Site Reliability Engineer – Networking

Cisco

Site Reliability Engineer at Cisco Meraki supporting secure, highly available production environments. Analyzing reliability, developing monitoring tools, and automating network connectivity.

Posted 7/25/2026full-timeRemote • California, Maine, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $165,000 - $241,400 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing, deploying, and managing mid to large scale enterprise or cloud environments, with a strong focus on network architecture, automation, and comprehensive monitoring tools. Proficient in scripting and coding, with a commitment to enhancing customer experience and collaborating effectively with engineering teams.

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BGPAWS Cloud NetworkingPythonNetwork SecurityDocker

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Hard Skills

Network ArchitectureScriptingDebuggingRoot Cause AnalysisOverlay Network DesignSystem AdministrationCloud EnvironmentsPerformance MonitoringAutomationFull-Stack Troubleshooting

Soft Skills

Customer EmpathyCollaborationPositive InfluenceProblem-SolvingAdaptability

Tools & Technologies

Cisco NexusCisco FirepowerGrafanaSplunkAnsibleKubernetesREST APIsAI-Assisted Engineering Tools

Industry Keywords

CloudISPTelcoIPv6DMVPNMACSecAgile24/7 On-Call Rotation

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleAWSAzureCloudDockerGoGrafanaKubernetesLinuxPythonRubySplunkUnix

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Analyze the reliability of our environments
Use your networking and coding skills to improve the way we operate
Debug complex events as part of a 24/7 on-call rotation
Work with BGP, AWS Cloud Networking components, the Cisco Nexus family of switches and Cisco Firepower appliances
Crafting the network architecture for a hybrid cloud design
Improving agility by automating endpoint network connectivity
Creating the best connectivity solution by abstracting network functions from hardware
Developing comprehensive monitoring tools that provide transparency into the performance and reliability of our network infrastructure
Full-stack troubleshooting of production issues (application, system and network) through to root cause analysis and implementation of preventative measures
Design, implementation and management of an overlay network to support 1000’s of containers

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
Can demonstrate experience in designing, deploying and operating mid to large scale enterprise or cloud environments
Feel comfortable with scripting or coding with languages like Python, Bash, Ruby, Go
Know your way around *nix systems and have interests that span beyond routers and switches
Daringly jump into other people's solutions and source code to seek a problem
Like to Automate all the things!
You care and empathize with the customer experience and can support an externally facing production environment
Are passionate about building complex solutions working alongside other engineering teams
Empathize with coworkers and have a positive influence on others
Are comfortable using AI-assisted engineering tools such as Codex, Claude Code, and Cursor to support coding, code reviews, troubleshooting, testing, documentation, and incident investigation
You have experience with: BGP, OSPF, IPv6, Network Security, DMVPN, MACSec, Grafana, Splunk, advanced Unix/Linux, system administration, scripting/Bash/Ruby/Python, project management experience, AWS/Azure, Docker, K8s, Ansible, REST APIs, TLS or Cloud/ISP/Telco exposure

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical, dental and vision insurance
a 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 determined by Cisco
16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year
flexible vacation time off program
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer