Director, Software Engineering (Cloud and Security Domain|) @ Cisco

As a Director, Data platform Engineering, you will help us in our continuous mission to make our products work together seamlessly, creating a fantastic user experience for our customers and provide self-service AI driven analytics capabilities when you need it. You will tackle challenges with a new lens and iterate with a passion for improvement. Problem-solving and innovating will be the name of the game.

In this role, you are responsible for leading Bangalore Engineering team and act as a site leader, managing a highly skilled, cloud-delivered engineering team. You will be responsible for the development and continuous delivery of features, infrastructure automation, quality, and ultimately customer value. We are looking for a seasoned Director to build, direct, coordinate, and oversee activities in the Software Engineering department.

• 10+ years experience as a strong and inspiring senior engineering leader with a total of 15-30 years of experience
• Experience in working in a global company with distributed teams.
• Proven engineering delivery and execution track record, with experience in all stages of the software lifecycle.
• Demonstrated ability to attract talent, grow and mentor people, and develop the next generation of leaders.
• Leadership skills to build trusting, substantial relationships with peers, collaborators, and partners both internal and external to Cisco.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Extensive knowledge and experience with cloud development (AWS/Azure/GCP)and agile practices.
• Deep experience with software development with automated unit and integration testing.
• Domain experience in security and cyber security, including network security A plus.
• MSEE/CS combined with at least +10 years of progressive, industry experience, or BSEE/CS combined with 12+ years related experience

• Lead engineering for delivering new innovations and cutting-edge capabilities.
• Hire, grow, and lead a high-caliber team of data engineering team as a magnet for hiring and developing great talent.
• Scope and lead large multi-functional projects with enormous business impact at Elastic.
• Own problems from end to end, handling complexity, and engaging directly with a wide range of partners to think through everything from business impact to reliability and operability, and ease of integration across several business systems.
• Partner with Product Managers, Engineering Managers, and Technical Leaders to build roadmaps and lead prioritization; balance the right amount of structure and planning for a fast-paced engineering team.
• Support the development and training of your reports through regular performance evaluations.
• Regularly present plans and project updates to executives in the engineering team as well as Cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrate technical acumen in your work.
• Provide coaching and leadership in modern software development best practices.
• Obsess great user experiences and will be a partner in product management, engineering, sales, operations, and other parts of the business.
• Manage relationships with vendors and co-workers, ensuring alignment and collaboration on project goals and deliverables.