Software Engineering Technical Leader

Lead the design and evolution of cloud security data plane architecture built on VPP, powering Cisco Secure Access and next-generation security services. Drive performance, scalability, and reliability of distributed systems that enforce security policy at scale. Collaborate across data plane, control plane, and cloud infrastructure, contribute to VPP open-source, and apply AI/AIOps practices for observability and anomaly detection. Mentor engineers and lead root-cause analysis to improve production systems.