As cloud engineer, utilizes knowledge of software, systems and platform engineering to designd, develop and implement cloud-based solutions, in accordance with best practices and Cisco's security standards and policies. Designs cloud architecture, combining technologies to create optimal solutions for Cisco, and completes plans and specifications to develop solutions. Collaborates with product managers, engineers and security teams to develop specifications for new cloud-based products/services, applications and solutions, and identify opportunities to optimize security. Drives the roll-out of public and private cloud management platforms, evaluates its performance and implements enhancements.

Your Impact:

• Manage day-to-day incidents and operations across infrastructure and applications

• Collaborate with stakeholders to analyze and resolve factory impacting Platform issues/defects, and application impacts

• Network Infrastructure Support – VPN based tunnel monitoring, Network device management – provisioning and upgrades of Network devices, terminal console servers, provide patch diagrams and VLAN configurations

• Plan monitoring/logging, and alerting solutions to ensure high availability, performance and proactive incident detection

• Understand the Security compliance requirements and evolve playbooks and patch strategies

• Manage Kubernetes clusters on BareMetal nodes

• Develop, Configure, integrate opensource platform management components, repo management, gitOps tools, automation scripts, deployment and validations scripts and CICD pipelines to streamline deployment processes and reduce manual operational overhead.

 
Minimum Qualifications

• Skills in integrating and evolving smart systems by leveraging latest AI capabilities

• Extensive experience in Infrastructure Monitoring tools, Blackbox monitoring, Thousand eyes, Cisco Webex Integration

• Experience and Knowledge of Server hardening and security compliance, CIS benchmarks, RSA and Certificate security Infrastructure Cisco UCS manager Cisco UCS rack server, Cisco Fiber Interconnect

• Experience with Catalyst Center, Cisco DNAC, Cisco firepower devices

• Experience with opensource tools and utilities like Kube spray, ArgoCD, K9s, Harbor, Metallb, Jenkins, Groovy pipeline scripts, Ansible playbook

• Experience with Kubernetes Platform tools/utilities like rook-ceph, Istio service mesh, Prometheus, Grafana, Open telemetry, OpenSearch, Splunk ITIL process flows and process management skills

Why Cisco? 

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere. 

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.