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

Cisco Systems, Inc.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

The Cisco IQ and Validation team is delivering AI-driven network validation and automation at scale in Bengaluru. You will partner with application and QA teams to accelerate development velocity, designing and maintaining build/release pipelines, managing containerized services, and bridging gaps to cloud infrastructure.

This senior DevOps role emphasizes evolving from infra automation to microservice development, ensuring scalable, secure, and high-performance platforms as Cisco moves to a

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.

Responsibilities

• You will serve as the core DevOps partner for our application and QA teams, accelerating development velocity.
• Designing and maintaining build/release pipelines and managing containerized services.
• Bridging the gap between application requirements and underlying cloud infrastructure.
• Evolving from infrastructure automation toward high-level microservice development for scalable platforms.

Skills

Backend systems

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

Terraform/Ansible

CI/CD pipelines

Observability tooling

Security hardening

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Loki

Splunk

OpenShift

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.