Technical Leader, DPU Networking and AI Infrastructure

The application window is expected to close on: 07/31/2026
**Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received** .

This is a Hybrid position located in Milpitas, Ca. Ideally 3 days per week in office.

**Meet the Team**

Cisco is building a next-generation DPU-enabled networking platform for secure, high-performance infrastructure and large-scale AI clusters. Our team is responsible for designing the foundational networking, security, and programmable services that span host systems, DPUs, SmartNICs, and cloud-scale control planes. We work at the intersection of systems software, hardware acceleration, distributed security, and AI infrastructure, creating platforms that deliver line-rate performance, strong isolation, operational reliability, and simplified deployment across modern data center environments.

We are looking for a technical leader to define the architecture for host netw...