Lead Site Reliability Engineer, FedRAMP

Cisco

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
San Francisco, CASan Jose, CAAustin, TXSeattle, WANew York, NYFremont, CA
Salary
$214,100–$309,800 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
9 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Nov 19, 2026

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TL;DR · Lead Site Reliability Engineer, FedRAMP

JOB TITLE: Lead Site Reliability Engineer, FedRAMP - ThousandEyes(Hybrid) As a Lead Site Reliability Engineer, you will join the ThousandEyes FedRAMP team to lead the operations and architecture of a mission-critical Federal region. You will ensure peak availability, performance, and security for high-volume data streams by implementing an everything-as-code strategy to manage resilient AWS cloud-native services. Your daily work involves maintaining rigorous FedRAMP compliance through continuous auditing and automated security controls while collaborating with development and security teams to optimize infrastructure for multi-region scale. You must possess expertise in Python, Terraform for Infrastructure as Code, and Kubernetes or equivalent containers. This role solves the complex challenge of balancing high-scale distributed systems with government-grade compliance requirements to provide secure, seamless digital experience assurance for federal organizations.

What you'll do

  • Lead the operations and architecture of the mission-critical Federal region.
  • Ensure peak availability, performance, and security for high-volume data streams.
  • Implement an "everything-as-code" strategy to manage resilient AWS cloud-native services.
  • Maintain rigorous FedRAMP compliance through continuous auditing and automated security controls.
  • Optimize infrastructure for multi-region scale in collaboration with development and security teams.
  • Proactively address complex operational challenges across the platform.
  • Identify and analyze cyber security risks and manage vulnerability response processes.

What we're looking for

  • Must be a U.S. citizen.
  • Bachelor's degree plus 12 years of experience, or Master's degree plus 8 years of experience, or PhD.
  • Experience building or operating infrastructure within regulated environments including FedRAMP, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, or SOC2.
  • Experience coding in Python and utilizing Terraform for Infrastructure as Code in production.
  • Experience using Kubernetes or equivalent containers.
  • Experience leading cross-functional technical initiatives involving multiple engineering or technical teams (preferred).
  • Experience collaborating and communicating with detailed documentation delivery (preferred).
  • Experience identifying and analyzing cyber security risks, vulnerability management, and incident response (preferred).

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