Senior DevOps Engineer

The application window has been extended to 1/20/2025.Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.The successful applicant will provide ownership of and be performing work in FedRAMP or IL-5 type 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.Local candidates in the Boston area that can work hybrid once a week in the office are highly preferred. What You’ll DoAs a Senior DevOps Engineer at Cisco in the Security Business Group you’ll be a part of a small, innovative team with a low process, high efficiency culture. The team is working on Cisco Security Cloud Control, previously Cisco Defense Orchestrator, which manages policy and configuration of Security Business Group's firewalls. We are looking for an energetic DevOps engineer to contribute to all parts of our infrastructure stack. The DevOps Engineer will be responsible for the production process, including continuous delivery of features, infrastructure automation, configuration management, high availability, and related tooling. ResponsibilitiesParticipate as a technical contributor on a fast-paced project team of engineers involved in the development of SaaS security products.Continuously evolve cloud infrastructure, making it more resilient, scalable and secure.Aggressively automate all manual procedures.Research and recommend technologies to help further product goals.Create innovative solutions for complex technical problems.Respond to and resolve infrastructure related escalations.Lead and participate in on-call rotation, rotated through engineering team.Contribute to software development and testing.Who You’ll Work WithThe DevOps Engineer will partner with the engineering organization to converge on common infrastructure setup, tooling and deployment processes and interface with the greater Cisco technical support team.Who You AreMinimum QualificationsBachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field5 + years of DevOps experienceExperience running production software in AWS at scaleExperience with SaaS deployment and upgrade automationExperience with Ruby, Python, shell scripting or equivalentPreferred QualificationsInfrastructure automation tools experience with Terraform and Cloud FormationExperience with Linux based systems.Automated application of configuration changes across multi-use environments (dev, test, staging, prod, etc.)Experience developing safe deployment procedure of new product changes across multiple environmentsAbility to build SaaS monitoring solutions that detect and automatically remediate system faultsKnowledge of setting up, configuring, maintaining and evolving a continuous delivery environment using CI tools such as Jenkins/TeamCity/Bamboo/etc.SaaS operations experience with maintenance, escalations & triageUnderstanding on system securityDebugging and troubleshooting experience in a distributed environment#WeAreCisco#WeAreCisco where every individual brings their unique skills and perspectives together to pursue our purpose of powering an inclusive future for all.Our passion is connection-we celebrate our employees' diverse set of backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company, many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. Ourtechnology, tools, and culture pioneered hybrid work trends, allowing all to not only give their best, but be their best.We understand our outstanding opportunity to bring communities together and at the heart of that is our people. One-third of Cisconians collaborate in our 30 employee resource organizations, called Inclusive Communities, to connect, foster belonging, learn to be informed allies, and make a difference. Dedicated paid time off to volunteer-80 hours each year-allows us to give back to causes we are passionate about, and nearly 86% do!Our purpose, driven by our people, is what makes us the worldwide leader in technology that powers the internet. Helping our customers reimagine their applications, secure their enterprise, transform their infrastructure, and meet their sustainability goals is what we do best. We ensure that every step we take is a step towards a more inclusive future for all. Take your next step and be you, with us!Location:Boston, Massachusetts, USAlternate LocationRemote, USA (Eastern Time Zone candidates preferred)Area of InterestEngineer - SoftwareCompensation Range126400 USD
- 222200 USDJob TypeProfessionalTechnology InterestSecurityJob Id1431506Message 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.