Join Cisco’s Cloud Engineering team—a collaborative group of engineers, architects, and security professionals dedicated to designing, building, and optimizing cloud-based solutions that power Cisco’s next-generation products and services. Our team works closely with product managers, IT, security, and business stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable, and high-performing cloud infrastructure, while staying at the forefront of industry trends and best practices. 

Your Impact 

As a Cloud Engineer, you will: 

• Design, develop, and implement cloud-based solutions in line with Cisco’s security standards and industry best practices. 

• Architect cloud solutions that combine multiple technologies to deliver optimal performance, scalability, and reliability. 

• Lead and contribute to the rollout of public and private cloud management platforms, evaluating their performance and implementing enhancements. 

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams—including product management, engineering, and security—to develop specifications for new cloud-based products and identify security optimization opportunities. 

• Guide migration of existing services to the cloud, and automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and server management. 

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate software build, test, and deployment processes. 

• Utilize configuration management software (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, Chef) to deploy and update cloud environments. 

• Manage container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes and Docker for scalable application deployment. 

• Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and ensure high availability and reliability of services. 

• Ensure security, compliance, and change management processes are followed in production environments. 

• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, automation, and operational excellence. 

Minimum Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field plus 5 years of related experience; OR 
  Master’s degree plus 3 years of related experience; OR 
  PhD in a relevant field. 

• Proficiency in software, systems, and platform engineering with experience designing and developing cloud-based solutions. 

• Experience building code in multiple languages and using configuration management software to deploy updates in the cloud. 

• Familiarity with CI/CD concepts and automation tools. 

• Experience collaborating within cross-functional and agile teams. 

• Knowledge of security, compliance, and change management procedures in cloud environments. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Strong hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, Drone). 

• Proficiency in scripting and programming languages such as Python, YAML, and shell scripting. 

• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker, Helm). 

• Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code tools (Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, Chef). 

• Deep knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and their DevOps services. 

• Familiarity with network automation and programmability (REST APIs). 

• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (Grafana) and source code repository management (Git). 

• Demonstrated ability to automate infrastructure provisioning, deployment processes, and server management. 

• Experience guiding cloud migration projects and leading quality control/testing efforts for scripts and automation. 

• Ability to measure and report on key DevOps metrics (deployment frequency, change failure rate, MTTR, lead time). 

• Strong communication, problem-solving, and teamwork skills. 

• Commitment to staying current with emerging DevOps tools and cloud best practices. 

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