Senior SRE Lead: Cloud Reliability & Automation

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Milpitas (CA)

On-site

USD 187,000 - 268,000

Full time

3 days ago
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Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Technical Leader for the Intersight team to drive reliability, scalability, and security of our cloud platforms.

You will lead a high-performing SRE group, mentor engineers, and influence the technical roadmap across cross-functional teams including product management, security, and customers. The role emphasizes hands-on SRE or systems experience, strong cloud and IaC skills, and excellent communication to

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or higher with significant related experience
  • Experience designing scalable, reliable, production-ready solutions
  • Cloud platforms experience, preferably AWS, and IaC with Terraform or Ansible
  • Linux, Docker, Kubernetes/EKS, networking, security, and CI/CD
  • Observability and monitoring using metrics, logs, tracing, dashboards, and alerts
  • Programming in Python or Go or similar languages

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and optimize cloud data infrastructure with SRE principles
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver secure, scalable solutions
  • Troubleshoot production issues and perform root cause analyses
  • Lead architectural vision and roadmap for SRE team
  • Mentor engineers and promote engineering excellence
  • Engage with customers to translate feedback into actionable insights
  • Develop core data platform capabilities and automation
  • Create strategic roadmaps and scalable infrastructure

Skills

SRE leadership
scalable architectures
Python/Go

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field
Master's degree
PhD

Tools

Terraform
Ansible
Linux
Docker
Kubernetes/EKS
CI/CD
Programming in Python/Go

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Technical Leader for the Intersight team to drive reliability, scalability, and security of our cloud platforms.

You will lead a high-performing SRE group, mentor engineers, and influence the technical roadmap across cross-functional teams including product management, security, and customers. The role emphasizes hands-on SRE or systems experience, strong cloud and IaC skills, and excellent communication to

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