Cloud Engineer - SysAdmin

Cisco; Galway; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dynamic work environment

Innovative projects

Collaboration with skilled teams

Job summary

Cisco is looking for a Cloud Engineer – SysAdmin to join their Cloud and Data Center Engineering team in Galway, Ireland. This role involves designing and optimizing compute and storage solutions, managing virtualization platforms, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, with hands-on experience in cloud infrastructure and strong scripting abilities. Cisco offers a dynamic work environment aimed at innovation and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 3+ years relevant systems administration or infrastructure operations experience.
• Hands-on experience designing, deploying, and maintaining compute/storage infrastructure.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation for operational tasks.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement compute and storage solutions.
• Manage and automate compute operations including server provisioning.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams following ITIL-based processes.

Skills

Virtualization platforms (VMware, OpenStack)

Enterprise storage systems (NAS/SAN)

Scripting languages (Python, Bash, PowerShell)

Automation for infrastructure management

Agile methodologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree in a related field

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Grafana

Prometheus

ELK stack

Job description

Join Cisco's Cloud and Data Center Engineering team—a collaborative group of engineers, architects, and operations specialists dedicated to designing, implementing, and optimizing Cisco's compute, storage, and data centre infrastructure. Our team partners with IT operations, security, and infrastructure teams to deliver secure, scalable, and reliable systems, while staying aligned with Cisco's security standards and industry best practices. We thrive on automation, operational excellence, and delivering high-impact solutions that power Cisco's business.

Your Impact

As a Cloud Engineer – SysAdmin, You Will

• Design, develop, and implement compute and storage solutions across cloud and data centre environments, optimizing architecture in line with Cisco's security standards and policies.
• Manage and automate compute operations, including server provisioning, lifecycle management, and optimization of performance and resource utilization.
• Build and maintain enterprise storage systems (NAS/SAN), including volume/LUN creation, host mapping, multipathing, data replication, and performance tuning.
• Plan and execute compute and storage migration activities for data center relocation or consolidation projects, including assessing environments, creating migration strategies, and mitigating risks.
• Deploy, configure, and maintain virtualization platforms (e.g., VMware, OpenStack), performing both live and cold VM migrations, capacity planning, and decommissioning with minimal service disruption.
• Write and maintain automation scripts and tools to streamline server operations, storage management, and data centre workflows, reducing manual effort and improving operational efficiency.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code solutions for compute and storage provisioning using configuration management and automation tools.
• Build and maintain comprehensive monitoring and alerting systems for compute, storage, and data centre health, analyze system trends, and proactively address performance issues.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams (network, security, application teams, data centre ops) while following ITIL-based request, change, and incident management processes.
• Validate system performance and data integrity, conduct tuning and optimization, and ensure high availability, reliability, and disaster recovery capabilities.
• Produce clear documentation for runbooks, standard operating procedures, and migration activities; share learnings and support problem resolution across teams.
• Apply agile methodologies to manage timelines and deliverables, and ensure compliance with security, change management, and operational standards.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field plus 3 years of relevant systems administration or infrastructure operations experience, OR Master's degree in a related field plus 2 years of relevant experience.
• Hands‑on experience designing, deploying, and maintaining compute and storage infrastructure in cloud or data centre environments.
• Expert‑level working knowledge of virtualization platforms (e.g., VMware, OpenStack) and associated management tasks.
• Strong hands‑on experience with enterprise storage systems (NAS/SAN) and storage architecture concepts.
• Demonstrated proficiency in scripting and automation for infrastructure management and operational tasks.
• Experience collaborating within cross‑functional, agile teams.
• Strong understanding of security, compliance, and change management processes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Expert‑level experience in deploying, administering, and operating virtualization platforms (VMware, OpenStack, Hyper‑V).
• Advanced expertise in building, operating, tuning, and troubleshooting Linux and Windows Server environments for high availability and performance.
• In‑depth knowledge of enterprise storage systems (e.g., NetApp, Dell EMC) and advanced storage architectures (NAS, SAN), including volume/LUN management, host mapping, multipathing, data replication, and snapshots.
• Strong proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash, PowerShell) for infrastructure automation.
• Experience developing and maintaining infrastructure‑as‑code solutions using configuration management tools (Ansible, Terraform, etc.).
• Hands‑on experience in data centre operations, including hardware installation, rack management, cabling, power management, and environmental monitoring.
• Solid understanding of Cisco‑based network architectures and fundamental networking concepts as they relate to compute/storage connectivity.
• Experience with capacity planning, performance tuning, and optimization of compute and storage resources.
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools for infrastructure performance (e.g., Grafana, Prometheus, ELK stack).
• Knowledge of disaster recovery and business continuity planning for compute and storage systems.