Software Engineer - Core DevOps - Docker/Kubernetes/Linux - Terraform/Ansible - CICD - REST/JSON/RPC/secure cloud - Splunk - Bangalore - 8 to 11 years

123 Cisco Systems (India) Private Limited; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems (India) Private Limited in Bengaluru seeks a senior DevOps engineer to partner with application and QA teams, accelerating development velocity and scaling cloud-native pipelines. You will design and maintain build/release pipelines, manage containerized services, and bridge requirements with cloud infrastructure.

The role evolves from infrastructure automation toward high‑level microservice development, ensuring a secure, scalable, and highly performant platform as Cisco shifts to

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience designing and building complex backend, distributed, automation, or platform systems.
• 4+ years of cloud experience.
• Deep proficiency in Docker, Kubernetes, and Linux systems administration.
• Advanced Python and shell scripting.
• Infrastructure as Code with Terraform/Ansible.
• CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins or GitHub Actions.
• Observability tooling: Prometheus/Grafana; centralized logging: ELK/Loki/Splunk.
• Strong REST/JSON RPC and secure cloud hardening knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the core DevOps partner for applications and QA teams to accelerate development velocity.
• Design and maintain build/release pipelines and containerized services.
• Bridge application requirements with underlying cloud infrastructure.
• Move from infra automation toward high‑level microservice development to keep the platform scalable, secure, and performant.

Skills

DevOps leadership

CI/CD

Cloud computing

Automation

Microservices

Security hardening

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Linux administration

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Loki

Splunk

REST/JSON RPC

OpenShift

AWS

ArgoCD

Flux

Job description

Meet the Team

The Cisco IQ and Validation team is building the next generation of intelligent, AI-driven network validation and automation capabilities. We combine cloud-native software engineering, Agentic AI, LLMs, MCP, A2A, and network automation to enable customers to validate and operate complex environments more intelligently. The team brings together architects, senior engineers, software engineers, AI specialists, and domain experts working across a global organization. We are building foundational capabilities that will enable AI agents to reason, interact with enterprise tools, and safely execute validation workflows at scale.

Your Impact

You will serve as the core DevOps partner for our application and QA teams, directly responsible for accelerating development velocity. Your role involves designing and maintaining build/release pipelines, managing containerized services, and bridging the gap between application requirements and underlying cloud infrastructure. You will evolve from infrastructure-level automation toward high-level microservice development, ensuring our platform remains scalable, secure, and highly performant as we drive Cisco’s transition to cloud-recurring business models.

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience designing and building complex backend, distributed, automation, or platform systems.
• 4+ years of experience developing and deploying applications in the cloud.
• Deep technical proficiency in Docker, Kubernetes, and Linux systems administration (systemd, networking, and performance tuning).
• Advanced competency in Python and shell scripting.
• Hands‑on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible).
• Demonstrated experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Practical experience with observability tooling, including metrics (Prometheus/Grafana) and centralized logging (ELK, Loki, or Splunk).
• Strong understanding of REST, JSON RPC, and secure cloud application hardening practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency in Golang.
• Experience deploying OpenShift clusters and managing workloads in OpenStack or AWS.
• Expertise in GitOps deployment patterns (ArgoCD, Flux).
• Experience synthesizing industry benchmarks and technical feedback to drive architecture decisions.
• Background in network consulting or automated infrastructure testing.

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.