Lead Software Engineer, Dashboard Build

Cisco

Lead engineer building Cisco’s secure CI/CD systems for FedRAMP High and DoD IL5 environments. Designing scalable pipelines, translating compliance requirements, and guiding cross-team reliability improvements.

Posted 8/5/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $186,900 - $267,700 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading architecture and technical direction for build and deploy systems, ensuring compliance with FedRAMP High and DoD IL5 requirements. Proficient in developing scalable build systems, utilizing CI/CD practices, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to maintain build health and operational efficiency.

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Build And Deploy Systems ArchitectureFedRAMP High ComplianceCI/CD DevelopmentAWS And Docker ExperienceTechnical Project Leadership

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Hard Skills

Build EngineeringScripting LanguagesJavaScript/TypeScriptRuby On RailsAutomated Testing FrameworksDatabase MaintenanceProduction MigrationsVulnerability ResponseAudit LoggingSecret Management

Soft Skills

CollaborationMentoringProblem SolvingCommunication

Tools & Technologies

AWSDockerKubernetesArtifactoryElastic StackGrafanaRSpecJestCypress

Industry Keywords

DoD IL5FISMAGovRAMPRegulated Environments

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCypressDockerGrafanaGroovyJavaScriptJestKubernetesPythonReactRSpecRubyRuby on RailsTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead architecture and technical direction for build and deploy systems meeting FedRAMP High and DoD IL5 requirements
Design, implement, and operate scalable, available, high-quality build systems
Translate security and compliance requirements into access control, audit logging, secret management, vulnerability response, and evidence collection
Work with product engineering teams to monitor and maintain build health and accuracy
Collaborate with SRE to ensure build-system scalability and availability
Prevent, predict, and respond to issues while coordinating triage and remediation across product teams
Contribute production code, design reviews, code reviews, mentoring, debugging, and operational improvements

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's Degree combined with 8 years of experience in development, build, and release engineering or computer science, or Master's Degree combined with 6+ years of related experience, or PhD combined with 3 years of similar experience
Experience developing and configuring modular build/deploy systems and source control tools for CI/CD
Knowledge of scripting languages such as Shell, Groovy, Ruby, or Python
Experience using containers in build environments
Experience with AWS, Artifactory, Docker, and/or Kubernetes
Experience with JavaScript/TypeScript and React toolchains and pipelines
Experience with Ruby on Rails and RSpec pipelines
Preferred: experience with FedRAMP, DoD IL4/IL5, FISMA, GovRAMP, or similar regulated environments
Preferred: experience with database maintenance and production migrations
Preferred: experience with Elastic Stack and Grafana
Preferred: experience with automated testing frameworks such as RSpec, Jest, or Cypress
Preferred: experience leading technical projects or providing technical direction across a team
Must be a U.S. Person for work on U.S. Government classified environments; certain work may require U.S. citizenship on U.S. soil

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
Cisco restricted stock unit grants may be available, vesting following continued employment
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 per full calendar year for non-exempt employees
Flexible vacation time off program with no defined limit for eligible 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
Additional paid time away for critical or emergency family issues
Optional 10 paid volunteer days per full calendar year
Annual bonuses for non-sales roles, subject to Cisco’s policies