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About the Role
As a Lead SRE, you will own the architectural integrity of our hybrid cloud infrastructure, ensuring our GCP and on-premise Kubernetes environments are resilient and secure. You will set the standard for automation and reliability that enables our AI models to scale globally.
Responsibilities
- Lead architectural design of scalable hybrid-cloud environments, managing GCP and On-premise Kubernetes clusters with Anthos Service Mesh (ASM) and Istio.
- Direct implementation of Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies and GCP Quota management for secure and cost-effective resource utilization.
- Architect multi-region, load-balanced microservices with DDoS hardening, end-to-end encryption, and automated secrets management.
- Design a comprehensive observability strategy using Elasticsearch and Kibana for proactive alerts on service performance and cost envelope management.
- Partner with development leads to integrate "Security by Design" into automation and AI agent lifecycle using Apigee for secure API management.
Requirements
- Expert-level proficiency with Terraform, Kubernetes (GKE & On-prem), and Docker.
- Hands-on expertise with Anthos Service Mesh (ASM), Istio, and Apigee.
- Deep understanding of IAM implementation and GCP Quota management.
- Experience with the ELK stack (Elasticsearch/Kibana) for large-scale observability.
- Strong financial acumen for cloud cost optimization and proactive budget alerting.
- Experience managing complex traffic between cloud platforms and on-premise data centers.
Skills
- Terraform
- Kubernetes (GKE & On-prem)
- Docker
- Anthos Service Mesh (ASM)
- Istio
- Apigee
- IAM implementation
- GCP Quota management
- Elasticsearch
- Kibana
- Cloud cost optimization
- Budget alerting
- Hybrid cloud traffic management
Location
- hybrid position
- U.S. and/or Canada locations
- New York City Metro Area
- Non-Metro New York state
- Washington state
Work Type
- hybrid
Experience Level
- 7+ years of experience in Cloud/On-prem Operations, SRE, or DevOps.
- Expert-level proficiency
Education Level
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- GCP Professional Cloud Security Engineer or Network Engineer certification.
Salary/Compensations
- $165,000.00 to $241,400.00 (U.S. and/or Canada locations)
- New York City Metro Area: $165,000.00 - $277,600.00
- Non-Metro New York state & Washington state: $146,700.00 - $247,000.00
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
- Paid parental leave
- Short-term disability coverage
- Long-term disability coverage
- Basic life insurance
- Grants of Cisco restricted stock units
- 10 paid holidays per full calendar year
- 1 floating holiday (non-exempt employees)
- 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
- Paid year-end holiday shutdown
- 4 paid days off for personal wellness
- 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year (non-exempt employees)
- Flexible vacation time off program (exempt employees)
- 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
- Up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward
- Additional paid time away for critical or emergency family issues
- Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
- Annual bonuses (non-sales roles)
- Performance-based incentive pay (sales plans)
About the Company
- Cisco’s Enterprise AI team enables Generative AI powered experiences across Cisco.
- The mission is to build secure, scalable AI platforms that empower teams to safely develop, deploy, and operationalize AI-powered solutions.
- The team operates at the intersection of applied AI, cloud infrastructure, and security.
- Partners across engineering, security, compliance, and product teams to bring trusted AI to life at an enterprise scale.
- A fast-growing, highly collaborative team of platform engineers, AI engineers, and data scientists valuing technical depth, ownership, and pragmatic execution.
- Offers the opportunity to define how secure Generative AI is built and governed inside a global technology leader.
- Cisco revolutionizes how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era.
- Innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across physical and digital worlds.
- Solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.
- Fueled by technology depth and breadth, Cisco experiments and creates meaningful solutions.
- A worldwide network of doers and experts offers limitless opportunities to grow and build.
- The team collaborates with empathy to make big things happen on a global scale.
- Cisco's solutions and impact are everywhere.