Tech Lead, Engineering Systems & CI/CD (Hybrid)

Cisco; Galway; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Galway is seeking an experienced Software Engineering Systems leader to drive GitHub migration, CI/CD modernization, and secure delivery across pipelines. You will mentor engineers, influence architecture decisions, and partner with cross-functional teams to shape future operating models.

This hybrid role focuses on improving reliability, security, and developer productivity within a large enterprise environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, DevOps/SRE, build and release engineering, security engineering, developer tooling, or related roles.
• Demonstrated ownership of complex technical problems from discovery through delivery, adoption, measurement, and operational follow-through.
• Strong technical depth in at least one relevant domain such as GitHub, CI/CD, modern deployment, secure software delivery, or pipeline and artifact security.

Responsibilities

• Lead high-impact engineering systems initiatives across GitHub migration, CI/CD, and secure delivery to modernize our software development lifecycle.
• Mentor fellow engineers and guide design decisions to build resilient team capability and ensure long-term system health.
• Drive practical security improvements within our pipelines and artifacts to protect our software delivery processes.
• Improve developer productivity by reducing build and deployment friction while using performance metrics to measure and drive continuous quality.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to translate broad technical requirements into clear, adopted solutions that define our future operating models.

Skills

GitHub

CI/CD

Security engineering

Developer tooling

Java/TypeScript

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Harness

Terraform

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Cisco Galway is seeking an experienced Software Engineering Systems leader to drive GitHub migration, CI/CD modernization, and secure delivery across pipelines. You will mentor engineers, influence architecture decisions, and partner with cross-functional teams to shape future operating models.

This hybrid role focuses on improving reliability, security, and developer productivity within a large enterprise environment.