Senior Cloud Engineer, Hybrid in RTP, North Carolina

NOTE: Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

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Meet the Team

Join Cisco's Cloud and Data Center Engineer ing team - a collaborative group of engineer s, architects, and operations specialists dedicated to designing, implementing, and optimizing Cisco's cloud -based and hybrid infrastructure with a strong focus on kubernetes , terraform , network, cloud and data center operations. Our team partners with product managers, security , and IT operations to deliver secure, scalable, and reliable solutions, while staying aligned with Cisco's security standards and industry best practices. We thrive on cross-functional collaboration, continuous learning, and delivering high-impact solutions that power Cisco's business.

Your Impact

• Design, develop, and implement cloud -based and data center network solutions, combining cutting-edge technologies to optimize architecture in line with Cisco's security standards and policies.
• Collaborate with product managers, engineer s, and security teams to develop detailed specifications for new cloud -based products, services, and applications, focusing on network security optimization, scalability, and performance.
• Plan and implement infrastructure migration activities for cloud and data center relocation or consolidation projects, including assessing environments, creating migration strategies, and mitigating risks.
• Deploy , configure, and maintain virtualization platforms (e.g., Kubernetes clusters, VM ware, OpenStack ), performing both live and cold infrastructure and services migrations and decommissioning with minimal service disruption.
• Invent solutions using open source and commercial technologies to ensure service availability and quality against speed-to-market needs for rapid delivery of new features and releases.
• Develop and lead tools, frameworks, infrastructure , templates, etc. for configuring, building and deploy ing platform and cloud applications in an automated manner.

Minimum Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, or Engineer ing, combined with 7 years of experience such as network engineer ing or data center operations, or a Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineer ing, or a related technical field, combined with 4 years of experience or PhD, combined with 1 year of related experience.
• Experience in deploy ing, administering, and operating virtualization platforms ( VM ware, OpenStack , Hyper-V ).
• Experience in building, operating, tuning, and debugging Linux and Windows Server environments for high availability and performance.
• Experience in Infrastructure as Code ( Terraform , Ansible , GitOps ).
• Experience with IPv 4/ IPv 6 networking and experience with cloud network architecture and automation .
• Experience with scripting languages ( Python , Go, Bash , PowerShell ) for infrastructure automation .
• Experience with Public and Private Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure , DC, etc.) and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes , etc.).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with monitoring, observability, and incident response in Public/Private cloud or hybrid environments.
• Validated drive for continuous learning, results-orientation, and collaboration. Ability and the passion to learn new technologies quickly.
• Written & verbal communication skills to work with the global engineer ing teams and ability to work with multi-functional teams and departments.
• Experience in automation and modern DevOps practices.
• Experience with Source Code Control Management and CI/CD tools (Git, Jenkins, Argo, Harness, Atlantis, TFE, etc.).
• Experience in development of next gen agentic AI ops agents

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security , visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.