Senior SRE Lead - Cloud Data Platforms

Cisco Systems, Inc.; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 214,000 - 310,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a senior data platform engineer to design, deploy, and operate resilient data platforms across AWS and private clouds. You will optimize performance for high-throughput systems and mentor teams on data access patterns and cloud architecture.

You will automate infrastructure with Terraform, Ansible, and Kubernetes, drive deployment velocity, and ensure platform reliability through proactive capacity planning and incident workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years deploying and scaling distributed databases.
• 8+ years AWS infrastructure at scale.
• 5+ years DevOps, CI/CD, IaC practices (Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes), and Python.
• 3+ years leading technical projects with milestone tracking and stakeholder communication.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and operate large-scale data platforms across AWS and private clouds.
• Lead cloud engineering initiatives that automate infrastructure and improve deployment velocity.
• Drive capacity planning and performance optimization for high-throughput production systems.
• Provide data access guidance and migration strategies to application teams.

Skills

Distributed databases

Cassandra

OpenSearch

Kafka

PostgreSQL

AWS

CI/CD

Python

Cloud infrastructure

Project leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Python

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a senior data platform engineer to design, deploy, and operate resilient data platforms across AWS and private clouds. You will optimize performance for high-throughput systems and mentor teams on data access patterns and cloud architecture.

You will automate infrastructure with Terraform, Ansible, and Kubernetes, drive deployment velocity, and ensure platform reliability through proactive capacity planning and incident workflows.