Remote DevOps & Platform Engineer - Kubernetes

Cisco Systems, Inc; Boxborough (MA); Hybrid; USD 138,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Paid time off & holidays

RSU grants

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. in Boxborough, MA is seeking engineers to design and operate cloud-native tooling and Kubernetes-native services that support the SDLC. You will build platforms that enable product teams to build, test, and deploy securely and efficiently.

The role emphasizes on-call reliability, telemetry-driven metrics, and collaboration with SRE and development teams. Candidates should have Go or Python experience, Kubernetes in cloud environments, and a passion for developer productivity

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 5+ years experience or Master's with 3+ years.
• 2+ years of software or platform engineering with Go or Python.
• Experience deploying applications on Kubernetes in cloud service environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Experience with containerization and IaC 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/authorization, and vulnerability management.
• Deliver reliable Kubernetes-native platforms that help teams deploy cloud-native services securely and efficiently.

Skills

Go

Python

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Terraform

Ansible

Packer

Containerization

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher (5+ yrs exp) / Master's (3+ yrs)

Tools

Argo CD

Helm

Prometheus

OpenTelemetry

GitLab CI/CD

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. in Boxborough, MA is seeking engineers to design and operate cloud-native tooling and Kubernetes-native services that support the SDLC. You will build platforms that enable product teams to build, test, and deploy securely and efficiently.

The role emphasizes on-call reliability, telemetry-driven metrics, and collaboration with SRE and development teams. Candidates should have Go or Python experience, Kubernetes in cloud environments, and a passion for developer productivity