Paralegal - Open Source

Cisco, the world's leading networking, communications and security company, is on a mission to empower an inclusive future for everyone. We're proud to be consistently recognized as one of the best workplaces in the world by Fortune and Great Place To Work, and we are looking for exceptional people to join our legal team.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Cisco legal team directly supporting open source across the enterprise. We are looking for a fun, creative teammate, hungry to dive into a wide variety of hands on work to help drive the business forward. As our open source paralegal you will assist the legal and operations teams as well as the Open Source Programs Office in supporting our compliance program, day to day operations, and strategic open source initiatives to mutually benefit Cisco and the open source community.

• Provide first level support for basic open source license questions from legal, business, and engineering across the enterprise
• Support business and engineering questions relating to compliance tooling and processes
• Support compliance tooling team in operationalizing legal and policy positions from the open source legal team
• Support open source diligence activities for M&A transactions and subsequent integrations
• Support and guide open source contributions to continue our growing contribution outputs
• Support supply chain legal and global procurement teams with initial open source legal inquiries
• Assist in reviewing open source contribution requests
• Review and maintain internal open source training materials

• B.A., B.S. or equivalent experience, excellent academic credentials
• At least five years of paralegal or similar experience, preferably with both a top-tier law firm and/or an in-house legal department
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills and desire to make legal processes more efficient
• Ability to communicate or interview optimally with subject matter experts in information technology or technical domains

• General understanding of software development, programming languages, and in an enterprise software environment
• Fluency in open source licenses, open source culture and community, with an understanding of community and business needs
• Excellent business judgment, advocating for acceptable legal risk to enable business outcomes;
• Customer and client-centric approach, demonstrating respect and a positive attitude under all circumstances;
• Strong leadership skills, wanting to supply to a team culture focused on shared success
• Hard working, well-organized and meticulous;
• Must be able to manage numerous projects simultaneously under deadline pressure;
• Ability and willingness to take initiative to address problems and make continuous process improvements;
• Excellent social skills, multifaceted and highly team-oriented;
• Focused attention to detail and ability to work independently;

We are a team of 500+ Legal and Compliance professionals in 25+ countries committed to fostering an inclusive and collaborative environment as we work together to drive Cisco's success. We serve as trusted advisors to the business - problem solving, navigating complexities, and enabling transformation along the way. We use technology to make life easier - demonstrating Cisco's innovative networking and collaboration tools to enable flexible, hybrid work. And we adopt the responsibility to be a force for good - donating our time and expertise through pro bono and community impact initiatives.

Why Cisco?

#WeAreCisco. We are all unique, but collectively we bring our talents to work as a team, to develop innovative technology and power a more inclusive, digital future for everyone. How do we do it? Well, for starters - with people like you!

Nearly every internet connection around the world touches Cisco. We're the Internet's optimists. Our technology makes sure the data traveling at light speed across connections does so securely, yet it's not what we make but what we make happen which marks us out. We're helping those who work in the health service to connect with patients and each other; schools, colleges, and universities to teach in even the most challenging of times. We're helping businesses of all shapes and sizes to connect with their employees and customers in new ways, providing people with access to the digital skills they need and connecting the most remote parts of the world - whether through 5G, or otherwise.

We tackle whatever challenges come our way. We have each other's backs, we recognize our accomplishments, and we grow together. We celebrate and support one another - from big and small things in life to big career moments. And giving back is in our DNA (we get 10 days off each year to do just that).

We know that powering an inclusive future starts with us. Because without diversity and a dedication to equality, there is no moving forward. Our 30 Inclusive Communities, that bring people together around commonalities or passions, are leading the way. Together we're committed to learning, listening, caring for our communities, whilst supporting the most vulnerable with a collective effort to make this world a better place either with technology, or through our actions.

So, you have colorful hair? Don't care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots? That's cool. Pop culture geek? Many of us are. Passion for technology and world changing? Be you, with us! #WeAreCisco