Software Engineering Technical Leader, CI / Build (G11 BLR)

Cisco Systems, Inc.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. in Bengaluru seeks an experienced CI Build Engineer to own build systems, CI pipelines, and developer tools for Intersight. You will focus on reliability, scalability, and performance of the development pipeline used by a large engineering organization.

You will collaborate across build infrastructure, CI automation, and tooling, enabling engineers to build, validate, and deliver software efficiently at scale. Join a global team focused on improving velocity and reducing toil.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant experience in software engineering or build engineering.
• Strong programming experience with Python, Java, or Go.
• Extensive hands-on experience building and debugging CI pipelines and build systems.
• Solid understanding of Git-based workflows, code review, CI, testing, and artifact management.
• Experience with Linux environments, scripting, and operational support.
• Experience with CI/build tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Artifactory, or similar.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, maintain, and improve CI pipelines and build systems for Intersight.
• Troubleshoot complex issues across build systems, CI, test automation, and related infrastructure.
• Improve CI reliability, scalability, performance, and developer experience across high-volume workflows.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to address pain points and deliver improvements to developer workflows.
• Lead automation efforts to reduce manual work and technical debt in CI systems.
• Support static analysis, unit test automation, and artifact management within the pipeline.
• Maintain CI-related tools and services and evaluate new technologies to boost productivity.
• Provide India-time support and coordinate with US-based CI teams for issue resolution.

Skills

Python

Java

Go

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub

Artifactory

Job description

Meet the Team

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 experienced CI Build Engineer to join the Intersight CI team and take ownership of build systems, CI pipelines, and developer tools that support a large engineering organization. This role focuses on improving the reliability, scalability, performance, and developer experience of the development pipeline used across Intersight engineering.

Your Impact

In this role, you will improve the systems and workflows that enable Intersight engineers to build, validate, and deliver software efficiently. You will work across build infrastructure, CI automation, developer tooling, and pipeline operations to improve engineering productivity and keep critical delivery systems reliable at scale.

• Design, develop, maintain, and improve build systems, CI pipelines, and developer tools that support Intersight engineering teams.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across build systems, CI pipelines, test automation, developer tooling, and related infrastructure.
• Improve CI/build reliability, scalability, performance, and operational support across high-volume development workflows.
• Partner with engineering teams to understand build, validation, and developer workflow pain points and turn them into practical pipeline and tooling improvements.
• Lead automation efforts that reduce manual work, improve build and validation consistency, and reduce technical debt across CI systems.
• Support static analysis, unit test automation, code review, artifact management, and validation workflows that are integrated into the development pipeline.
• Administer and improve CI-related tools and services such as Jenkins, GitHub, Artifactory, Keeper, ElasticSearch, Splunk, and related build infrastructure where applicable.
• Evaluate and adopt new tools, technologies, AI-assisted engineering capabilities, and process improvements that enhance developer productivity and CI system scalability.
• Create and maintain documentation, runbooks, dashboards, and training materials that help engineering teams use CI/build systems effectively.
• Provide India-time support for build systems, CI pipelines, and developer tooling, partnering closely with US-based CI team members to troubleshoot issues, improve reliability, and contribute to core build-system enhancements.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors + 8 years of relevant experience.
• Significant software development experience in one or more major programming languages such as Python, Java, or Go.
• Extensive hands‑on experience building, maintaining, and troubleshooting CI pipelines, build systems, developer tooling, or large‑scale software delivery automation.
• Strong understanding of modern development practices, including Git-based workflows, code review, continuous integration, automated testing, and artifact management.
• Experience working with Linux environments, including configuration, administration, scripting, troubleshooting, and operational support.
• Experience with CI/build tools and platforms such as Jenkins, GitHub, Artifactory, or similar systems.
• Experience partnering with engineering teams to understand requirements, diagnose pain points, and deliver practical improvements to developer workflows.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical issues, trade‑offs, and priorities to engineering stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or cloud-native application build and validation workflows.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code or configuration management tools such as Terraform or Ansible.
• Experience with monitoring, observability, logging, or reporting tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ElasticSearch, Splunk, or similar platforms.
• Experience supporting CI/build systems for large-scale distributed systems or large engineering organizations.
• Experience applying AI‑assisted tools or agent-based workflows to improve developer productivity, operational support, automation, or troubleshooting.

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.