Meet the Team
The Meraki SRE Platform Engineering team builds and operates the infrastructure that powers Meraki’s cloud. We focus on delivering reliable, scalable, and simple platforms that enable product teams to move quickly while maintaining a strong and secure operating environment.
Your Impact
We’re looking for a Site Reliability Engineer to support the development and operation of our Kubernetes-based platform across multiple environments. In this role, you will work closely with senior engineers and technical leaders to improve reliability, scalability, and compliance across the platform.
This is a hands-on engineering role where you’ll contribute to key systems, build infrastructure to support production operations, and help implement solutions that improve the overall health and performance of the platform.
• Contribute to the design, implementation, and operation of our Kubernetes platforms
• Support day-to-day reliability and performance of platform services, including monitoring and alerting
• Implement automation and tooling to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual effort
• Work with senior engineers to define and track SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets
• Assist in maintaining compliance and security requirements, including support for audits and continuous monitoring
• Contribute to infrastructure as code and CI/CD pipeline improvements
• Collaborate with multi-functional teams (Security, Platform, Application teams) to resolve issues and deliver platform capabilities
• Participate in on-call rotations supporting customer requests and paging alerts
Minimum Qualifications
• 3-4 years in SRE, DevOps, or platform engineering roles
• Experience with Kubernetes in production environments
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or similar)
• Solid understanding of Linux systems, networking, and containerization
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform)
• Proficiency in scripting or programming (e.g., Python, Go)
Preferred Qualifications
• Exposure to observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, logging systems)
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.
Skills Required
- 3-4 years in SRE, DevOps, or platform engineering roles
- Experience with Kubernetes in production environments
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or similar)
- Solid understanding of Linux systems, networking, and containerization
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform)
- Proficiency in scripting or programming (e.g., Python, Go)
- Exposure to observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, logging systems)
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
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