Cloud-Native Platform Engineer (Kubernetes/CI‑CD)

Cisco Systems, Inc; Durham (NC); Hybrid; USD 138,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

401(k) plan with Cisco matching

Paid parental leave

Short and long-term disability

Basic life insurance

Flexible vacation time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. seeks a platform engineer to build and operate Kubernetes-native tooling and services that support SDLC activities across local and CI/CD environments.

You will enable self-service systems for product teams and collaborate with application and SRE teams to deliver secure, reliable cloud-native platforms during US business hours. The role emphasizes platform operations, telemetry, authentication/authorization, and vulnerability management, with experience in Argo CD, Helm,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of experience or Master's degree with 3+ years.
• 2+ years of software or platform engineering experience with Go, Python, or a similar language.
• Experience deploying applications on Kubernetes in cloud service environments like AWS, GCP, or Azure etc.
• Experience with containerization, Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or Packer.
• Experience with CI/CD systems and pipeline automation.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate platforms and shared developer tooling to make product delivery repeatable.
• Design cloud-native services and APIs for build, test, and deploy workflows, and improve platform reliability, scalability, and the developer experience.
• Enable and own platform operations, including on-call, telemetry-driven metrics, authentication and authorization, and vulnerability management.
• Succeed by providing reliable Kubernetes-native platforms that help teams deliver cloud-native services securely and efficiently.

Skills

Go

Python

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Terraform

Ansible

Packer

GitLab CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree with 5+ years experience or Master's with 3+ years

Tools

Argo CD

Helm

Prometheus

OpenTelemetry

GitLab CI/CD

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. seeks a platform engineer to build and operate Kubernetes-native tooling and services that support SDLC activities across local and CI/CD environments.

You will enable self-service systems for product teams and collaborate with application and SRE teams to deliver secure, reliable cloud-native platforms during US business hours. The role emphasizes platform operations, telemetry, authentication/authorization, and vulnerability management, with experience in Argo CD, Helm,