Cloud / Platform Software Engineer
Role Summary
Utilizes knowledge of software, systems, and platform engineering to design, develop, and implement cloud-based solutions in accordance with best practices and Cisco's security standards and policies.
Designs cloud architecture, combining technologies to create optimal solutions for Cisco, and completes plans and specifications to develop those solutions. Collaborates with product managers, engineers, and security teams to develop specifications for new cloud-based products, services, applications, and solutions, and to identify opportunities to optimize security. Drives the roll-out of public and private cloud management platforms, evaluates their performance, and implements enhancements.
What You'll Do
Collaborate with the team on design, development, and maintenance of projects of small to medium complexity
Write and deliver cloud infrastructure and source code for server-side features
Assess technology in use and contribute to development plans for design and improvement
Develop understanding and experience of public cloud providers
Build and maintain application infrastructure on assigned servers
Migrate existing services from current servers to cloud as appropriate
Write scripts to automate operations and server management
Maintain QA and production environments using automation tools
Build and maintain tools for monitoring and analyzing trends
Identify paths to eliminate blockers and meet deadlines when needed
Collaborate with team members to share learnings and assist in problem solving and resolution
Develop awareness of agile methodology, timelines, and deliverables
Apply security standards, policies, and change management processes when deploying code into live environments
Build solutions that increase availability, performance, and stability in systems, services, and products at scale
Perform a wide variety of technical and administrative duties in overall systems design, development, and delivery
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree plus 2 years of related experience, or Master's degree plus 0 years of related experience.
Knowledge and hands-on experience with Java 8+ or python or any widely used language.
Knowledge of the Java Spring ecosystem; multi-threaded and async programming, and profiling, desirable.
Experience in Kubernetes and the container ecosystem
Knowledge of building real-time systems.
Preferred Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications are desired education, experience, and skills in addition to the Minimum Qualifications, and vary based on team and business needs.
Experience with VoIP and call control processing
Experience with observability tools such as Elasticsearch, Prometheus, and Grafana
End-to-end / full-stack application development ability, taking a product from backend services through UI to a usable tool.
Ownership-driven mindset, taking end-to-end responsibility for features and services from design through production operation, and following through on issues without needing to be prompted
Proven track record of delivering complex projects, including work that spans multiple teams or systems and carries ambiguity in requirements
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment, adapting to shifting priorities while maintaining quality and delivery commitments.
Demonstrated AI engineering depth beyond AI-assisted coding, including:
Designing and building AI agents that automate engineering or business workflows.
Delivering end-to-end tools, including the user interface, built with AI.
On-the-job or self-directed AI initiatives that shipped and were adopted by others.
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,…