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Meet the Team

The DevOps Engineer plays a crucial role in identifying and resolving operational performance issues while implementing security best practices across our suite of DevOps tools. EDaaS is a dynamic team dedicated to modernizing and evolving development workflows within Cisco IT & Engineering using cutting-edge, cloud-native tools and processes. The ideal candidate is self-motivated, eager to gather, manage, and analyze large volumes of data to drive insights and inform decision-making. You’re excited to join an innovative and continuously learning development and operations team!

Your Impact

• Developing object-oriented Python code to process large sets of REST API data

• Assist in automating infrastructure provisioning via configuration management tools

• Enhance monitoring and log analysis systems

• Assist with development of automation via configuration management tools and scripts

Minimum Qualifications

• Linux/Unix Administration & Scripting: Proficiency in Linux/Unix administration (especially Red Hat) with 2+ years of scripting experience (e.g., Python, Bash) for automation and troubleshooting.

• CI/CD & DevOps Tools: Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, version control (Git, GitHub, GitLab), build automation (Jenkins, CircleCI), artifact management (Artifactory), and integrating DevOps toolchains.

• Configuration Management: Practical experience with configuration management platforms such as Puppet, Ansible, Chef, or Salt.

• API Integration & Automation: Experience integrating and automating systems using REST APIs.

• Networking & Troubleshooting: Basic understanding of networking fundamentals (OSI layers, DNS), general knowledge of reverse proxies (Nginx, HAProxy, Apache), and strong troubleshooting/problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Enterprise Application Administration & Monitoring: Experience administering and monitoring applications at the enterprise level, such as GitHub Enterprise, Jenkins, and Artifactory.

• Linux Security Best Practices: Proven ability to apply security best practices in Linux environments.

• Monitoring Technologies: Hands-on experience with monitoring tools (e.g., Nagios, App Dynamics) for application systems.

• Docker & AWS Production Experience: Production experience creating and using Docker containers, as well as working with AWS technologies (EC2, RDS, ELB, EKS).

• Agile Scrum Familiarity: Understanding and experience with 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.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. 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.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:

• 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

• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members

• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

• .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

• 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

• 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and

• Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:

$123,600.00 - $200,100.00

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

$109,900.00 - $181,600.00

• For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.