Senior Site Reliability Engineer – FedRAMP

Cisco

. Deploy, operate, and maintain resilient AWS and Kubernetes-based microservices supporting the Webex for Government environment .

Posted 9/30/2026full-timeUnited StatesSenior💰 $139,300 - $203,600 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in deploying and maintaining AWS and Kubernetes-based microservices, with a strong focus on operational automation, incident response, and reliability improvements. Proficient in programming languages such as Go, Java, and Python, with a solid understanding of containerization and observability tools.

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AWS DeploymentKubernetes ManagementGo ProgrammingIncident ResponseOperational Automation

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Hard Skills

GoJavaPythonDockerCI/CD PipelinesLinuxDistributed SystemsObservabilityProduction DebuggingMicroservice Architecture

Soft Skills

CollaborationProblem-SolvingDocumentation

Tools & Technologies

GitPrometheusGrafanaCloudWatchCloudTrailElastic StackSplunkGitLabJenkins

Certifications & Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer ScienceMaster’s Degree in Engineering

Industry Keywords

FedRAMPGovernment CloudRegulated EnvironmentsIncident ResponseRoot-Cause Analysis

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsDockerGrafanaJavaJenkinsKubernetesLinuxMicroservicesPrometheusPythonSplunkGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Deploy, operate, and maintain resilient AWS and Kubernetes-based microservices supporting the Webex for Government environment
Monitor service health and troubleshoot complex incidents in a 24x7 production environment
Restore service quickly during production incidents
Automate repeatable operational work and service provisioning
Improve safety, efficiency, and consistency across deployments
Support identity and access management, logging, hardening, vulnerability remediation, and FedRAMP continuous monitoring
Collaborate with engineering, security, and compliance teams to identify operational risks and improve reliability
Create documentation, runbooks, operational procedures, and incident reports
Participate in incident response, root-cause analysis, capacity planning, and continuous improvement of production services
Contribute to blameless post-incident reviews, corrective actions, and engineering changes

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, engineering, or a related field plus 7+ years of related experience, or equivalent practical experience, or Master’s degree plus 4 years of experience
4+ years of experience in Go, Java, Python, or a comparable programming language
Experience building, testing, troubleshooting, and maintaining production services and operational automation
Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, Linux, distributed systems, observability, production debugging, and SRE practices
Experience with monitoring, incident response, reliability improvements, and safe deployment and rollback
Experience diagnosing, troubleshooting, and resolving highly complex production issues beyond Tier 1 and Tier 2 support
Experience building and maintaining containerized applications using Docker
Experience writing multi-stage Dockerfiles
Understanding of horizontally scalable microservice architecture
Knowledge of Kubernetes (K8s) for production containerized workloads
Experience in FedRAMP, government cloud, or other regulated environments preferred
Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Elastic Stack, or Splunk preferred
Experience with GitLab, Jenkins, or similar CI/CD tools preferred
Experience with highly available, multi-region distributed systems and disaster recovery preferred
Ability to create runbooks, operational procedures, and audit-ready evidence
Experience with blameless post-incident reviews, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and preventive engineering changes preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental and vision insurance
401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
Paid parental leave
Short- and long-term disability coverage
Basic life insurance
Cisco restricted stock unit grants may be available, vesting following continued employment
10 paid holidays per full calendar year
1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
Paid employee birthday off
Paid year-end holiday shutdown
4 paid personal wellness days
16 days of paid vacation per full calendar year for non-exempt employees
Flexible vacation time off program with no defined limit for eligible 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 volunteer days per full calendar year
Annual bonuses for non-sales roles, subject to Cisco policies
Performance-based incentive pay for sales-plan employees