1. In the making: “hybrid” engineer
Salman Asadullah
CTO, Americas Partners Organization
Distinguished Engineer, Cisco Systems
October, 2014
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2. • Programming and API knowledge are common themes across SDN and “Open”
• The ability to read and write code is not unique to a specific technology
• As we focus more on software, we will see a proliferation of APIs and a need to
understand programming and DevOps
• An effective engineer tomorrow will have both solid networking skills as well as
an understanding of programmatic concepts
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3. DevNet
Labs, Surveys,
Industry Events .
Launched in Dec.
Python
Coursera 9-Week
Interactive Online
Course with Partner
Community Support
Hackathons
2-Day Hackathons at
Partner SE Event
Roadshows,
Trainings, Rotations
& Certifications
DevOps, Network
Programmability,
L@C Webinars &
Specializations
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4. • Dedicated DevNet Zone @ TLC South Geekfest event in Jun
2014 for Cisco Partner developers and network engineers
• Pre-cooked DevNet API/Programming Labs and Demos
• DevNet Survey, Oct 2014
• Industry Event with Partner participation, Oct 2014
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5. • 9 weeks Python course for Cisco Partners and APO SEs
• ~ 200 Cisco Partners and Cisco SEs enrolled
• Support Mailer
• Partner Support Community
• Weekly Support Calls
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6. • 2 technology tracks: SDN/DC and Mobility/IoT
• 10 teams composed of 100 hackers
• 10 apps and scripts submitted for consideration
• Officially 8 hours spread out in two days
• Hackers worked 15-20 hours in-total on average
• Two winning teams, one from each track
• Yielded unique solutions to monetize!
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7. • APO team in collaboration with the ACI Engineering team has
launched a two weeks ACI Partner Rotation Program
• Selected Partner SEs will work on-site with ACI Engineering
team on application development and integration
• Enabling Partners to add programmability to their portfolio of
skills and yield unique solutions to monetize!
Open Source Open APIs
RESTful APIs
( XML / JSON )
PowerShell /Python
Clients
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8. • Network Programmability (NP) Specialist Certifications
• Business Application Engineer
• NP Developer, NP Designer, NP Engineer
• One day Prerecorded Online Video Course
• Introducing Network Programmability Fundamentals
• Technical Webinars
• 10 Sessions/3,820 Registrations/4.47CSAT
• 8 City Roadshow with over 300 participates
One day online course Business App Engineer
Technical Webinars NP Designer NP Engineer
https://learningnetworkstore.cisco.com/skillsoft/introducing-network-programmability-fundamentals-ctod-sdn-1-0-017141
https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/community/learning_center/sdn_live_seminars
http://ecmx-wip.cisco.com/web/learning/certifications/specialist/index.html#net
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9. • Python (Across the board)
• Puppet/Chef (DC)
• REST API/XML/JSON (DC)
• Shell Scripting/BASH (DC)
• Cobbler/CFEngine (DC)
• Linux (Ubuntu/RedHat) (DC/Cloud)
• JAVA (DC/NMS/Collab/Security)
• Openstack (DC/Cloud)
• OpenDaylight (DC/Cloud)
• XMPP/Jabber
• C
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10. • Continue to promote learning and development of programmatic skills and build
out a diverse group of hybrid engineers
• Continue to encourage development of programming, automation, scripting,
virtualization, and Linux/OS skills across teams
• Make sure skills are being grown across technology teams
As we have seen, these open and SDN technologies will touch multiple areas
Grow teams around skills
• Make sure new hiring is done considering the upcoming set of open and SDN
technologies
Not everyone needs to be a developer, but having programming skill is an
important asset
Continue to fold new technology introductions into training programs
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