Cloud Engineer

Overview

Cloud / Platform Software Engineer role that designs, develops and implements cloud-based solutions in line with best practices and Cisco's security standards, and drives the roll-out and enhancement of public and private cloud management platforms.

What you'll do

• Collaborate with the team on design, development, and maintenance of projects of small to medium complexity
• Write and deliver cloud infrastructure and source code for server-side features
• Assess technology in use and contribute to development plans for design and improvement
• Develop understanding and experience of public cloud providers
• Build and maintain application infrastructure on assigned servers
• Migrate existing services from current servers to cloud as appropriate
• Write scripts to automate operations and server management
• Maintain QA and production environments using automation tools
• Build and maintain tools for monitoring and analyzing trends
• Identify paths to eliminate blockers and meet deadlines when needed
• Collaborate with team members to share learnings and assist in problem solving and resolution
• Develop awareness of agile methodology, timelines, and deliverables
• Apply security standards, policies, and change management processes when deploying code into live environments
• Build solutions that increase availability, performance, and stability in systems, services, and products at scale
• Perform a wide variety of technical and administrative duties in overall systems design, development, and delivery
• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and security teams to develop specifications for new cloud-based products, services, applications, and solutions, and identify opportunities to optimize security
• Drive the roll-out of public and private cloud management platforms, evaluate their performance, and implement enhancements

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree plus 2 years of related experience, or Master's degree plus 0 years of related experience
• Knowledge and hands-on experience with Java 8+ or Python or any widely used language
• Experience in Kubernetes and the container ecosystem
• Knowledge of building real-time systems

Nice to have

• Knowledge of the Java Spring ecosystem; multi-threaded and async programming, and profiling
• Experience with VoIP and call control processing
• Experience with observability tools such as Elasticsearch, Prometheus, and Grafana
• End-to-end / full-stack application development ability, taking a product from backend services through UI to a usable tool
• Ownership-driven mindset, taking end-to-end responsibility for features and services from design through production operation, and following through on issues without needing to be prompted
• Proven track record of delivering complex projects, including work that spans multiple teams or systems and carries ambiguity in requirements
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment, adapting to shifting priorities while maintaining quality and delivery commitments
• Demonstrated AI engineering depth beyond AI-assisted coding, including designing and building AI agents that automate engineering or business workflows, delivering end-to-end tools including the user interface built with AI, and on-the-job or self-directed AI initiatives that shipped and were adopted by others