Cisco Systems is offering an extraordinary opportunity to be part of a small, innovative team. The engineering team operates independently of Cisco's mainline R&D organisation and is tasked with building a cloud security product from the ground up. We are looking for an energetic Software Engineering Intern to contribute to the design and development efforts.
What you'll do
As an intern at Cisco Defense Orchestrator, you will be working on one-week sprints in a fast paced team to deliver a slick, fast, and consistent security policy management experience across the entire gamut of Cisco devices to our customers. You will:
Participate as a technical contributor on a fast paced team of engineers involved in the development of Cisco Defense Orchestrator; Contribute to all phases of software development from requirement gathering through implementation, testing and maintaining multiple code modules;
Create innovative solutions for complex technical problems;
Meet challenging project goals and schedules.
Who we are
Cisco Defense Orchestrator (https://www.getcdo.com) is a SaaS product deployed on the public cloud that enables Cisco security customers to manage their security policies simply, consistently, and effectively across their entire portfolio of firewalls and services.
Starting out in 2014 with zero lines of code as an Alpha project (Cisco-funded startup), we have moved fast, releasing new features to our customers every week and going from 0 to over 500 customers (including many household names).
Our product is built using a microservices architecture (with some monolithic components) written in Java and Node.js, and an intuitive UI built on Angular. Our core development team comprises multiple scrum teams split across the UK, Israel, and the United States. Our scrum teams have a great degree of autonomy, and are encouraged to come up with creative solutions to complex problems. We work on one-week sprints, with fully automated CI and release into facsimiles of production multiple times a day. We do not believe in silos every developer is responsible for ensuring her or his feature is tested at every level (from end-to-end to unit tests), and we operate in a DevOps environment where developers with interest in learning to run large, scalable cloud services are responsible for deploying and managing our production environment on a rotational basis.
While we work hard, we do like to let our hair down together; with a spot of bowling, some fancy cocktails, or a good old fashioned pint down the local. While we often work to aggressive deadlines, we recognise the importance of a work/life balance and are supportive of fitting your work around your life rather than the other way round.
Who you are
Required Experience and Skills:
- High proficiency in Java and/or JavaScript.
- Track record of contribution toopen source software project, successful appearances in hackathons or independently published applications (e.g. mobile apps).
- Algorithm design and analysis.
- Linux fundamentals.
- Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science or equivalent numerate specialization.
Learning Opportunities
Immerse yourself in an exciting, fast paced start-up environment,working as a member of an innovative and highly motivated software development team;
Gain valuable experience with modern technologies such as Angular, Node.js, Mongo, AWS, ELK stack and Chef;
Learn about Agile software development methodology by being a contributing member of a Scrum team.
U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings. Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday, plus a day off for their birthday. Employees accrue up to 20 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) each year and have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues without tapping into their PTO. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community. Employees are also able to purchase company stock through our Employee Stock Purchase Program.
Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco pays at the standard rate of 1% of incentive target for each 1% revenue attainment against the quota up to 100%. Once performance exceeds 100% quota attainment, incentive rates may increase up to five times the standard rate with no cap on incentive compensation. For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.
