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# Cloud Engineering Technical Leader (Remote)

- **Company:** Cisco Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** Helena, MT, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $186,900.0 - $267,700.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Software as a Service, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Cloud Engineering, Performance Tuning, Private Cloud Environment, Google Cloud, Containerization, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Deployment Automation
- **Published:** August 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3367840808&tx=IT8982TYD&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of related experience, Master's degree with 6+ years of related experience, or PhD with 3+ years of related experience.
 * 5 + years experience designing, developing, and implementing cloud-based software, systems, or platform solutions.
 * Experience designing and operating cloud infrastructure for availability, performance, scalability, reliability, and security.
 * Experience leading the technical design and implementation of sophisticated cloud engineering initiatives across multiple teams.
 * Experience with infrastructure automation, deployment strategies, capacity planning, or cloud infrastructure optimization., * Experience designing and operating infrastructure across public or private cloud environments, including AWS, Azure, GCP, or similar cloud platforms.
 * Experience with cloud-native technologies, infrastructure as code, containerization, orchestration, and automated deployment practices.
 * Experience with infrastructure cost analysis, capacity planning, performance optimization, and operating highly available systems at scale.
 * Familiarity with cloud security best practices, production access controls, change management, and risk mitigation.
 * Experience providing technical leadership and mentorship and influencing cloud architecture and engineering decisions across Product, Security, Engineering, and business teams.

## Description

* Lead the technical design and implementation of sophisticated cloud engineering initiatives across multiple teams.
 * Design and develop scalable cloud architecture and infrastructure with availability, performance, security, and reliability in mind.
 * Provide domain expertise on application infrastructure, cloud architecture, and platform engineering.
 * Design and operate public and private cloud infrastructure and management platforms.
 * Drive infrastructure automation and establish strategies for automating development, deployment, and operational requirements.
 * Lead deployment strategy and capacity planning across development
 * Analyze cloud infrastructure utilization and find opportunities to improve performance and optimize cost.
 * Work with Product Management, Engineering, Security, and business teams to translate requirements into cloud architecture and infrastructure solutions.
 * Advise teams and stakeholders on cloud configuration, architecture, and migration strategies.
 * Apply security standards and procedures to cloud infrastructure, production access, and change management processes.
 * Identify and mitigate technical and operational risks associated with cloud platforms and production environments.
 * Drive improvements in the availability, performance, scalability, and stability of systems, services, and products at scale.
 * Evaluate cloud platforms, technologies, and engineering practices and recommend enhancements based on business and technical requirements.
 * Communicate technical tradeoffs and collaborate with cross-functional partners to align on architecture, priorities, and outcomes.
 * Mentor engineers and share cloud engineering, automation, security, and operational guidelines across teams.
 * Stay ahead of with cloud technologies, industry trends, and emerging engineering practices to help guide technical strategy.


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