Principal Software Engineer, Linux Kernel

Cisco Isovalent is seeking a skilled and experienced Software Engineer with long-term experience and upstream reputation in the Linux kernel community to develop forward looking features and functionality related to BPF, networking and/or security in the Linux kernel as well as bringing the latter into Cilium and/or Tetragon. You will work with a highly collaborative and skilled team to build solutions that advance the next generation of networking and security in Kubernetes and cloud native environments. What you'll do: Lead design and development of new Linux kernel functionality in the areas of BPF, the networking stack and/or the security subsystem and bring the new functionality into Cilium/Tetragon Collaborate in a small technical team working on forward-looking features, but also actively collaborate in the upstream Linux kernel community Engage with the team across engineering, product, and customers to align on future technical direction with business needs Possibility to speak at technical conferences to present and discuss your work (e.g., KubeCon, Linux Plumbers, LSF/MM/BPF) Contribute to and uphold engineering best practices, code quality, and operational excellence Minimum Qualifications: Bachelors Computer Science degree, or related fields 2+ years of upstream Linux kernel track record 5+ years of experience in C A public track record of open-source code commits is a must Preferred Qualifications: Expert knowledge about Linux systems design, performance, security and/or networking, Linux kernel 5+ years of upstream Linux kernel track record 5+ years of experience in C, BPF as well as Go Desire to write high quality and efficient code Highly self-driven working individual Experience designing and implementing APIs Experience from working with production systems at scale, networking background is always a plus Experience with Kubernetes, Cloud Native workloads and/or distributed systems