Remote Cloud Platform Engineering Lead

Cisco Systems; Helena (MT); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems seeks a senior software engineer for the ACM team to shape the long-term architecture of our configuration platform and drive reliability at scale.

You will lead major initiatives across cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure, GovCloud), mentor engineers, set code-quality standards, and design observable, resilient systems that reduce operational burden while delivering impact for thousands of customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 8 years of related experience, or Master's +6 years, or PhD +3 years.
• Fluency in Go and/or Python for large-scale production systems.
• Experience designing resilient distributed systems in cloud environments such as AWS, GCP, Azure, or GovCloud.
• Experience with configuration and infrastructure as code tools like Puppet, Terraform, or Ansible at scale.
• Experience leading major technical initiatives beyond immediate teams.

Responsibilities

• Define architecture and long-term direction for ACM's configuration platform.
• Lead complex projects spanning configuration delivery, DR, fleet management, and platform reliability.
• Set standards for code quality, observability, and operational excellence; mentor engineers.

Skills

Go

Python

Cloud computing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

Puppet

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Cisco Systems seeks a senior software engineer for the ACM team to shape the long-term architecture of our configuration platform and drive reliability at scale.

You will lead major initiatives across cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure, GovCloud), mentor engineers, set code-quality standards, and design observable, resilient systems that reduce operational burden while delivering impact for thousands of customers.