Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Cisco

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Closes in 4 days Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
San Francisco, CASan Jose, CANew York, NY
Salary
$167,700–$245,200 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
4 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Nov 7, 2026 (soon)

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $179k
This role $206k
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This role pays more than 70% of similar roles. Most pay $144,262–$214,000 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $206k versus about $179k for comparable roles.

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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 300 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $167,700–$245,200 across 235 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Site Reliability Engineer

The Senior Site Reliability Engineer joins the Splunk Agent Resilience team to build, operate, and improve the reliability and scalability of the Splunk Agent Observability deployment platform. This role involves managing production infrastructure for both cloud and air-gapped customer deployments, including installation, upgrades, and lifecycle management. Key responsibilities include developing automation, performing root cause analysis during production incidents, and tuning databases and services for performance. The candidate will utilize a technical stack including Kubernetes, Helm, AWS, GCP, Python, Go, and Terraform for Infrastructure as Code. The work focuses on providing scalable, cost-effective evaluation and guardrails to ensure AI agents behave as intended, improving reliability and reducing risks while enhancing observability and control for customers deploying AI-powered applications.

What does a Site Reliability Engineer earn in California?

Median $206450 from 66 postings across 15 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Operate and improve Kubernetes-based production infrastructure and deployment systems.
  • Manage customer deployments across cloud and air-gapped environments, including installation and lifecycle management.
  • Build and improve deployment observability, monitoring, logging, and alerting systems.
  • Develop automation and internal tooling using Python and/or Go to improve operational efficiency.
  • Participate in production incident response and perform root cause analysis for reliability improvements.
  • Tune infrastructure components, including databases and services, for improved performance and resilience.
  • Manage infrastructure using Terraform or similar Infrastructure as Code tools.
  • Debug complex production issues spanning Kubernetes, networking, storage, and application layers.

What we're looking for

  • Must have 7+ years of experience with a Bachelor's degree, 4+ years with a Master's, or 1 year with a PhD, or equivalent related experience.
  • Must have at least 4 years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Platform/Cloud/Infrastructure Engineering, or related fields.
  • Must have 3+ years of experience operating Kubernetes in production and experience with Helm.
  • Must have experience building and maintaining CI/CD platforms and deployment automation.
  • Must have experience working with AWS, GCP, or similar cloud platforms.
  • Experience improving production reliability, scalability, and availability (preferred).
  • Experience with monitoring, logging, observability, and alerting platforms (preferred).
  • Strong scripting or programming skills in Python and/or Go (preferred).

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