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About the Role

The Site Reliability Engineer (Linux) role is the critical link between our low-level infrastructure and high-level service delivery, ensuring the stability of 6,000+ servers as we transition to Kubernetes. You will take full ownership of our OS configuration and automation strategy, serving as a key driver in reducing operational toil for the entire engineering organization. By working across the full stack—from kernel modules to container orchestration—you will directly influence the reliability and security of the Meraki platform. This role offers the unique opportunity to lead infrastructure modernization projects that move us from legacy management to a scalable, automated future.

Responsibilities

Automate Linux host lifecycle management, including configuration, patching, and image creation, to ensure consistent and reliable deployments across our hybrid environment.
Migrate Ansible components from our existing monorepo into isolated, purpose-built repositories to improve maintainability and accelerate infrastructure delivery.
Debug complex production issues across OS, performance, and service layers to minimize downtime and enhance the overall stability of our network services.
Design, build, and improve infrastructure tooling that increases engineering velocity and streamlines adoption of best practices.
Partner with security and compliance teams to embed FedRAMP requirements into our infrastructure-as-code, ensuring that secure practices are built into every deployment.
Lead the transition of workloads to Kubernetes clusters by optimizing container base images and host configurations to support our evolving service architecture.
Own the reliability of critical infrastructure end to end, iterating and adapting as necessary to evolving requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in STEM and 5+ years of relevant experience, or Master's degree in STEM and 3+ years of relevant experience or equivalent related work experience.
5+ years of experience working with Linux in a production environment.
Experience with Python or Ruby for infrastructure automation and scripting.
Experience with Ansible for configuration management at scale.
Experience debugging complex system issues across OS, performance, and service layers.
Ability to work in a hybrid cloud and on-prem environment.
Must be a U.S. Person (i.e. U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent resident, asylee, or refugee).
May perform work that the U.S. government has specified can only be performed by a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil.

Skills

Linux
Python
Ruby
Ansible
Kubernetes
Docker
Go
C
FedRAMP
NIST

Location

US
Remote

Work Type

Remote
Hybrid

Experience Level

5+ years of relevant experience
3+ years of relevant experience

Education Level

Bachelor's degree in STEM
Master's degree in STEM

Salary/Compensations

$126,500.00 - $182,000.00
$152,500.00 - $252,000.00
$135,800.00 - $224,400.00

Benefits

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution
Paid parental leave
Short-term disability coverage
Long-term disability coverage
Basic life insurance
10 paid holidays per full calendar year
1 floating holiday for 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)
Flexible vacation time off program (exempt)
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 may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
Annual bonuses (non-sales roles)
Performance-based incentive pay (sales roles)
Grants of Cisco restricted stock units

About the Company

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond.
We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds.
These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.
Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions.
Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless.
We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale.
Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.
We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.