As a Principal Architect on Cisco’s AI Platforms and Enablement team, you will lead the long-term architectural vision for CIRCUIT, an enterprise AI platform designed to enhance productivity through intelligent workflows. Your daily responsibilities include resolving complex technical challenges, ensuring seamless integration of new ideas into production-ready features, and driving alignment across various engineering pillars and business units. You will leverage expertise in generative AI, LLMs, multi-agent systems, and RAG to innovate and scale enterprise solutions securely and efficiently. This role requires deep knowledge of distributed systems, cloud-native infrastructure, and experience with platforms like GCP, AWS, and Azure. Ideal candidates have a track record of architectural influence through patents, publications, and mentorship in high-velocity environments, contributing significantly to the technical maturity of their teams.
Skills
Python
Java
Kubernetes
Docker
AWS
GCP
Azure
CI/CD
PostgreSQL
Redis
Elasticsearch
Terraform
LLM
Generative AI
RAG
Multi-Agent Systems
Enterprise Search
Data Integration
Developer Platforms
What you'll do
Define long-term architecture for Cisco’s enterprise AI platform.
Lead resolution of complex technical challenges and set architectural principles.
Convert advanced technical inventions into production-ready platform capabilities.
Serve as primary architectural bridge across multiple engineering teams and business units.
Explore emerging areas in AI, evaluate feasibility, and guide adoption.
Represent Cisco as a recognized authority in enterprise AI to external stakeholders.
Elevate technical maturity through mentorship, reviews, standards setting, and guidance.
What we're looking for
Over 17 years of experience in software engineering, technical architecture, distributed systems, AI/ML, or platform engineering.
Proven ability to define and drive technical strategy across multiple organizations and business domains.
Strong background leading complex, multi-functional technical initiatives from concept through production.
Demonstrated history of architectural influence through standards, patents, publications, or comparable contributions.
Deep expertise in generative AI, LLM integration, multi-agent systems, RAG, evaluation frameworks, and enterprise AI architecture.
Experience with AI/ML systems, distributed systems, cloud-native infrastructure, and large-scale data platforms.
Market check
Salary context
This
$273,200–$384,800
range sits above
95%
of similar postings on FindRole.
Peer median band
$148,300–$240,600
Median floor and ceiling across peers.
Typical midpoint (25–75%)
$157,350–$253,500
Middle half of comparable postings.
Based on 239 comparable postings.*
* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.
Employer
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
113 open roles
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Listed pay typically runs
$165,000–$241,400
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Locations Chantilly, Virginia, US62 days ago
$112,800–$257,000
AWS
Kubernetes
Helm
UNIX
Linux
Shell scripting
CI/CD
Python
Java
SQL
NoSQL
Data science
Cloud computing
Large-scale data processing
High-performance data streaming
Multiple data store types
Terraform
Docker
Prometheus
Grafana