Engineering Manager, Control Plane - Isovalent

Isovalent, now part of Cisco, is the company founded by the creators of Cilium and eBPF. Cisco Isovalent builds open-source software and enterprise solutions solving networking, security, and observability needs for modern cloud native infrastructure.

The flagship technology, Cilium, is the choice of numerous, industry-leading, global organizations.

About this role :

Cisco Isovalent is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our Control Plane Teams. This critical role involves spearheading the integration of Cisco Isovalent's solutions with various platforms and technologies, enabling seamless deployment and operation for our customers.

The ideal candidate will possess a strong technical background in software engineering, coupled with exceptional leadership skills, strong experience both deploying software on cloud platforms, directly and via their marketplaces as well as building products for the Kubernetes ecosystem.

What you'll do :

• Grow and mentor software engineers and technical leaders
• Deliver continuous feedback and performance review of engineers, with input from vertical leads and senior leadership
• Track progress on projects, help engineers grow their project management skills
• Preserve the engineering culture as we scale out the team
• Being a role model of company culture and values

Minimum Qualifications :

• 8+ years of experience in Software Engineering and 2+ years of experience in management
• Hands-on experience building and deploying cloud-native technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, or equivalent.
• Experience developing a product for the Kubernetes ecosystem, cloud providers and their marketplace
• Knowledge of Linux, Kubernetes, Go and the networking stack

Preferred Qualifications :

• Experience of interacting and working with customers
• Experience managing independent, strong, and diverse teams
• Strong understanding of customer value

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