23 hours ago
Base Salary
$214k - $310k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, deploy, operate, monitor, scale, and upgrade resilient distributed data platforms across AWS and private cloud environments.
- Lead infrastructure automation and cloud engineering initiatives using Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and Python.
- Drive capacity planning, performance optimization, deployment velocity, and reliability for high-throughput customer-facing production systems.
- Implement automated backups, security patching, and incident management workflows.
- Advise application teams on data access patterns, cloud architecture, and migration strategies.
- Lead technical projects through task estimation, milestone tracking, and stakeholder communication.
- Build infrastructure that scales, recovers from regional outages, and reduces repetitive operational work.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required.
- 8+ years of hands-on experience deploying, monitoring, scaling, and upgrading distributed databases such as CassandraDB, OpenSearch, Kafka, and PostgreSQL.
- 5+ years managing AWS infrastructure at scale and supporting live, customer-facing SaaS production environments.
- 5+ years of experience with infrastructure automation and DevOps practices, including CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes, and Python.
- 3+ years leading technical projects, including estimation, milestone tracking, and stakeholder communication.
- U.S. Person status required because the role may involve FedRAMP High or IL-5 environments and work restricted to U.S. citizens on U.S. soil.
- Preferred experience includes modern data platforms, data pipelines, streaming, AI/ML and GenAI workloads, Java/Python data-driven applications, data access patterns, and regulated U.S. Federal environments.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance; a 401(k) plan with Cisco matching; paid parental leave; disability coverage; and basic life insurance.
- Paid holidays, floating holiday eligibility, birthday and wellness days, vacation or flexible time off depending on classification, sick time, and additional family emergency leave.
- Optional 10 paid volunteer days per year.
- Eligibility for annual bonuses for non-sales roles and potential Cisco restricted stock unit grants.
- Full salary ranges vary by location, with the posting listing U.S. and Canada ranges and additional ranges for New York City, non-metro New York, and Washington state.
Tech Stack
AnsibleApache CassandraApache KafkaAWSGitHub ActionsGitLab CI/CDJavaJenkinsKubernetesPostgreSQLPythonTerraform
Categories
DevOpsSite Reliability
About Cisco
Cisco is the worldwide technology leader that is revolutionizing the way organizations connect and protect in the AI era. For more than 40 years, Cisco has securely connected the world. With its industry leading AI-powered solutions and services, Cisco enables its customers, partners and communities to unlock innovation, enhance productivity and strengthen digital resilience. With purpose at its core, Cisco remains committed to creating a more connected and inclusive future for all.