Senior Software Engineer, Backend
Cisco
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This role pays more than 88% of similar roles. Most pay $160,259–$216,062 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $234k versus about $188k for comparable roles.
Based on 238 similar postings.
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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
Cisco currently has 196 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $167,700–$245,200 across 196 roles with salary data.
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As a Senior Staff Site Reliability Engineer within the CloudOps team, you will serve as a high-level technical individual contributor responsible for the reliability of Splunk Cloud. You will own the technical strategy for incident response and prevention, acting as the primary escalation point during critical P1/P2 events while making risk-informed decisions to protect customer uptime. Your daily work involves managing complex customer stacks, shaping infrastructure architecture, and developing automation frameworks to improve platform resilience. The role requires expertise in Linux administration, large-scale distributed systems, and cloud platforms including AWS, GCP, or Azure. You will utilize scripting languages like Python or Go/golang to drive systemic improvements. Key responsibilities include leading post-mortems, performing root cause analysis, and managing high-severity escalations while collaborating with cross-functional teams to resolve complex technical challenges within a large-scale SaaS environment.
What does a Site Reliability Engineer earn in California?
Median $214000 from 54 postings across 15 companies.
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