Cisco

Software Engineer

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1 day ago
Milpitas, CA, USASenior
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$155k - $223k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, automate, and operate reliable cloud infrastructure supporting Intersight at scale.
  • Improve service reliability through monitoring, observability, automation, capacity management, and SRE practices.
  • Troubleshoot complex production issues, perform root cause analysis, and drive corrective actions.
  • Build automation and tooling with Python, Go, Terraform, Ansible, and CI/CD technologies.
  • Collaborate with software engineering, security, and platform teams to improve scalability, availability, security, and operational efficiency.
  • Participate in production operations, releases, and on-call responsibilities.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree plus five years of related experience, master’s degree plus three years, or PhD plus zero years of related experience.
  • Experience designing and implementing scalable, reliable, and production-ready solutions.
  • Experience with cloud platforms, preferably AWS, and Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or Ansible.
  • Experience with Linux, Docker, Kubernetes/EKS, networking, security, and CI/CD.
  • Experience with observability and monitoring practices involving metrics, logging, tracing, dashboards, and alerting.
  • Proficiency in Python, Go, or similar programming languages and strong software development principles.
  • Experience building and operating highly available cloud platforms and infrastructure at scale is preferred.
  • Technical leadership, mentoring, strong communication, and the ability to manage competing priorities are preferred.
  • Relevant certifications such as CKA, CKAD, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, or equivalent cloud/security certifications are preferred.

Benefits

  • The stated starting base salary range is $155,000.00 to $222,600.00, excluding incentive compensation, equity, and benefits.
  • Benefits may include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) with Cisco matching contributions, paid parental leave, disability coverage, and basic life insurance.
  • Eligible employees may receive Cisco restricted stock units.
  • Time off includes paid holidays, birthday leave, year-end shutdown, wellness days, vacation or flexible vacation, sick time, family emergency leave, and optional volunteer days.
  • Non-sales employees may be eligible for annual bonuses.
  • The posting applies to U.S. and/or Canada positions, with additional salary ranges listed by location.

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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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