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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Technical Leader, Site Reliability Engineer - **Company:** Cisco Systems, Inc. - **Location:** San Jose, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $186,900.0 - $267,700.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Big Data, Software as a Service, Cloud Engineering, Continuous Integration, Data Security, DevOps, Distributed Data Store, Github, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Performance Tuning, Reliability Engineering, Ansible, Cisco WebEx, Private Cloud Environment, System Availability, Gitlab-ci, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Cassandra, Apache Kafka, Cloud Migration, Terraform, Stream Processing, Data Pipelines, Jenkins - **Published:** July 30, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/D32A5ABEF1B24385B011F48A55C9F074/job/ ## About the Role You are a distributed big data enthusiast who believes that if you have to do it twice, you should automate it. You thrive on solving complex "stateful" problems in a "stateless" world and are passionate about building resilient infrastructure that can survive regional outages., * 8+ years hands on experience(deploy, monitor, scale, and upgrades)with distributed database technology such as CassandraDB, Opensearch, Kafka, PostgreSQL * 5+ Years managing AWS infrastructure at scale. * 5+ Yearsexperience with infrastructure automation and DevOps practices such as CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI) and Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes), Python * 5+ years experience supporting live production systems for customer facing software as a service * 3+ years of experience leading technical projects, including responsibility for task estimation, milestone tracking, and stakeholder communication processes. Preferred Qualifications * Exposure to modern data platoforms including data pipelines, streaming systems, AL/ML and GenAI workloads * Experience writing data driven applications in Java or Python and familiarity with data access patterns in software * Experience in regulated US Federal environments ## Description You will join a globally distributed team of experts with diverse backgrounds who take pride in maintaining high availability with zero-downtime migrations. Our footprint is vast; you will collaborate with technical leads and architects across the entire Webex portfolio. You'll also partner with our security teams to ensure our US Federal environments remain compliant. You'll participate in a follow-the-sun on-call rotation during your regions daytime hours., Some of the things you will work on * Architect & Deploy: Design and implement large-scale solutions for Cassandra, Kafka, and OpenSearch across hybrid environments (AWS & Private Cloud). * Automate Everything: Lead cloud engineering projects using Terraform, Ansible, and Kubernetes to improve service reliability and deployment velocity. * Scale & Optimize: Lead capacity planning and performance tuning for high-throughput production systems. * Ensure Integrity: Manage automated workflows for backups, security patching, and incident management with a focus on quality assurance in live environments. * Stakeholder Leadership: Act as a consultant to application teams, guiding them on data access patterns and cloud migration strategies. ## Related Videos - [Innovating Developer Tools with AI: Insights from GitHub Next](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1268-innovating-developer-tools-with-ai-insights-from-github-next) - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [The Road to MLOps: How Verivox Transitioned to AWS](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1050-the-road-to-mlops-how-verivox-transitioned-to-aws) - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) - [How Cisco embraced a DevOps culture within its network engineering team](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/99-how-cisco-embraced-a-devops-culture-within-its-network-engineering-team) - [Enterprise-Cloud-Native - Fast-Paced Development & Deployment in a Highly Secure Banking Environment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/671-enterprise-cloud-native-fast-paced-development-deployment-in-a-highly-secure-banking-environment) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Top Big Data Technologies That You Need to Know](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/108-top-big-data-technologies-that-you-need-to-know) - [Best US AI Conferences for CTOs in 2026: Build vs. Buy, Vendor Evaluation, and Peer Intelligence](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/736-best-us-ai-conferences-for-ctos-in-2026-build-vs-buy-vendor-evaluation-and-peer-intelligence) - [The Best Software Developer Blogs to Read](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/156-the-best-software-developer-blogs-to-read) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Résumé-Driven Development: How IT trends affect the job market for software developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/59-resume-driven-development-how-it-trends-affect-the-job-market-for-software-developers)