Senior Software Engineer

Cisco; Galway; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco is seeking a senior Software Engineer to design and build scalable cloud-native platform solutions. You will develop Python-based validation frameworks, work with OpenStack and Kubernetes, and drive AI-assisted engineering initiatives to scale team velocity and reliability.

Join a team focused on quality, stability, and portability, delivering robust platform validations in a collaborative environment with SRE, security, and networking partners.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 10+ years of professional software development or cloud/platform engineering.
• Proficiency in Python and scalable framework design.
• Hands-on with Kubernetes/OpenStack and observability tooling.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a Python-based platform test framework and pipelines (OpenStack, Kubernetes, APIs).
• Identify regressions and performance issues; propose remediations.
• Contribute to quality engineering initiatives and solution testing.
• Generate Allure reports; analyze logs and platform behavior.
• Collaborate with SRE, security, networking, and application teams for platform validations.
• Validate releases (Kubernetes/OpenStack/APIs) for functional and non-functional aspects.
• Drive AI-assisted engineering initiatives to scale velocity and automation.

Skills

Python

System Design

Cloud-Native

Observability

Terraform

GitOps

Troubleshooting

AI-Assisted Engineering

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes

OpenStack

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Terraform

GitOps

ArgoCD

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Meet the Team The Cisco Common Platform Services (CCPS) organization is transforming how Cisco delivers software-as-a-service by providing a modern, consistent, and secure platform for all! With demonstrated ability, our global team brings innovative methodologies to building and managing hybrid cloud environments. We focus on platform management services, continuously evaluating infrastructure and operations to ensure efficiency and precision. Our expertise in IaaS and PaaS, combined with repeatable and portable delivery models, enables the rapid and secure deployment of applications.

Meet the Team The Cisco Common Platform Services (CCPS) organization is transforming how Cisco delivers software-as-a-service by providing a modern, consistent, and secure platform for all! With demonstrated ability, our global team brings innovative methodologies to building and managing hybrid cloud environments. We focus on platform management services, continuously evaluating infrastructure and operations to ensure efficiency and precision. Our expertise in IaaS and PaaS, combined with repeatable and portable delivery models, enables the rapid and secure deployment of applications.
Within CCPS, the Cloud Software & Solutions (CSS) group designs and develops OpenStack and Kubernetes platform solutions with an emphasis on quality, stability, simplification, user experience, scalability, performance, and portability. We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our team and build scalable cloud-native applications and services.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and Maintain Python-based Platform Test platform (OpenStack, Kubernetes, APIs) validation framework and pipelines running the validation framework.
• Identify regressions, performance issues, and stability risks in the platforms and suggest remediations.
• Have good exposure and worked on the quality Engineering initiatives. Should have good experience on working on the solution test eng
• Generating proper allure based reports after each iteration and Analyze logs, metrics, and platform behavior
• Collaborate closely with SRE, security, networking and application teams to deliver robust and scalable platform validations
• Validate Kubernetes/OpenStack/APIs releases (functional + non-functional)
• Drive AI-Assisted Engineering Initiatvies: Spearhead the adoption and governance of AI-assisted engineering tools (eg Github Copilot, custom LLM agents) to fundamentally scale team velocity, troubleshooting efficiency and automated code generation

Required Qualifications

• Education & Experience: BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent, with 10+ years of professional experience in software development or cloud/platform engineering.
• Python & System Design: Architect-level proficiency in Python, with a proven track record of designing highly scalable, maintainable, and modular frameworks from scratch.
• Deep Cloud-Native Expertise: Extensive hands-on experience managing production-grade Kubernetes or OpenStack environments, complemented by advanced observability using Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry.
• IaC & CI/CD Governance: Expert command of Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform) and GitOps principles, with experience building enterprise-grade CI/CD governance and shift-left testing methodologies.
• Troubleshooting & Fundamentals: Elite diagnostic and troubleshooting capabilities in distributed, multi-tenant cloud environments, supported by a strong foundation in networking and QA best practices.
• AI-Assisted Engineering: Strategic implementation of AI-assisted engineering workflows to drive optimization, efficiency, and quality across all phases of the SDLC.

Preferred Qualifications

• Enterprise-Scale Kubernetes: Experience managing, securing, and testing multi-tenant, multi-region Kubernetes deployments handling massive traffic.
• Evangelism & Community: Active contribution to open-source cloud-native projects (CNCF) or a track record of presenting at tech conferences/meetups.
• Familiarity with OpenStack in private or hybrid cloud environments.
• Experience with Building Platform frameworks and tools and test-driven development practices.
• Experience with CI/CD, GitOps, ArgoCD or developer platform enablement.

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