Technical Leader, Platform Engineering

Cisco

Technical Leader in Platform Engineering influencing reliability architecture at Cisco Isovalent. Collaborating to ensure platform reliability across cloud-native security innovations.

Posted 5/1/2026full-timeRemote • California, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, Rhode Island • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $183,800 - $263,600 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleAWSCloudConsulDistributed SystemsGoGoogle Cloud PlatformJenkinsKubernetesLinuxMongoDBPythonTerraformVault

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Be part of an Agile team moving at a very fast pace to ensure reliability, availability and performance of our next-generation segmentation and firewall platform
Own the lifecycle of production services — deployment, monitoring, incident response, and capacity planning in a Linux-based multi-VM distributed systems environment
Perform systems-level debugging and performance tuning in virtual machines, containers, and Kubernetes environments
Build automation, tooling, and reliability frameworks in Python or Go, including database access layers and secrets storage, primarily using MongoDB, Vault, and Consul
Operate and troubleshoot in Linux environments, including containers, virtual machines, and Kubernetes-orchestrated environments
Manage and scale cloud infrastructure in AWS and GCP using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform
Own and evolve CI/CD pipelines to enable rapid, safe deployment of changes in SaaS environments
Conduct reviews, create runbooks, and lead post-incident learning across team members and the wider group, representing our platform in all forums
Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends in networking, security, cloud-native infrastructure, and related areas, while mentoring others

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelors + 8 years of related experience, or Masters + 6 years of related experience, or PhD + 3 years of related experience
6+ years in software development in Python or Go
Experience with AWS, GCP, or other major cloud service providers
Work experience across diverse infrastructure environments
Experience with Linux systems including networking
Experience with bare metal servers or virtual machines (VMs)
Experience with containerized environments or Kubernetes-orchestrated systems
Troubleshooting experience, to include cloud, on-premise or hybrid environments
Experience designing and building Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform (Preferred)
Experience in Kubernetes networking (Preferred)
Strong background in testing high-performance computing, multi-threading, and low-latency systems (Preferred)
Scripting, Ansible playbooks, and Jenkins experience (Preferred)
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and professional presentation

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical, dental and vision insurance
401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
paid parental leave
short and long-term disability coverage
basic life insurance
10 paid holidays per full calendar year
1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
paid year-end holiday shutdown
4 paid days off for personal wellness
16 days of paid vacation time for non-exempt employees
flexible vacation time off program for exempt employees
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
eligibility to earn annual bonuses for non-sales roles

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonGoLinuxKubernetesTerraformMongoDBVaultConsulCI/CDInfrastructure as Code

Soft Skills

communicationmentoringincident responseteam collaborationleadership