of customer engagements.
TMEs have intrinsic product knowledge as well as detailed technical knowledge about a variety of networking environments where the product has to reside in. TMEs should have the ability to clearly articulate the technical differentiators of a product as well as work with IronPort Product Managers in identifying customer requirements and product gaps and helping PMs prioritize those gaps. Extensive customer and field interaction is a must.
Primary Responsibilities:
• Responsible for creating Technical collateral, application notes, technical white papers, presentations, demonstrations, and providing deal support for IronPort's Web Security product line
• Responsible for creating and maintaining vendor inter-operability matrices for IronPort's Web Security Appliance product line
• Assist in BU activity regarding performance and competitive analysis. Responsible for creating and maintaining field-facing performance and sizing matrix for IronPort's Web Security Appliance product line
• Support sales and marketing efforts as required. Some travel required to support field and marketing activity
• Support product launch activities and assist with Tradeshows, Conferences and Technical Sales Training or Channel Partner Training activities.
• Respond to customer or field inquiries, assist with Technical RFPs and work with a cross-functional team of PMs, SEs, Engineers as required.
Required Experience and Skills:
•BA/BS (business, marketing, or engineering preferred), MBA or equivalent a plus.
• Driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit and sense of urgency. Must be resourceful, proactive and aggressive.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented and possessing a high level of integrity.
• Team player that works well in collaborative situations and start-up environments.
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills required.
• Natural leadership skills and the ability to work with all teams in the company.
• Extensive experience with Internet technologies (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, WCCP, FTP, SSH, SCP, LDAP etc) a must.
• Knowledge of web proxies, caching, Layer 4-7 switching desired
• Knowledge of Windows Active Directory services & protocols (NTLM SSP, NTLM basic, NTLM v2 etc.) a plus
• Experience with Cisco routing, switching or security products a plus
• Prior experience as a TME within the networking or security industry a must.
For immediate consideration, please submit your resume here.
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