Cloud-Native Data Platform Architect & Tech Lead

Cisco Systems, Inc; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 187,000 - 268,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

401(k) with Cisco matching

Paid time off and holidays

Employee stock plan

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. seeks a senior data platform architect to own cloud-native data platforms enabling real-time CX analytics. You will lead backend services, lakehouse design, and data pipelines end-to-end while setting governance and observability standards.

You will mentor engineers, drive CI/CD automation, and align technical work with business priorities across CX platforms in a fast‑growing environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in data engineering or platform architecture.
• Strong Python and SQL experience for data pipelines.
• Backend development in Go/Java/Node.js/Rust.
• Experience with REST/GraphQL APIs and relational/noSQL databases.
• Experience with distributed messaging and streaming systems like Kafka or AWS SQS/SNS.
• Experience with modern lakehouse/warehouse tech (Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Redshift).
• CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins or GitHub Actions and containerised deployments.

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and optimise scalable cloud-native data platforms for real-time analytics.
• Design batch and streaming ETL/ELT pipelines with CDC and lakehouse architectures.
• Establish data modelling, governance, and observability standards for reliability.
• Define high-performance API contracts (REST, GraphQL) for data assets and metrics.
• Mentor engineers, conduct reviews, and coordinate cross-team dependencies.

Skills

Python

SQL

Go

Java

Node.js

Rust

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

BigQuery

AWS Redshift

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. seeks a senior data platform architect to own cloud-native data platforms enabling real-time CX analytics. You will lead backend services, lakehouse design, and data pipelines end-to-end while setting governance and observability standards.

You will mentor engineers, drive CI/CD automation, and align technical work with business priorities across CX platforms in a fast‑growing environment.