Cloud Config Lead – Senior Software Engineer (Remote)

Cisco Systems; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 152,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems is hiring for the Automation and Configuration Management team in a hybrid role based in Denver, CO or Raleigh, NC, with remote candidates in the USA encouraged to apply. The ACM platform supports thousands of customers across AWS, GCP, Azure, and GovCloud, delivering scalable configuration infrastructure.

You will set long-term technical direction, lead high-impact projects, establish engineering standards, and mentor engineers to grow.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of related experience; master's 6+; or PhD 3+
• Experience building/operating large-scale production systems in Go and/or Python
• Experience with IaC tools at scale (Puppet, Terraform, Ansible)
• Experience designing resilient, scalable distributed systems in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure, GovCloud)
• Experience leading major technical initiatives beyond immediate teams

Responsibilities

• Set long-term technical direction for ACM's configuration platform.
• Lead and deliver complex, high-impact projects across configuration delivery, disaster recovery, fleet management, and platform reliability.
• Establish standards for code quality, system design, observability, and operational excellence.
• Mentor engineers across levels to accelerate growth through code reviews, design feedback, pairing, and coaching.
• Own production reliability by providing technical judgment during major incidents and designing systems to reduce operational burden

Skills

Go

Python

Cloud computing

Distributed systems

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

Puppet

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Cisco Systems is hiring for the Automation and Configuration Management team in a hybrid role based in Denver, CO or Raleigh, NC, with remote candidates in the USA encouraged to apply. The ACM platform supports thousands of customers across AWS, GCP, Azure, and GovCloud, delivering scalable configuration infrastructure.

You will set long-term technical direction, lead high-impact projects, establish engineering standards, and mentor engineers to grow.