Site Reliability Engineer

Cisco

Site Reliability Engineer ensuring uptime and reliability of production services at Cisco. Evaluating and enhancing scalability, performance, and security properties within production environments.

Posted 7/21/2026full-timeRemote • California, Maine, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $165,000 - $241,400 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in evaluating and improving the scalability, resiliency, and security of production environments while ensuring compliance with internal and external standards. Proficient in incident management, automation, and network/cloud infrastructure management to enhance service reliability and operational efficiency.

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Incident ManagementNetwork/Cloud Infrastructure ManagementDisaster RecoveryAutomation TechniquesService Level Objectives (SLOs)

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Hard Skills

Scalability EvaluationPerformance AnalysisSecurity AssessmentIncident InvestigationRemediation StrategiesNetwork Solutions DesignAnalytical Tool DevelopmentProduction Service MonitoringOperational Expense ReductionFailure Point Mitigation

Industry Keywords

Production EnvironmentsService Level ObjectivesDisaster Recovery DrillsOperational EfficiencyGovernmental Agency Compliance

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Evaluate the scalability, resiliency, performance, and security properties in production environments.
Support the uptime of production services through an On-Call rotation, including monitoring and alerting to meet internal Service Level Objectives (SLOs).
Ensure reliable incident processes by conducting Disaster Recovery drills.
Improve reliability through incident management by investigating incidents, implementing remediation strategies, and learning from past incidents.
Determine reliability and security requirements of components and systems to meet the objectives of the company, customers, and governmental agencies.
Reduce operational expenses through automation and identify and mitigate failure points.
Develop new acceleration techniques and analytical tools for early identification of potential issues.
Ensure a reliable and scalable network, manage network/cloud infrastructure and storage systems, and respond to planned maintenance and outages.
Plan, design and implement local and wide-area network solutions between multiple platforms and protocols.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelors + 7 years of related experience, or Masters + 4 years of related experience, or PhD + 1 year of related experience
Requires solid conceptual and practical knowledge in primary technical job family and knowledge of related technical job families; has worked with a range of technologies

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 per full calendar year
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date
up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
annual bonuses for non-sales roles subject to Cisco’s policies