Cloud Engineer

Overview The application window is expected to close on: 08/25/2026. Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received. This is a hybrid role with three days per week at RTP, North Carolina office. The successful applicant may be performing work in FedRAMP High or IL-5 environments, and therefore, must be a U.S. Person (i.e. U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent resident, asylee, or refugee). This position may also perform work that the U.S. government has specified can only be performed by a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil. Meet the Team Webex is a $1B Business Unit that develops primarily cloud-based collaboration software solutions and is an integral part of the $4.4B collaboration portfolio at Cisco, which is investing heavily to transform the future of collaboration experiences for our end users. Our vision is to be the recognized industry leader in the Cloud Collaboration market, as well as to be the industry beacon that attracts top talent. Our strategy is to sustain innovation in our current $1B product line, and to develop innovative new products for the future that expand and positively redefine our market. We will build the next generation cloud platform with APIs and an ecosystem that delivers tangible business outcomes enabling our customers to get more jobs done! Your Impact As a Cloud Engineer within the Webex Platform organization, you will: Collaborate with experienced multi-functional engineers to design and build a next-gen provider-agnostic, auto scaled platform that hosts multiple hundreds of micro services. Create 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 deploying platform and cloud applications in an automated manner. You will work in an agile environment with a global engineering team. Minimum Qualifications A BS or MS degree in the Computer Science or related fields; with 5+ years of experience (3+ with a MS degree) as a Cloud Engineer, Software Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or related. Hands-on experience with Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), virtualization (VMware, OpenStack) and infrastructure-as-code tooling. Programming skills (Go, Python, Bash, Terraform, Ansible, Java, etc.). Technical knowledge and working experience with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.). Preferred Qualifications Experience with monitoring, observability, and incident response in cloud or hybrid environments. Understanding of IPv4/IPv6 networking and experience with cloud network architecture and automation. Ability to drive operational improvements through automation and embrace modern DevOps practices. Experience with Source Code Control Management and CI/CD tools (Git, Jenkins, Argo, Harness, etc.). Drive for continuous learning, results-orientation, and teamwork. Excellent written & verbal communication skills to work with the global engineering teams. Ability and the passion to learn new technologies quickly. Ability to work cross-functional and cross-department. CollabHiring 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. Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada The starting salary range posted for this position is $126,500.00 to $182,000.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process. U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time. U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies: 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations) 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies. Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows: .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota; 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%; 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation. For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid. The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below: New York City Metro Area:

• 152,500.00 - $252,000.00 Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:
• 135,800.00 - $224,400.00 * For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.