Meet the Team
Cisco’s Enterprise IT DevOps as a Service (EDaaS) team is seeking a DevOps Engineer to assist with developing, enhancing, and maintaining, CI/CD automation supporting centrally managed DevOps tools and underlaying infrastructure, with a focus on Jenkins or GitHub Actions. EDaaS is a fast-paced group at the centre of enhancing and securing Cisco Engineering’s development workflows. To succeed in this role, you should be self-motivated and excited to be part of an innovative and continually learning DevOps team. Your demonstrated expertise in securing DevOps tools and implementing automated systems will be essential for this role.
Your Impact
- Drive platform reliability, troubleshoot complex issues within the production environment, may serve customers through on-call rotations to identify end user problems, may lead postmortem and write root cause analysis.
- Assist in automating infrastructure provisioning via configuration management tools
- Apply industry accepted good practices for operational activities such as environment monitoring, deployment automation, security hardening, activity auditing, and configuration management
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams bridge the gap between software development with infrastructure operations, fostering a culture of shared responsibility for system performance, reliability, and operational excellence.
- Managing Kubernetes clusters
- Assist with development of automation via configuration management tools and scripts
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems or equivalent work experience
- 3-4 years of recent Linux/Unix administration
- 3-4 years of scripting experience (Python, Bash, Groovy, etc)
- Good understanding of CI/CD workflows
- Experience with version control systems like Git, GitHub
- Expertise in administering and securing Enterprise Jenkins or GitHub Actions
- Experience working with cloud platforms and Kubernetes technologies.
- Production experience creating and using Docker images/containers
- Experience with configuration management platforms/tools/processes, preferably Puppet or Terraform.
- Experience generally with troubleshooting in a diverse technical environment
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with AWS including EC2, RDS, ELB, and EKS technologies
- 2+ years of hands-on experience deploying applications to Kubernetes in a production environment, alongside two or more years of recent Linux/Unix administration, particularly with RedHat systems
- Experience working with REST APIs
- Leverage AI-assisted development tools and workflows to accelerate automation, enhance code quality, and streamline troubleshooting processes.
- Preference will be given to candidates with production experience administering or applying security best practices to managed DevOps tools like Enterprise Jenkins or GitHub Actions
- Familiar with networking (OSI layers, DNS) and reverse proxy systems (Nginx, HAProxy, Apache)
- Solid understanding of modern software development practices and agile scrum methodologies
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
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent work experience
- 3-4 years of recent Linux or Unix administration experience
- 3-4 years of scripting experience using Python, Bash, Groovy, or similar languages
- Understanding of CI/CD workflows
- Experience with Git or GitHub version control systems
- Expertise administering and securing Enterprise Jenkins or GitHub Actions
- Experience with cloud platforms and Kubernetes
- Production experience creating and using Docker images and containers
- Experience with configuration management tools, preferably Puppet or Terraform
- Experience troubleshooting in diverse technical environments
- Familiarity with AWS, including EC2, RDS, ELB, and EKS
- 2+ years of hands-on production Kubernetes application deployment experience
- Recent Linux or Unix administration experience, particularly with Red Hat systems
- Experience working with REST APIs
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools and workflows
- Experience administering or applying security best practices to managed DevOps tools
- Familiarity with networking, OSI layers, DNS, and reverse proxy systems such as Nginx, HAProxy, or Apache
- Understanding of modern software development practices and Agile Scrum methodologies
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 — Health coverage is described as robust with multiple plan options and access to onsite/virtual LifeConnections Health Centers on major campuses. Company materials also highlight mental-health resources and comprehensive preventive care, supporting strong core medical benefits.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time away includes company‑wide recharge days, a paid birthday, a year‑end shutdown, and paid Critical Time Off for emergencies. Paid volunteer days further expand opportunities to step away and recharge.
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Parental & Family Support — Policies include a global minimum for paid parental leave for primary caregivers, caregiving concierge services, and on‑site children’s learning centers in select locations. In the U.S., family‑building support is consolidated under Carrot with a defined lifetime maximum, indicating structured assistance across fertility, preservation, adoption, and surrogacy.
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