Software Engineer, Delivery Platform

123 Cisco Systems (India) Private Limited; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems (India) Private Limited is seeking an early-career Software Engineer to join Intersight Delivery Platform Engineering. The role focuses on CI/build, automation, and operational support for DevSecOps workflows.

You will develop scripts and tools, participate in code reviews, and collaborate with engineers across DevSecOps, CI, CD, and SRE to deliver practical improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 2+ years of relevant experience.
• Proficiency in Python, Java, or Go.
• Strong understanding of Git-based workflows, testing, and CI/CD concepts.
• Experience with Linux environments, scripting, and troubleshooting.
• Ability to learn new systems and work with guidance from seniors.
• Strong communication and collaboration with technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and improve scripts, services, tools, and automation used across DevSecOps, CI/build, and continuous delivery workflows.
• Support security automation activities such as vulnerability reporting and remediation follow-up.
• Assist build, validation, release, and deployment automation and troubleshoot issues.
• Investigate pipeline failures and operational alerts with guidance from senior engineers.
• Contribute to reusable automation to improve efficiency and visibility across workflows.
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, testing, and runbook updates.

Skills

Python

Java

Go

Git-based workflows

CI/CD concepts

Linux

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub

Artifactory

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD tools

Job description

Cisco Intersight is a cloud-native operations platform that provides unified management, automation, visibility, and lifecycle operations for infrastructure across data center, cloud, and edge environments. Its SaaS, on-premises, and mobile offerings depend on secure, reliable automation that enables engineering teams to build, test, release, and operate software at scale. We are looking for an early-career Software Engineer to join Intersight Delivery Platform Engineering. This role will start in CI/build and may contribute across DevSecOps, CI/build, and continuous delivery as team priorities evolve. The work focuses on practical software engineering, automation, troubleshooting, and operational support for the platforms and workflows used by Intersight engineering teams.

Your Impact

• Develop, maintain, and improve scripts, services, tools, and automation used across DevSecOps, CI/build, and continuous delivery workflows.
• Support security automation activities such as vulnerability reporting, dependency visibility, hardened image workflows, scan result tracking, and remediation follow-up.
• Support build, validation, release, and deployment automation by troubleshooting issues, improving reliability, and reducing manual operational work.
• Help investigate pipeline failures, automation defects, build issues, deployment issues, and operational alerts with guidance from senior engineers.
• Contribute to reusable automation that improves consistency, visibility, and efficiency across engineering workflows.
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, testing, documentation, and runbook updates.
• Work with engineers across DevSecOps, CI, CD, SRE, and development teams to understand requirements, clarify issues, and deliver practical improvements.
• Learn and apply secure engineering, software delivery, observability, and operational support practices.
• Use AI-assisted tools and automation to improve productivity, troubleshooting, documentation, and code quality.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 2 years of relevant experience.
• Software development experience in one or more programming languages such as Python, Java, or Go.
• Basic understanding of modern software development practices, including Git-based workflows, code review, testing, and CI/CD concepts.
• Experience working in Linux environments, including command-line usage, scripting, troubleshooting, or basic system administration.
• Ability to troubleshoot technical issues, learn unfamiliar systems, and work through problems with guidance from senior engineers.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to document work clearly and collaborate with technical teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Python automation, REST APIs, command-line tools, or workflow automation.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools or developer platforms such as Jenkins, GitHub, Artifactory, or similar systems.
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, cloud platforms, or cloud-native application patterns.
• Familiarity with security concepts such as vulnerabilities, dependency management, secrets handling, access control, secure coding, or supply chain security.
• Familiarity with deployment automation, release workflows, infrastructure automation, or configuration management tools.
• Exposure to monitoring, logging, observability, or dashboarding tools such as Splunk, ElasticSearch, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar platforms.
• Experience applying AI-assisted tools or agent-based workflows to improve engineering productivity, troubleshooting, automation, or documentation.