Cloud Engineer II (Full Time) - United States

Cisco Systems, Inc; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 126,000 - 177,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

401(k) plan with Cisco matching

Paid parental leave

Disability coverage

Life insurance

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. in Milpitas, CA is seeking engineers to join the Security Policy and Access team. You will own services from design to production in an Agile setting, contributing to cloud-native SaaS platforms that secure global networks.

You will develop, deploy, and operate distributed systems in AWS/Azure/Google Cloud, with emphasis on observability, security, and reliability, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 1–2 years of professional software engineering in product engineering, SaaS, Cloud, DevOps, or Platform Engineering.
• Hands-on experience in at least one public cloud environment (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud).
• Programming in Java, Python, or Go; experience with modern web UIs and full-stack techs.
• Experience with cloud-native apps, containers, deployment, scalability, resiliency, and production readiness.
• Experience using Generative AI tools to improve development productivity, code quality, testing, or operations.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support cloud-native SaaS applications and services.
• Build scalable, resilient distributed systems using microservices architecture.
• Develop and operate services in public cloud environments (AWS/Azure/Google Cloud).
• Design and implement service automation, monitoring, observability, and telemetry pipelines.
• Analyze service health, performance, logs, traces, and alerts to improve reliability.
• Own services through full lifecycle from design to production support and improvement.
• Work on deployment, configuration, and operational readiness for SaaS services.

Skills

Java

Python

Go

Cloud-native development

AI-assisted development

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Job description

The application window is expected to close on: 11/05/2026

Meet the Team

Our Security Policy and Access team is at the heart of Cisco’s mission, building and operating market‑leading platforms like the Cisco Identity Services Engine and Meraki Access Manager to simplify security compliance for global organizations.

We are a critical engine within our $3B+ Security Business Group, directly enabling Cisco’s strategic pivot to a software-first, recurring revenue model that secures the world’s most vital networks.

You will join a high-performing, collaborative group of engineers, architects, and product experts who thrive in an Agile environment where cross‑functional teamwork is the daily standard.

What makes us truly exciting is the scale of our impact; we are building cloud-native, AI-integrated solutions that solve the most complex challenges in zero‑trust security and identity management.

If you are passionate about owning services from design to production and want to work on a team that values innovation, reliability, and continuous learning, this is the place to make your mark.

Your Impact

The team is made up of builders and problem‑solvers who enjoy tackling complex distributed systems challenges while supporting highly scalable, resilient, and observable services in production.

What makes this team especially exciting is the opportunity to work at the intersection of cloud engineering, cybersecurity, automation, and AI‑assisted development while directly influencing products used by some of the world’s largest organizations.

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support cloud-native SaaS applications and services.
• Build scalable, resilient, and secure distributed systems using microservices architecture.
• Develop and operate services running in public cloud environments such as AWS, Google Cloud or Cisco Private Cloud.
• Participate in the design and implementation of service automation, monitoring, observability, and telemetry pipelines.
• Analyze service health, performance metrics, logs, traces, and alerts to improve reliability and customer experience.
• Own services through the full lifecycle, from design and implementation to production support and continuous improvement.
• Work on deployment, configuration, and operational readiness for SaaS services in production environments.
• Review architecture, designs, implementation plans, test strategies, and operational procedures.
• Troubleshoot complex production and customer issues across application, infrastructure, database, and networking layers.
• Collaborate with engineering, product management, security, SRE, DevOps, and customer‑facing teams.
• Contribute to building secure, scalable, and reliable business solutions for Cisco customers and partners.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 1 - 2 years of professional software engineering experience in product engineering, SaaS, Cloud, DevOps, or Platform Engineering environment.
• Hands‑on experience developing, testing, deploying, or supporting cloud‑based applications or services in at least one public cloud environment such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Programming skills in one or more languages such as Java, Python, or Go.
• Experience building rich web UIs in full stack technologies, services, such as Java, Ruby on Rails/NodeJS, React, JavaScript.
• Experience with cloud‑native application development, including containers, service deployment, scalability, resiliency, and production readiness.
• Experience debugging, troubleshooting, and problem‑solving skills across application, service, and cloud infrastructure layers.
• Experience using Generative AI tools to improve software development productivity, code quality, testing, documentation, or operational workflows.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to learn quickly, take ownership of assigned features or components, and collaborate effectively in an Agile engineering team.
• Familiarity with software engineering practices such as code reviews, unit testing, integration testing, source control, CI/CD, secure coding, and maintainable design.
• Exposure to observability tools and practices, including metrics, logs, traces, dashboards, alerts, and service health analysis.
• Understanding of cloud security fundamentals, identity, access control, RBAC, secrets management, and secure service‑to‑service communication.
• Exposure to incident response, root cause analysis, postmortems, or reliability improvement practices.

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.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada

The starting salary range posted for this position is $125,700.00 to $176,600.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job‑related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training.

The full salary range for certain locations is listed below:

• New York City Metro Area: $125,700.00 - $203,100.00
• Non-Metro New York state & Washington state: $111,700.00 - $180,800.00

For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.

• medical, dental and vision insurance
• a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
• paid parental leave
• short and long‑term disability coverage
• basic life insurance

Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks.

Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non‑exempt employees
• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
• paid year‑end holiday shutdown
• 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
• Non‑exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full‑time employees
• Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non‑sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

Employees on sales plans earn performance‑based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non‑quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan.

For quota‑based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows: .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota; 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%; 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non‑quota‑based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target.

Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

• New York City Metro Area: $125,700.00 - $203,100.00
• Non‑Metro New York state & Washington state: $111,700.00 - $180,800.00

Cisconians power the future. We make impact as a team, innovating fast and fearlessly to create meaningful solutions on a large scale.

The depth and breadth of our technology doesn't just benefit our customers – it also means limitless opportunities for us to experiment and learn.

We understand the power each of our unique backgrounds bring when we work together.

Because of that, we have a global network of thinkers, doers, experts, and curious creators who help one another do their life’s best work.