Senior Cloud Platform Engineering Lead

Cisco Systems; Herndon (VA); Hybrid; USD 152,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid parental leave

Disability coverage

Life insurance

Volunteer time off

Job summary

Cisco Systems seeks a senior engineer to set the long-term direction for the ACM configuration platform and lead large-scale, high-impact projects across cloud environments. This role focuses on reliability, scalability, and transportable infrastructure that supports thousands of customers, with mentorship to accelerate team growth.

The position requires strong expertise in Go/Python, distributed systems design, and IaC tooling, with a track record of influencing engineering direction beyond

Qualifications

• Experience in building and operating large-scale production systems with fluency in 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.

Skills

Go

Python

Distributed systems design

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree + 8 years

Master's degree + 6 years

PhD + 3 years

Tools

Puppet

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Job description

Cisco Systems seeks a senior engineer to set the long-term direction for the ACM configuration platform and lead large-scale, high-impact projects across cloud environments. This role focuses on reliability, scalability, and transportable infrastructure that supports thousands of customers, with mentorship to accelerate team growth.

The position requires strong expertise in Go/Python, distributed systems design, and IaC tooling, with a track record of influencing engineering direction beyond