Cloud Engineering Technical Leader (Remote)

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

This is a remote position anywhere in the USA.

Cisco’s Security Business Group’s cloud engineering team designs, builds, and operates scalable cloud infrastructure and platforms that support Cisco’s products and services. We focus on availability, performance, security, automation, and operational excellence while following Cisco’s security standards and engineering best practices.

We partner closely with Product Management, Engineering, Security, and business teams to understand requirements and build cloud solutions that can operate reliably at scale! The team works across public and private cloud environments and helps drive cloud architecture, infrastructure automation, deployment strategy, and continuous improvement.

In this role, you will provide technical leadership for complex cloud engineering initiatives and help shape the architecture, implementation, and operation of cloud-based platforms and services. You will design solutions that balance availability, performance, scalability, security, and cost while helping teams make sound architectural and operational decisions.

You will influence cloud strategy across multiple teams, drive infrastructure automation and deployment practices, and help improve the reliability and stability of production environments! You will also mentor engineers, provide technical guidance, and collaborate with team members to align cloud capabilities with Cisco’s business and technology goals.

• Lead the technical design and implementation of sophisticated cloud engineering initiatives across multiple teams.

• Design and develop scalable cloud architecture and infrastructure with availability, performance, security, and reliability in mind.

• Provide domain expertise on application infrastructure, cloud architecture, and platform engineering.

• Design and operate public and private cloud infrastructure and management platforms.

• Drive infrastructure automation and establish strategies for automating development, deployment, and operational requirements.

• Lead deployment strategy and capacity planning across development

• Analyze cloud infrastructure utilization and find opportunities to improve performance and optimize cost.

• Work with Product Management, Engineering, Security, and business teams to translate requirements into cloud architecture and infrastructure solutions.

• Advise teams and stakeholders on cloud configuration, architecture, and migration strategies.

• Apply security standards and procedures to cloud infrastructure, production access, and change management processes.

• Identify and mitigate technical and operational risks associated with cloud platforms and production environments.

• Drive improvements in the availability, performance, scalability, and stability of systems, services, and products at scale.

• Evaluate cloud platforms, technologies, and engineering practices and recommend enhancements based on business and technical requirements.

• Communicate technical tradeoffs and collaborate with cross-functional partners to align on architecture, priorities, and outcomes.

• Mentor engineers and share cloud engineering, automation, security, and operational guidelines across teams.

• Stay ahead of with cloud technologies, industry trends, and emerging engineering practices to help guide technical strategy.

• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of related experience, Master’s degree with 6+ years of related experience, or PhD with 3+ years of related experience.

• 5 + years experience designing, developing, and implementing cloud-based software, systems, or platform solutions.

• Experience designing and operating cloud infrastructure for availability, performance, scalability, reliability, and security.

• Experience leading the technical design and implementation of sophisticated cloud engineering initiatives across multiple teams.

• Experience with infrastructure automation, deployment strategies, capacity planning, or cloud infrastructure optimization.

• Experience designing and operating infrastructure across public or private cloud environments, including AWS, Azure, GCP, or similar cloud platforms.

• Experience with cloud-native technologies, infrastructure as code, containerization, orchestration, and automated deployment practices.

• Experience with infrastructure cost analysis, capacity planning, performance optimization, and operating highly available systems at scale.

• Familiarity with cloud security best practices, production access controls, change management, and risk mitigation.

• Experience providing technical leadership and mentorship and influencing cloud architecture and engineering decisions across Product, Security, Engineering, and business teams.

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. 

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:

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

* 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.

** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.