Site Reliability Engineer , Engineering Enablement (Remote)

The application window is expected to close on: 09/28/2026 Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received . This is a remote role based out of the US. The successful applicant may be performing work in FedRAMP High or IL-5 environments, and therefore, must be a U.S. Person (i.e. U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent resident, asylee, or refugee). This position may also perform work that the U.S. government has specified can only be performed by a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil. Meet The Team    At   Cisco,   we know that technology can connect, empower, and drive us. Our mission is to simplify technology so our customers can focus on   what's   most meaningful to them: their students, patients, customers, and businesses.   We’re   making networking easier, faster, and more intuitive with technology that simply works.    The SRE Engineering Enablement Team   supports   our CI Platforms, Developer Environments, tools,   automation   and processes that   facilitate   developers’   day-to-day   work. We support the entire software development lifecycle (SDLC), including core developer tools and environments, build tools, code review, artifact management, CI, education, and documentation. Our customers are all engineers at   Cisco.

As a Site Reliability Engineer,   you will be at the epicenter of our engineering transformation, where your technical decisions will have a direct, measurable impact on how our teams   operate . You will   be responsible for   architecting the next generation of our developer platform, ensuring that our infrastructure is not just functional, but a catalyst for innovation.   enable our engineers to   easily, safely, and confidently experiment on   and build great products   Lead the design and   platform   evolution of critical infrastructure for building, testing, and deploying our cloud applications.    Spearhead the consolidation of disparate legacy tools into a modern, cohesive, and scalable developer platform.   Influence and drive operational excellence within the organization.    Learn and understand the priorities and practices of other engineering teams to design systems that work for them.    Work on cross-functional initiatives within Cloud Engineering and with non-technical stakeholders.    Practice sustainable incident   responses   (on call rotation) and blameless postmortems.

Bachelor's degree in STEM and 5+ years of relevant experience, or   Master's   degree in STEM and 3+ years of relevant experience or equivalent related work experience   3+ years of professional experience writing production-grade code in Python or Ruby, specifically focused on tooling or automation   3+ years of experience managing infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible) in environments supporting 500+ nodes or complex, high-frequency CI/CD pipelines.   Have experience with modern Unix/Linux operating systems/distributions.    Experience building and supporting tools for a quickly growing engineering organization (1500+ and growing).

Experience in a hybrid cloud environment (bare metal, container orchestration, and managed cloud services).    Background in containerization   technologies   Docker,   Kubernetes    Familiarity with DORA and SPACE published DevOps measurement metrics.      Deep interest in running highly resilient/scalable systems with an "owner/operator" mindset.   Proven ability to quickly learn and dive into new or unfamiliar technologies within a diverse toolset.   Why Cisco?  At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across