Cisco
Platform Engineer
RTP, North Carolina, US · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$137k-$201kDetected 1 day ago
PythonGoKubernetesCI/CDJenkinsLinuxPlatform EngineeringMachine LearningCiscoCollaboration
About the role
- The application window is expected to close on: 09/01/2026 Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.
- Act as a key technical liaison in the US, bridging the gap between global infrastructure efforts and local product development priorities.
- Take part in delivering the market leading video collaboration devices.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain the software stack of our infrastructure to ensure seamless CI/CD operations for Collaboration Devices.
- Collaborate with product development teams in RTP to deliver a platform for their specific technical requirements and unique deployment needs.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance system performance and reliability.
Requirements
- Bachelors + 7 years of experience in software engineering or infrastructure development, or Masters + 4 years of experience.
- Expertise in Linux system administration (Ubuntu, RHEL/CentOS), including networking and storage integration
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Puppet or Ansible.
- Experience in Linux Containers and Kubernetes operation and troubleshooting. strong skills in a few programming languages (preferably Python and GO).
Nice to have
- Experience with Proxmox, Jenkins, Slurm, Ceph and Elasticsearch.
- Experience with on-prem hosted infrastructure and bare-metal servers
- Familiarity with Nix/NixOS environments.
- Analytical mindset with a focus on continuous improvement and operational efficiency.
- 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.
- Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:
- U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco's policies:
Compensation
- The starting salary range posted for this position is $137,000.00 to $200,500.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benef
Benefits
- 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.
- 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
- Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training.
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