DevOps Engineering Leader

The application window is expected to close on 10/15/2025

However, the job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Dev Ops/Software Engineer role

Meet the Team

The SaaS Engineering organization within the Cisco Networking Group is committed to revolutionizing the deployment of generative AI applications. Our mission is to improve IT visibility and deliver comprehensive analytics for the AI infrastructure stack. By using ground-breaking technologies, we are developing next-generation SaaS-based controllers designed to efficiently manage Data Centers with AI/ML solutions like Nexus Hyper-Fabric.

YOUR IMPACT

As a highly skilled engineer, you will support the entire team with your extensive technical knowledge and passion for your work. You are committed to designing, deploying, and maintaining a modern build pipeline in a SaaS production environment. You will collaborate closely with Operations and QA teams to develop a highly reliable and observable build system. Your work will impact our org’s engineering quality and velocity, and ultimately the quality of product we deliver to our customers.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Optimize and maintain builds and CI/CD pipelines using your expertise in Jenkins, Gradle, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Extract health metrics from the CI/CD pipelines and create informative dashboards and alerts.
• Deploy infrastructure in the build environment to enhance performance, security, and visibility.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field
• 7+ years of experience supporting software build systems, including expertise in Jenkins administration OR equivalent CI/CD tools like GitLab CI, Travis CI, or CircleCI.
• Experience with multi-language builds using Gradle OR other build automation tools like Maven or Ant.
• Demonstrated experience working with secure software development and deployment processes.
• Experience programming with two or more languages such as Go, Python, Bash, Java, C, C++.
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker, orchestration tools like Kubernetes.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Understanding of key operating systems concepts
• Linux system administration
• Experience with IaC using tools such as Terraform or Ansible

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. Simply put – we power the future.

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.