Platform Orchestrator Engineer – Cloud Automation

Cisco Systems, Inc.; Kraków; On-site; PLN 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer to advance Platform Orchestrator and Fleet Orchestrator capabilities in Kraków. You will design and implement scalable automation, backend services, and secure, observable platform components used by internal teams and customers.

The role emphasizes cloud orchestration, incident readiness, and continuous reliability improvements across the fleet. Strong collaboration and secure coding practices are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 2 years of related software engineering experience, OR Master's degree plus 0 years of related experience.
• Basic knowledge of software engineering principles, data structures, APIs, distributed systems, testing practices, and modern software development methodologies.
• Experience with or exposure to at least one general-purpose programming language such as Python, Go, Java, or similar.
• Basic understanding of cloud infrastructure, containers, APIs, CI/CD, or infrastructure automation concepts.
• Familiarity with Git-based development workflows, automated testing, and code review practices.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to solving engineering and operational problems related to cloud orchestration and fleet management.
• Analyzes requirements and operational scenarios, asks questions, validates assumptions, and checks understanding before implementing solutions.
• Establishes effective working relationships within the Platform Orchestrator and Fleet Orchestrator teams and collaborates with dependent teams.
• Works independently or with guidance on small-to-medium features, automation workflows, APIs, integrations, or platform improvements from design through production delivery.
• Applies understanding of the full software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and support.

Skills

Software engineering principles

Data structures

APIs

Distributed systems

Testing practices

Modern software development

Python

Go

Java

Cloud infrastructure

Containers

CI/CD

Infrastructure automation

Git workflows

Automated testing

Code review

Backend services

Kubernetes

AWS

GitLab CI/CD

Terraform

Workflow orchestration

Event-driven

REST APIs

Auth & Authorization

Secrets management

Reliability engineering

Observability

Troubleshooting distributed systems

Production support

Automation across fleets

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Python

Go

Kubernetes

AWS

GitLab CI/CD

Terraform

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer to advance Platform Orchestrator and Fleet Orchestrator capabilities in Kraków. You will design and implement scalable automation, backend services, and secure, observable platform components used by internal teams and customers.

The role emphasizes cloud orchestration, incident readiness, and continuous reliability improvements across the fleet. Strong collaboration and secure coding practices are essential.