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Senior AI Operations Engineer

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4 days ago
Milpitas, CA, USASenior
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$203k - $259k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Implement end-to-end CI/CD workflows supporting on-demand and scheduled builds and zero-downtime deployments.
  • Scale containerized microservice platforms across regions using Kubernetes, cost optimization, and automated scaling.
  • Lead cross-functional DevOps projects from inception through completion and measure outcomes against KPIs.
  • Collaborate with engineering, QA, and product teams to improve delivery pipelines and DevOps practices.
  • Automate infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code tools including Terraform, Helm, and GitOps frameworks.
  • Evaluate DevOps technologies to improve resilience, developer productivity, and operational efficiency.
  • Integrate AI-assisted tools, copilots, and AIOps into DevOps, infrastructure, testing, and incident-response workflows.
  • Participate in an on-call rotation and serve as a DevOps subject matter expert.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field plus 7 years of DevOps experience, or a master’s degree plus 4 years, or a PhD plus 1 year.
  • At least 2 years of scripting and automation experience with languages such as Python, Bash, or Go.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools.
  • Experience with Kubernetes and Docker.
  • Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP cloud platforms.
  • Preferred experience with Jenkins, GitHub, ArgoCD, or similar CI/CD tools.
  • Preferred experience scaling containerized microservices across regions and optimizing cost and performance.
  • Preferred leadership experience in cross-functional engineering projects, along with communication, collaboration, and mentoring skills.

Benefits

  • Starting salary range is $203,000.00 to $258,600.00 for U.S. and/or Canada locations, excluding incentive compensation, equity, and benefits.
  • Benefits may include medical, dental, and vision insurance; a 401(k) with Cisco matching; parental leave; disability coverage; and life insurance.
  • Employees may be eligible for Cisco restricted stock units and annual bonuses subject to company policies.
  • Paid time off includes holidays, vacation or flexible vacation, sick time, wellness days, birthday and year-end leave, family emergency leave, and optional volunteer days.
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About Cisco

10,000+ employees

Cisco designs and sells networking, security, and collaboration platforms for enterprises, service providers, and governments, spanning routers and switches, Wi‑Fi, firewalls, zero‑trust, observability, and cloud-managed IT (Meraki) plus Webex. Its business model mixes hardware, software subscriptions, and support/consulting services. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Cisco is a public company traded on Nasdaq and serves customers across data centers, campuses, and service provider networks.

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