Remote Cloud Platform Architect & Tech Leader

Cisco Systems; Herndon (VA); Remote; USD 187,000 - 268,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems is seeking a senior cloud engineering leader for a remote role across the USA. You will drive architecture, automation, and deployment practices while mentoring engineers and aligning cloud capabilities with Cisco’s goals.

You will oversee design, implementation, and operation of scalable cloud platforms, balancing availability, performance, security, and cost across public and private environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of related experience, Master’s degree with 6+ years of related experience, or PhD with 3+ years of related experience.
• 5+ years experience designing, developing, and implementing cloud-based software, systems, or platform solutions.
• Experience designing and operating cloud infrastructure for availability, performance, scalability, reliability, and security.
• Experience leading the technical design and implementation of sophisticated cloud engineering initiatives across multiple teams.
• Experience with infrastructure automation, deployment strategies, capacity planning, or cloud infrastructure optimization.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design and implementation of sophisticated cloud engineering initiatives across multiple teams.
• Design and develop scalable cloud architecture and infrastructure with availability, performance, security, and reliability in mind.
• Provide domain expertise on application infrastructure, cloud architecture, and platform engineering.
• Design and operate public and private cloud infrastructure and management platforms.
• Drive infrastructure automation and establish strategies for automating development, deployment, and operational requirements.
• Lead deployment strategy and capacity planning across development teams.

Skills

Technical leadership

Mentor engineers

Cloud architecture

Infrastructure automation

Deployment strategy

Capacity planning

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree + 8+ years

Master's degree + 6+ years

PhD + 3+ years

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Cisco Systems is seeking a senior cloud engineering leader for a remote role across the USA. You will drive architecture, automation, and deployment practices while mentoring engineers and aligning cloud capabilities with Cisco’s goals.

You will oversee design, implementation, and operation of scalable cloud platforms, balancing availability, performance, security, and cost across public and private environments.