Meet the Team
We are the Webex Persistence Team within the Webex Service Engineering & SRE organization. Our team designs, builds, and operates
highly scalable persistence services powering Webex Teams, Webex Meetings, and the broader Webex Suite. We work across
Webex Data Centers and AWS Cloud environments, ensuring high availability, reliability, and performance at a global scale.
As part of this team, you will work on mission-critical infrastructure and platform systems, including data, streaming, and persistence layers, with a strong focus on automation, scalability, and cloud-native engineering.
Your Impact
We are looking for a DevOps Engineer (G8) with strong expertise in Python, AWS, Infrastructure as Code, and CI/CD pipelines to build and operate scalable, automated platforms.
This role is focused on hands-on implementation, automation, system reliability, and platform support, with exposure to data platforms, streaming systems, and AI/ML workloads.
Key Responsibilities
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems using Java and Python
• Build and optimize data storage solutions using PostgreSQL and distributed databases
• Proficiency with Docker and Kubernetes for container orchestration in production environments.
• Implement infrastructure automation using Unusable
• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub
• Work on AI/ML-enabled features, including data pipelines and intelligent services
• Ensure system scalability, performance, and reliability across distributed environments
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product, DevOps, and data engineering
• Participate in design reviews, code reviews,Code writing and architecture discussions
• Collaborate with engineering teams to improve deployment velocity and system efficiency.
Minimum Qualifications
-4+ years of experience in software engineering or data platform development
- Strong programming skills in Java, Python
- Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL or similar relational databases
- Strong experience with AWS cloud services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, etc.)
- Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins and version control (GitHub)
- Experience in automation/configuration management (Ansible preferred)
- Solid understanding of distributed systems and microservices architecture
- Exposure to AI/ML concepts or platforms.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Exposure to AI/ML workloads, data pipelines, or GenAI systems
Familiarity with NoSQL Database Mysql.
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.
Disclaimer
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Skills Required
- 4+ years of experience in software engineering or data platform development
- Strong programming skills in Java and Python
- Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL or similar relational databases
- Strong experience with AWS cloud services, including EC2, S3, RDS, and Lambda
- Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and version control with GitHub
- Experience with automation and configuration management; Ansible preferred
- Solid understanding of distributed systems and microservices architecture
- Exposure to AI/ML concepts or platforms
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Exposure to AI/ML workloads, data pipelines, or GenAI systems
- Familiarity with NoSQL databases and MySQL
Cisco Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cisco and has not been reviewed or approved by Cisco.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, with medical, dental, vision, mental-health resources, and expert second-opinion services. These offerings are positioned as a core pillar of the Total Rewards package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is portrayed as expansive, with quarterly company-wide “Days for Me,” paid holidays and vacation, volunteer time, emergency leave, and a year-end shutdown in many locations. This breadth helps employees disconnect and recharge.
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Parental & Family Support — Family support is emphasized through extended paid parental leave for primary caregivers, caregiving assistance, adoption support, and resources for parents and caregivers. These programs are presented as global offerings, with specifics determined locally.
Cisco Insights
What We Do
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) enables people to make powerful connections--whether in business, education, philanthropy, or creativity. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create the Internet solutions that make networks possible--providing easy access to information anywhere, at any time. Cisco was founded in 1984 by a small group of computer scientists from Stanford University. Since the company's inception, Cisco engineers have been leaders in the development of Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking technologies. Today, with more than 71,000 employees worldwide, this tradition of innovation continues with industry-leading products and solutions in the company's core development areas of routing and switching, as well as in advanced technologies such as home networking, IP telephony, optical networking, security, storage area networking, and wireless technology. In addition to its products, Cisco provides a broad range of service offerings, including technical support and advanced services. Cisco sells its products and services, both directly through its own sales force as well as through its channel partners, to large enterprises, commercial businesses, service providers, and consumers.
