Senior SRE: Cloud-Native Infra & Scale (Hybrid)

Cisco Systems, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 168,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco ThousandEyes is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to design and manage large-scale, highly available distributed systems. You will collaborate with application teams to ensure the performance, reliability, and security of our SaaS platform, deploying resilient AWS services and using CNCF tools like Kubernetes and Prometheus.

This hybrid role requires working in office two times per week in San Francisco, Seattle, Austin, or New York, with a focus on automation, chaos testing, and

Qualifications

• Bachelors + 7 years of related experience, or Masters + 4 years of related experience, or PhD + 1 year of related experience
• Proficiency in software development with languages such as Python or Go
• Shown ability to build and implement scalable, well-tested, and security-focused solutions that integrate security protocols throughout the development and deployment lifecycle
• Strong understanding of Unix/Linux systems, including kernel, system libraries, file systems, and client-server protocols
• Knowledge of Site Reliability principles: Incident Response, Change Management, Distributed Systems, Deployment Strategies, and SLOs

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and management of large-scale distributed systems to ensure performance and reliability
• Develop automation for deployment, chaos testing, and "everything-as-code" strategies
• Collaborate with application teams to maintain security and resilience of the SaaS platform

Skills

Python

Go

Unix/Linux

SRE principles

Cloud services

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Service Mesh

AWS

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Service Mesh

AWS

Job description

Cisco ThousandEyes is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to design and manage large-scale, highly available distributed systems. You will collaborate with application teams to ensure the performance, reliability, and security of our SaaS platform, deploying resilient AWS services and using CNCF tools like Kubernetes and Prometheus.

This hybrid role requires working in office two times per week in San Francisco, Seattle, Austin, or New York, with a focus on automation, chaos testing, and