Principal Engineer – Platform Engineering
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Principal Engineer focusing on Kubernetes platform strategy and implementation at Cisco. Leading cloud-native infrastructure projects and mentoring senior engineering teams.
Responsibilities:
- Architect and drive the evolution of Kubernetes platform strategy across cloud and on-premises environments supporting mission-critical workloads at scale.
- Lead the design and implementation of platform capabilities that improve reliability, security, scalability, and developer productivity for hundreds of engineering teams.
- Partner with engineering, security, and product leaders to define multi-year platform roadmaps and drive execution of company-critical initiatives.
- Provide technical leadership during major incidents, architecture reviews, platform transformations, and strategic infrastructure investments.
- Mentor senior engineers and help raise the engineering bar through technical leadership, design reviews, operational excellence, and architectural guidance.
Requirements:
- 15+ years of experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems in production environments
- 7+ years of hands-on experience operating Kubernetes platforms in production, including multi-cluster environments
- Experience architecting and operating cloud-native infrastructure across AWS, Azure, GCP, or hybrid cloud environments
- Experience designing, operating, and troubleshooting networking architectures for large-scale Kubernetes platforms
- Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and GitOps technologies, including Terraform and ArgoCD or equivalent platforms
- Strong software engineering experience with Go, Python, or similar programming languages used for automation and platform development.
Benefits:
- medical, dental and vision insurance
- a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
- paid parental leave
- short and long-term disability coverage
- basic life insurance
- 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 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 determined by Cisco
- 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year
- flexible vacation time off program
- 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date
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