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Applications are accepted until further notice.

This role may be eligible for remote work in the United States depending on business needs and hiring manager approval.

Meet the Team

We’re the Applied Research team at Cisco Thousand Eyes. Our mission is simple but ambitious: use unmatched Internet-scale data to build network assurance solutions that help enterprises see, understand, and fix problems across the Internet, cloud, and enterprise networks.

We sit at the intersection of research, data science, AI/ML, and product. That means we don’t just analyze data. We turn ideas into algorithms, prototypes into products, and insights into features that customers rely on when things break at 3am!

Your Impact

This internship sits within the Endpoint research group, where we build solutions that give enterprises deep insight into how SaaS, collaboration, and internal applications perform for a hybrid workforce; at home, in the office, or on the go. The internship will focus on device health and telemetry data collected from mobile devices.

As an intern, you’ll work with real-world network data at enterprise scale and tackle concrete, open-ended research problems. You’ll use statistics, data science, and AI/ML techniques to better understand how we can leverage data gathered from mobile devices (e.g., end-to-end network tests, cellular signal metrics) to inform our event detection algorithms.

Throughout the internship, you’ll collaborate closely with experienced researchers, engineers, and product partners. You’ll be mentored by a dedicated researcher and own a well-scoped project, allowing you to see your work progress from exploration and prototyping toward solutions that can influence real products used by large enterprises.

This internship is designed to be hands-on, impactful, and fast-moving, with a strong emphasis on learning, experimentation, and turning research ideas into practical solutions. In addition to influencing production systems, your work may contribute to internal research artifacts, technical reports, or peer-reviewed publications.

Minimum Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a PhD program in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related quantitative field.

• Strong understanding of networking and internet protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, BGP, HTTP, etc.)

• Existing portfolio of network measurement projects (publication and/or course projects) Great written, verbal, and persuasive communication skill

• Proficiency in Python and common data science libraries (pandas, Num Py, scikit-learn, etc)

• Experience querying and working with data in SQL and NoSQL systems at scale

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in cellular networks and experience on mobile systems is a plus

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees

• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco

• Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees

• Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)

• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next

• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members

• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

• .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

• 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

• 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and

• Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:

$44,000.00 - $185,000.00

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

$44,000.00 - $185,000.00

• For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.