Senior Cloud Platform & Configuration Lead

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) match

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Cisco is seeking a senior engineer to join the Automation and Configuration Management team in a hybrid role in Denver, CO or Raleigh, NC, with USA remote options. You will shape the configuration platform for thousands of customers across AWS, GCP, Azure, and GovCloud, driving reliability and scalable infrastructure.

The role requires building resilient systems, mentoring engineers, and making build vs buy tradeoffs, with emphasis on code quality, observability, and operational excellence.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Set the long-term technical direction for ACM’s configuration platform by defining architecture, technology investments, and build vs. buy tradeoffs to support thousands of customers.
• Lead and deliver complex, high-impact projects spanning configuration delivery, disaster recovery, fleet management, and platform reliability.
• Establish standards for code quality, system design, observability, and operational excellence to raise the engineering bar.
• Mentor engineers across levels to accelerate their growth through code reviews, design feedback, pairing, and coaching.
• Own production reliability by providing technical judgment during major incidents and designing systems that reduce operational burden.

Job description

Cisco is seeking a senior engineer to join the Automation and Configuration Management team in a hybrid role in Denver, CO or Raleigh, NC, with USA remote options. You will shape the configuration platform for thousands of customers across AWS, GCP, Azure, and GovCloud, driving reliability and scalable infrastructure.

The role requires building resilient systems, mentoring engineers, and making build vs buy tradeoffs, with emphasis on code quality, observability, and operational excellence.