Meet the Team
Join the founding SRE team building Cisco’s next-generation multi-cloud fabric (MCF) platform from the ground up. We are a high-impact, 17-person global team (spanning the US, Europe and India) dedicated to ensuring the reliability of a platform designed to handle billions of daily transactions across multiple global regions. You will collaborate closely with Backend, DevOps, and QA teams to pioneer the future of multi-cloud connectivity.
Your Impact
As a Senior SRE, you will be instrumental in the MCF Beta launch scheduled for Q3 2026. You will design observability systems, optimize performance, and ensure the platform operates with 99.9%+ reliability across AWS, Azure, and GCP. This role offers the exciting opportunity to build self-healing infrastructure and AI-powered operations for a brand-new, large-scale networking platform.
Build Reliable Infrastructure: Design and operate highly available infrastructure across AWS (EKS), Azure (AKS), and GCP (GKE) regions.
Observability & Monitoring: Architect comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and dashboards using Prometheus, Thanos, and Grafana.
AI-Powered SRE: Build MCP servers and AI agents to detect anomalies, automate troubleshooting, and enable self-healing.
Automation Excellence: Write Python/Go code to automate operations, reduce manual toil, and improve system efficiency.
Incident Response: Lead incident response, conduct root cause analysis (RCA), and participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation to ensure 24/7 uptime.
Minimum Qualifications
7-12 years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering with a focus on reliability at scale.
Proficiency in programming with Python or Go.
Expertise in Linux internals (networking, filesystems, memory management) and container orchestration (Kubernetes/EKS/AKS/GKE).
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Terragrunt or Ansible and public cloud providers (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
Willingness to participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation.
Preferred Qualifications
Strong understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP stack, BGP, IPsec, VPN).
Experience managing multi-cloud operations across AWS, Azure, and GCP simultaneously.
Knowledge of high-performance networking or VPP (Vector Packet Processing).
Experience with secrets management (IAM roles, RBAC, service accounts).
Familiarity with building AI-native SRE tools or MCP server development.
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.
Skills Required
- 7-12 years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering focused on reliability at scale.
- Proficiency in programming with Python or Go.
- Expertise in Linux internals (networking, filesystems, memory management).
- Experience with container orchestration and Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE).
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Terragrunt, or Ansible.
- Experience with public cloud providers (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- Willingness to participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation.
- Architecting monitoring and observability (Prometheus, Thanos, Grafana).
- Experience designing and operating highly available infrastructure across multiple cloud regions.
- Strong understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, BGP, IPsec, VPN).
- Experience managing multi-cloud operations across AWS, Azure, and GCP simultaneously.
- Knowledge of high-performance networking or VPP (Vector Packet Processing).
- Experience with secrets management (IAM roles, RBAC, service accounts).
- Familiarity with building AI-native SRE tools or MCP server development.
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 — Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, mental health support via an EAP, and access to on-site or virtual health centers indicate robust healthcare offerings. Wellness programs, fitness resources, and specialized services further reinforce coverage depth.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO, a global minimum for paid parental leave, and unique programs like company-wide recharge days and paid volunteer time expand time-away options. Additional offerings such as Critical Time Off and adoption assistance add flexibility for life events.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Restricted stock units and a discounted employee stock purchase plan are meaningful elements of total compensation. The prominence of equity can materially augment overall pay packages alongside salary and bonuses.
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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.
