Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Production Engineer

Cisco

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Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
San Francisco, CASeattleAustinNew York
Salary
$167,700–$245,200 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
28 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Oct 30, 2026 (soon)

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Above market

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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 · Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Production Engineer

As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Production Engineer - ThousandEyes(Hybrid), you will join the ThousandEyes team to lead the design and management of large-scale, highly available distributed systems. You will collaborate with application teams to ensure the performance, reliability, and security of a SaaS platform by deploying resilient AWS cloud-native services. Your daily work involves leveraging CNCF-standard tools including Kubernetes, Prometheus, and Service Mesh to standardize operations across a multi-region, microservice-based architecture. You will develop automation for service operations, chaos testing, and everything-as-code strategies to provide robust guardrails for infrastructure. You must be proficient in Python or Go, possess a strong understanding of Unix/Linux systems, and apply Site Reliability principles like Incident Response and SLOs to solve complex scaling challenges for high daily data volumes.

What you'll do

  • Design and manage large-scale, highly available distributed systems for the SaaS platform.
  • Deploy resilient AWS cloud-native services and CNCF-standard tools like Kubernetes and Prometheus.
  • Develop automation for service operations including deployment, chaos testing, and "everything-as-code" strategies.
  • Standardize operations across a multi-region, microservice-based architecture.
  • Identify and resolve operational obstacles to ensure systems scale under substantial daily data volumes.
  • Implement security protocols throughout the development and deployment lifecycle.
  • Manage incident response, change management, and service level objectives (SLOs).

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's + 7 years, Master's + 4 years, PhD + 1 year, or equivalent related work experience.
  • Proficiency in software development with languages such as Python or Go.
  • Ability to build and implement scalable, well-tested, and security-focused solutions.
  • Strong understanding of Unix/Linux systems, including kernel, system libraries, file systems, and client-server protocols.
  • Knowledge of Site Reliability principles including Incident Response, Change Management, Distributed Systems, Deployment Strategies, and SLOs.
  • Familiarity with procedures for operating a large-scale, highly available enterprise platform (preferred).
  • Excellent communication and documentation skills (preferred).
  • Expert-level knowledge of Kubernetes and its ecosystem (preferred).

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