Description
The Platform Engineering organization at Cisco is seeking a Technical Leader, Site Reliability Engineer to join their team. The team is responsible for building and operating the foundational cloud-native platforms that power engineering across Cisco Network Platform.
As a Technical Leader, Site Reliability Engineer, you will lead the design, implementation, and optimization of Kubernetes platform capabilities across cloud and on-premises environments, supporting mission-critical workloads at scale. You will drive technical initiatives that improve reliability, security, scalability, and developer productivity for hundreds of engineering teams using Infrastructure-as-Code and GitOps.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the design, implementation, and optimization of Kubernetes platform capabilities
- Drive technical initiatives to improve reliability, security, scalability, and developer productivity
- Partner with engineering, security, and product teams to execute platform roadmaps and deliver on company-critical reliability goals
- Provide technical leadership during major incidents, architecture reviews, platform transformations, and strategic infrastructure investments
- Mentor senior engineers and help raise the engineering bar
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree and 12+ years of experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems
- 7+ years of experience operating Kubernetes platforms and cloud-native infrastructure
- Prior experience designing, operating, and troubleshooting networking architectures for large-scale Kubernetes platforms
- Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and GitOps technologies
- Experience implementing SRE practices
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with migrating monolithic applications to a microservices architecture
- Knowledge of foundational networking concepts
- Advanced knowledge of observability tools and implementing comprehensive monitoring strategies
- Experience driving toil reduction through advanced automation and self-service developer platforms
Benefits:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
- Paid parental leave
- Short and long-term disability coverage
- Basic life insurance
- Paid time away
- Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
Salary Range: $214,100.00 to $309,800.00