Cloud Engineer II

Cisco

Confirmed live today High trust
Closes tomorrow Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
Milpitas, CA
Salary
$125,700–$176,600 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
2 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Nov 7, 2026 (soon)

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $178k
This role $151k
$114k $231k
below market most similar roles pay here above market

This role pays less than 70% of similar roles. Most pay $142,450–$214,500 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $151k versus about $178k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Cisco

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

Cisco currently has 303 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $167,700–$245,200 across 218 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Cloud Engineer II

The Cloud Engineer II joins the Security Policy and Access team to build and operate market-leading platforms like Cisco Identity Services Engine and Meraki Access Manager. This role involves designing, developing, testing, deploying, and supporting cloud-native SaaS applications and services within a microservices architecture. You will own services through the full lifecycle, focusing on scalability, resiliency, and observability in public cloud environments like AWS, Google Cloud, or Cisco Private Cloud. Key responsibilities include implementing service automation, analyzing performance metrics, and troubleshooting complex production issues across infrastructure and networking layers. Required skills include proficiency in Java, Python, or Go, as well as experience with containers, CI/CD, and Generative AI tools. The work addresses complex challenges in zero-trust security and identity management for global organizations.

What does a Cloud Engineer earn?

Median $148000 from 49 postings across 14 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design, develop, test, deploy, and support cloud-native SaaS applications and services.
  • Build scalable, resilient, and secure distributed systems using microservices architecture.
  • Develop and operate services running in public cloud environments like AWS, Google Cloud, or Cisco Private Cloud.
  • Implement service automation, monitoring, observability, and telemetry pipelines.
  • Analyze service health, performance metrics, logs, traces, and alerts to improve reliability.
  • Own services through the full lifecycle from initial design to production support and continuous improvement.
  • Troubleshoot complex production and customer issues across application, infrastructure, database, and networking layers.
  • Review architecture, designs, implementation plans, test strategies, and operational procedures.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 1-2 years of professional software engineering experience in product engineering, SaaS, Cloud, DevOps, or Platform Engineering.
  • Hands-on experience developing, testing, deploying, or supporting cloud-based applications in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
  • Programming skills in one or more languages such as Java, Python, or Go.
  • Experience building rich web UIs using full stack technologies like Java, Ruby on Rails, NodeJS, React, or JavaScript.
  • Experience with cloud-native application development including containers, service deployment, scalability, resiliency, and production readiness.
  • Experience using Generative AI tools to improve software development productivity, code quality, testing, documentation, or operational workflows.
  • Familiarity with software engineering practices, observability tools, and cloud security fundamentals (preferred).

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