Software Engineer

Meet the Team

Ciscos 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 Enterprise JFrog Artifactory. EDaaS is a fast-paced group at the center of enhancing and securing Cisco Engineerings 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

• Design, implement, and debug during software development, and supporting activities such as creating technical design documentation, feature ideation, code review, and testing
• 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.
• Implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to ensure environment consistency, scalability, and repeatable deployments.
• 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.

Bachelors 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 and binary management for various package types, including Maven, Docker, RPM, PyPi, etc.
• Good understanding of Github cloud, Github actions and copilot knowledge
• Experience with version control systems, including Git and GitLFS, for managing source code (SCM)
• Production experience creating and using Docker images/containers
• Experience with configuration management platforms/tools/processes, preferrably Puppet.
• Familiar with networking (OSI layers, DNS) and reverse proxy systems (Nginx, HAProxy, Apache)
• Solid understanding of modern software development practices and agile scrum methodologies
• Experience generally with troubleshooting in a diverse technical environment

• Familiarity with AWS including EC2, RDS, ELB, and EKS technologies
• Expertise in administering and securing Enterprise JFrog Artifactory is preferred
• 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
• Preferred Experience troubleshooting application-driven performance bottlenecks in Oracle/PostgreSQL databases to optimize query efficiency and system throughput
• 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 JFrog Artifactory, Enterprise GitHub and/or Enterprise Jenkins

Why Cisco

At Cisco, were revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. Weve 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 youll 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.

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