AI Infrastructure Technical Systems Engineer

Cisco

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
RTP, NCSan Jose, CA
Salary
$140,300–$178,100 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
4 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Nov 23, 2026

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Cisco Systems is the world''s leading networking technology company, designing and manufacturing networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and cybersecurity solutions for businesses and governments. Industry: Networking Technology & Cybersecurity

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TL;DR · AI Infrastructure Technical Systems Engineer

The AI Infrastructure Technical Systems Engineer joins the IT AI Infrastructure team to serve as a principal systems architect and technical leader for enterprise AI platforms. This role involves establishing architectural direction, mentoring engineering talent, and bridging accelerated hardware capabilities with high-performance software execution. Key responsibilities include designing and maintaining large-scale bare-metal GPU clusters, architecting multi-tenant compute planes, and optimizing high-throughput backend fabrics. You will utilize technologies such as Python, Go, Ansible, Terraform, Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, Slurm, and Ray. The position focuses on solving complex infrastructure challenges for distributed AI training, inference engines, and machine learning platforms. You will also manage observability standards using OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and Splunk to ensure the reliability of foundational supercomputing platforms across a global enterprise footprint.

What you'll do

  • Design and maintain large-scale bare-metal GPU clusters for NVIDIA and AMD hardware.
  • Architect multi-tenant compute and control planes using Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, and HPC cluster managers.
  • Optimize high-throughput, low-latency backend fabrics including RDMA and RoCEv2.
  • Develop IaC and GitOps deployment pipelines using Ansible, Terraform, Python, and Go.
  • Automate firmware baselines, BIOS/BMC configurations, kernel driver updates, and certificate rotations.
  • Optimize distributed workload scheduling and GPU quota governance using Slurm, Kueue, Volcano, and Ray.
  • Establish end-to-end observability standards using OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and Splunk.
  • Lead root-cause analyses for high-impact incidents and mentor junior engineering talent.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or a related discipline.
  • Progressive experience in enterprise systems engineering, HPC, AI infrastructure, or SRE.
  • Proficiency in Python, Go, or Bash with extensive experience in Ansible, Terraform, CI/CD, and GitOps.
  • Advanced expertise in production Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, and HPC workload managers like Slurm, Kueue, Volcano, or Ray.
  • Strong hands-on understanding of AI backend network fabrics, RDMA technologies (RoCEv2), and high-speed multi-hundred-gigabit topologies.
  • In-depth knowledge of enterprise Linux, kernel modules, memory subsystems, GPU drivers, and out-of-band management (Redfish, IPMI).
  • Master’s degree in a technical discipline or an additional 2+ years of equivalent specialized engineering experience (preferred).
  • 3+ years of experience managing enterprise server platforms at scale, including automated hardware provisioning (preferred).

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