Senior Cloud Platform Architect & Tech Lead

Cisco Systems, Inc; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 152,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Medical/Dental/Vision insurance

Paid time off

Restricted stock units (RSUs)

Job summary

Cisco is seeking an experienced software engineering leader to drive the ACM configuration platform. You will define long-term technical direction, set architecture, and guide build versus buy decisions for thousands of internal and external customers across AWS, GCP, Azure, and GovCloud.

You will mentor engineers, raise engineering standards, and own production reliability by designing scalable, observable systems that reduce operational burden.

Qualifications

• Bachelors or higher with extensive production system experience.
• Fluency in Go and/or Python for large-scale services.
• Experience designing resilient, distributed cloud architectures (AWS, GCP, Azure, GovCloud).
• Proven track record leading major initiatives and influencing engineering direction at scale.

Responsibilities

• Define architecture, technology investments, and build vs. buy decisions to support thousands of customers.
• Lead and deliver complex projects spanning configuration delivery, disaster recovery, fleet management, and platform reliability.
• Set standards for code quality, system design, observability, and operational excellence.

Skills

Go

Python

Distributed systems

Cloud environments

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree + 8 years

Master's degree + 6 years

PhD + 3 years

Tools

Puppet

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Job description

Cisco is seeking an experienced software engineering leader to drive the ACM configuration platform. You will define long-term technical direction, set architecture, and guide build versus buy decisions for thousands of internal and external customers across AWS, GCP, Azure, and GovCloud.

You will mentor engineers, raise engineering standards, and own production reliability by designing scalable, observable systems that reduce operational burden.