9 days ago
Base Salary
$214k - $356k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead operations and architecture for the FedRAMP Federal region and maintain mission-critical services.
- Design and manage resilient AWS cloud-native services using an everything-as-code strategy.
- Maintain FedRAMP compliance through continuous auditing and automated security controls.
- Optimize infrastructure for multi-region scale and proactively resolve complex operational challenges.
- Lead cross-functional technical initiatives, define requirements, design architectural solutions, and guide broader engineering strategy.
- Collaborate with development, security, and technical leadership teams on implementation and accountability.
- Set technical standards, introduce new ideas, and lead by example.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree plus 12 years of experience, master’s degree plus 8 years of experience, or a PhD.
- Experience building or operating infrastructure in regulated environments with documented security controls and compliance requirements, including frameworks such as FedRAMP, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, or SOC 2.
- Production experience coding in Python and using Terraform for infrastructure as code.
- Experience using Kubernetes or equivalent container technologies.
- Experience leading cross-functional technical initiatives involving multiple engineering or technical teams is preferred.
- Experience defining technical requirements and designing architectural solutions is preferred.
- Strong collaboration, communication, and detailed documentation skills are preferred.
- Experience identifying and analyzing cybersecurity risks is preferred.
- Experience with security standards, vulnerability management, and incident response processes is preferred.
- Must be a U.S. citizen because of FedRAMP and U.S. government work requirements.
Benefits
- Hybrid work model requiring in-office attendance two days per week in San Francisco, Seattle, Austin, or New York.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contributions, paid parental leave, short- and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance.
- Potential eligibility for Cisco restricted stock unit grants.
- Paid holidays, floating holiday eligibility for non-exempt employees, birthday leave, year-end shutdown, personal wellness days, vacation or flexible vacation time, and sick time.
- Optional 10 paid volunteer days per year and additional paid time away for critical or emergency family issues.
- Annual bonuses may be available for non-sales roles.
- Application window expected to close on November 18, 2026.
Tech Stack
Categories
DevOpsSite Reliability
About Cisco
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.