Cloud Platform Technical Lead Engineer

  • Location:
    Offsite, Annapolis Junction, Maryland, US
  • Alternate Location
    Florida; Georgia; RTP, NC
  • Area of Interest
    Engineer - Software
  • Compensation Range
    146100 USD - 215000 USD
  • Job Type
    Professional
  • Technology Interest
    Cloud and Data Center, Security, Software Development
  • Job Id
    1416923

*** The successful applicant will be performing work in support of the US Government and its 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. The successful applicant must be eligible for a US Government security clearance. ***

What You’ll Do

Perform as the project lead engineer using industry standard DevOps and CloudOps tools to build, deploy and operate Cisco SaaS capabilities in multiple instances of readily available cloud service provider's IaaS systems both public and private.

Who You'll Work With

In this role, you will work in the Security & Trust Organizations' Government Solutions (GSO) team. The hiring manager is the Platform Owner of GSO Market Access Platform. This role will cut across multiple functions inside GSO, internally across Cisco with multiple engineering business unit and externally with our customers. It is a highly dynamic, fast paced role, where the selected candidate will be on the cutting edge of Cloud Operations, DevOps as applied to Cisco's products pursuing various government cloud deployments and certifications. This specific role will be working with a cross functional team spanning Cisco US Federal Sales Government DevOps teams, Cisco Development Engineering, Corporate IT & Government IT teams. It is a highly impactful role and a great place to learn and apply multi-disciplinary skills across the cloud infrastructure deployment, SaaS cloud deployment and cross domain lab architecture and operations.

Who You Are 

It will require CloudOps and DevOps experience. The successful candidate will thrive in a highly dynamic, cutting-edge environment. This position requires extensive knowledge of DevOps tools and processes while operating across multiple instances of readily available cloud service provider's IaaS systems both public and private. Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure deployment and services is required. Knowledge of these tools is highly desired: EKS/Kubernetes, Helm, Ansible, Terraform, Git, CI/CD Runners (e.g. GitLab CI, Jenkins, etc.).

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 8 years of related experience, or Masters degree with 6 years in computer science, information technology or other related field, or equivalent professional experience.

• Strong Amazon (AWS) Cloud Infrastructure deployment experience 

• Hands-on experience with containerized computing platforms. E.g., ECS, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.

• Extensive experience with serverless design patterns (Lambdas, etc.), Infrastructure-as-Code: Terraform, CloudFormation, configuration pipelines (CI/CD), etc.

Preferred Requirements

• Familiarity with the challenges of hybrid architecture deployments

• Strong oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills and experience communicating with technical and non-technical audiences.

Why Cisco? 

#WeAreCisco. We are all unique, but collectively we bring our talents to work as a team, to develop innovative technology and power a more inclusive, digital future for everyone. How do we do it? Well, for starters – with people like you!

Nearly every internet connection around the world touches Cisco. We’re the Internet’s optimists. Our technology makes sure the data travelling at light speed across connections does so securely, yet it’s not what we make but what we make happen which marks us out. We’re helping those who work in the health service to connect with patients and each other; schools, colleges and universities to teach in even the most challenging of times. We’re helping businesses of all shapes and size to connect with their employees and customers in new ways, providing people with access to the digital skills they need and connecting the most remote parts of the world – whether through 5G, or otherwise.

We tackle whatever challenges come our way. We have each other’s backs, we recognize our accomplishments, and we grow together. We celebrate and support one another – from big and small things in life to big career moments. And giving back is in our DNA (we get 10 days off each year to do just that).

We know that powering an inclusive future starts with us. Because without diversity and a dedication to equality, there is no moving forward. Our 30 Inclusive Communities, that bring people together around commonalities or passions, are leading the way. Together we’re committed to learning, listening, caring for our communities, whilst supporting the most vulnerable with a collective effort to make this world a better place either with technology, or through our actions. 

So, you have colorful hair? Don’t care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots? That’s cool. Pop culture geek? Many of us are. Passion for technology and world changing? Be you, with us! #WeAreCisco

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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, plus a day off for their birthday. Employees accrue up to 20 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) each year and have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues without tapping into their PTO. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community. Employees are also able to purchase company stock through our Employee Stock Purchase Program.

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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