Meet the Team

Join Cisco’s dynamic Global Trade Compliance team—an agile, cross-functional group dedicated to enabling business excellence while ensuring our solutions meet worldwide customs and regulatory standards. Our team thrives on collaboration, innovation, and a commitment to supporting Cisco’s business expansion across the globe. By partnering with supply chain, manufacturing, and regulatory experts, we help Cisco unlock new opportunities and deliver solutions that power an inclusive future for all.

Your Impact

As a Customs Country of Origin / Free Trade Agreements Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring Cisco’s products comply with complex country of origin (COO) regulations and take full advantage of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). You’ll help drive Cisco’s participation in the Made in India (MII) manufacturing initiative, providing critical expertise and guidance to teams across the company. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the intersection of global trade, manufacturing, and innovation—making a measurable difference for Cisco and its customers.

• Analyze and review manufacturing processes to determine if products meet country of origin requirements, focusing on substantial transformation criteria.
• Assess and document compliance with local and international COO rules and regulations.
• Evaluate and verify product eligibility under the Made in India (MII) program, ensuring compliance with government requirements.
• Interpret and apply rules of origin and qualification criteria for multiple FTAs, including regional and bilateral agreements.
• Collaborate with supply chain, manufacturing, and regulatory teams to gather and validate production and sourcing information.
• Maintain current knowledge of changing customs regulations, FTA requirements, MII criteria, and trade compliance standards.
• Prepare and submit accurate reports and supporting documents for customs audits and inquiries.
• Provide training and guidance to internal stakeholders on COO, FTA, and MII qualification processes.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in International Trade, Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in customs compliance, trade compliance, or country of origin determination.
• Proven knowledge of substantial transformation rules and their practical application.
• Direct experience with the Made in India (MII) program and its qualification requirements.
• Demonstrated experience qualifying products under multiple Free Trade Agreements (e.g., India-ASEAN FTA).

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent analytical and documentation skills, with strong attention to detail.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.
• Ability to interpret and explain complex regulatory requirements to diverse audiences.
• Experience training or mentoring teams on trade compliance topics.
• Adaptability to evolving regulatory and business environments.

#WeAreCisco

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. Simply put – we power the future.

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.

When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.

Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco’s flexible Vacation Time Off policy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco’s Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter. Up to 80 hours of unused sick time will be carried forward from one calendar year to the next such that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is 160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. 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 up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.