I am a disgruntled employee and left cisco more than a decade back. Since then, recruiters keep reaching out to me through linkedIn and during the negotiatins Cisco is never ready hire me in the way I want. Most recently, Cisco approached me for sr technical leader position with UCF team. I asked $280k (the range for the position is $180k to $282k base) as my current base pay is $250k. Cisco is not ready. Then I asked principal engineer title and they disagreed. There is horoscope mismatch between me and Cisco.
In btw, can someone share what would be typical compensation for Sr technical leader (20 years of experience) wrt base, bonus % and stock grant.