Senior Cloud Engineer, Hybrid in RTP, North Carolina

NOTE: Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

++This position will perform work that the U.S. government has specified can only be performed by a U.S.

citizen

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Meet the Team

Join Cisco's

Cloud

and Data Center

Engineer

ing team - a collaborative group of

engineer

s, architects, and operations specialists dedicated to designing, implementing, and optimizing Cisco's

cloud

-based and hybrid

infrastructure

with a strong focus on

kubernetes

,

terraform

, network,

cloud

and data center operations. Our team partners with product managers,

security

, and IT operations to deliver secure, scalable, and reliable solutions, while staying aligned with Cisco's

security

standards and industry best practices. We thrive on cross-functional collaboration, continuous learning, and delivering high-impact solutions that power Cisco's business.

Your Impact

• Design, develop, and implement

cloud

-based and data center network solutions, combining cutting-edge technologies to optimize architecture in line with Cisco's

security

standards and policies.

• Collaborate with product managers,

engineer

s, and

security

teams to develop detailed specifications for new

cloud

-based products, services, and applications, focusing on network

security

optimization, scalability, and performance.

• Plan and implement

infrastructure

migration activities for

cloud

and data center relocation or consolidation projects, including assessing environments, creating migration strategies, and mitigating risks.

• Deploy

, configure, and maintain virtualization platforms (e.g.,

Kubernetes

clusters,

VM

ware,

OpenStack

), performing both live and cold

infrastructure

and services migrations and decommissioning with minimal service disruption.

• Invent solutions using open source and commercial technologies to ensure service availability and quality against speed-to-market needs for rapid delivery of new features and releases.
• Develop and lead tools, frameworks,

infrastructure

, templates, etc. for configuring, building and

deploy

ing platform and

cloud

applications in an automated manner.

Minimum Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, or

Engineer

ing, combined with 7 years of experience such as network

engineer

ing or data center operations, or a Master's Degree in Computer Science,

Engineer

ing, or a related technical field, combined with 4 years of experience or PhD, combined with 1 year of related experience.

• Experience in

deploy

ing, administering, and operating virtualization platforms (

VM

ware,

OpenStack

,

Hyper-V

).

• Experience in building, operating, tuning, and debugging Linux and Windows Server environments for high availability and performance.
• Experience in

Infrastructure

as

Code

(

Terraform

,

Ansible

,

GitOps

).

• Experience with

IPv

4/

IPv

6

networking

and experience with

cloud

network architecture and

automation

.

• Experience with scripting languages (

Python

, Go,

Bash

,

PowerShell

) for

infrastructure

automation

.

• Experience with Public and Private

Cloud

Platforms (AWS,

Azure

, DC, etc.) and container technologies (Docker,

Kubernetes

, etc.).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with monitoring, observability, and incident response in Public/Private

cloud

or hybrid environments.

• Validated drive for continuous learning, results-orientation, and collaboration. Ability and the passion to learn new technologies quickly.
• Written & verbal communication skills to work with the global

engineer

ing teams and ability to work with multi-functional teams and departments.

• Experience in

automation

and modern

DevOps

practices.

• Experience with Source

Code

Control Management and CI/CD tools (Git, Jenkins, Argo, Harness, Atlantis, TFE, etc.).

• Experience in development of next gen agentic AI ops agents

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.