Senior Staff Site Reliability Engineer

Cisco

Confirmed live 2 days ago High trust
Remote

Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
Irvine, CARichardson, TX
Salary
$192,400–$275,800 / yr
Posted
15 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $188k
This role $234k
$135k most similar roles pay here $291k

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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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 196 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $167,700–$245,200 across 196 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Staff Site Reliability Engineer

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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What you'll do

  • Serve as the primary escalation authority for high-severity P1/P2 incidents to protect customer uptime and trust.
  • Develop technical strategies for incident response, root cause analysis, and long-term prevention of critical system failures.
  • Manage complex enterprise customer stacks and provide authoritative guidance on infrastructure architecture and configuration.
  • Design and implement automation frameworks and tools to improve platform resilience and operational efficiency.
  • Lead cross-functional initiatives with Engineering, Customer Success, and Release Management to resolve demanding customer situations.
  • Mentor senior engineers and establish the technical standard for judgment and architectural thinking across the organization.
  • Identify and close gaps in monitoring, alerting, and observability platforms to ensure proactive system health.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree plus 12 years experience, Master's plus 8 years, or PhD plus 5 years of related experience.
  • At least 7 years of experience in SRE, cloud operations, and systems engineering with Linux administration.
  • At least 6 years of hands-on experience across AWS, GCP, or Azure platforms.
  • At least 5 years of experience in a scripting or automation language such as Python or Go/golang.
  • At least 5 years of experience communicating across engineering, customer-facing, and senior leadership audiences.
  • At least 4 years of experience leading post-mortems and root cause analysis for high-severity events.
  • Experience managing high-severity customer escalations and resolving critical production issues on major cloud platforms.
  • Expertise in large-scale distributed systems architecture and monitoring, alerting, and observability platforms.

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