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  • Location:
    Dalian, Liaoning, China
  • Area of Interest
    Engineer - Software
  • Job Type
    Professional
  • Technology Interest
    Cloud & AI (DCN & Compute), Software Development
  • Job Id
    1432707

Position Overview:

As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), you will assume a leadership role in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our company's software systems and infrastructure. You will be responsible for driving the evolution of SRE practices and collaborating closely with engineering teams to architect and implement highly available and resilient systems. The role requires a deep understanding of software development, system design, and operations, as well as the ability to mentor and guide junior SRE team members.

Responsibilities:

·        System Architecture and Design: Lead the design and implementation of highly available, scalable, and fault-tolerant systems in collaboration with software development teams. Employ best practices and architectural principles to ensure long-term system stability and maintainability.

 

·        Incident Response and Management: Take ownership of critical incidents and coordinate cross-functional teams to resolve them efficiently. Conduct thorough post-mortem analysis and leverage learnings to enhance system resilience and response procedures.

 

·        Performance Optimization and Capacity Planning: Analyze system performance, identify bottlenecks, and work with engineering teams to optimize performance. Develop capacity planning strategies to support business growth and future demands.

 

·        Automation and Tooling: Drive automation initiatives to streamline operational tasks, deployment processes, monitoring, and incident response. Mentor team members on best practices in automation and encourage a culture of innovation.

 

·        Security and Compliance: Ensure that security measures are integrated into system design and operations. Collaborate with security teams to proactively address potential vulnerabilities and maintain compliance with industry standards and regulations.

 

·        Monitoring and Alerting: Oversee the implementation and maintenance of robust monitoring and alerting systems. Ensure the timely response to alerts and lead efforts to improve the monitoring framework continually.

 

·        Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD): Enhance the CI/CD pipeline to enable seamless and reliable deployments. Foster a culture of continuous improvement in the deployment process.

 

·        Documentation and Knowledge Sharing: Establish comprehensive documentation and knowledge sharing practices within the SRE team and across engineering teams.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).
  • Substantial experience as a Site Reliability Engineer or in a similar role, with demonstrated progression in responsibility and leadership.
  • Expertise in software development and proficiency in multiple programming languages (e.g., Python, Go, Java).
  • In-depth knowledge of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud, Azure) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Strong understanding of system architecture, distributed systems, and networking principles.
  • Experience with monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus, Grafana, DataDog, ThousandEyes, etc.
  • Proven track record of driving automation initiatives and using infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).
  • Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills, with a focus on root cause analysis.
  • Ability to lead and mentor technical teams, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment.

 

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.

Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco’s flexible Vacation Time Off policy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco’s Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter.  Up to 80 hours of unused sick time will be carried forward from one calendar year to the next such that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is 160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

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