Senior Site Reliability Engineer – Observability

Cisco

. Design, deploy, operate, and continuously improve enterprise observability platforms .

Posted 10/12/2026full-timeUnited StatesSenior💰 $167,700 - $245,200 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing, deploying, and maintaining enterprise observability platforms, with a strong focus on Splunk, Elasticsearch, and distributed tracing technologies. Proficient in automating infrastructure processes and troubleshooting production incidents within a Site Reliability Engineering context.

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Splunk Enterprise AdministrationElasticsearch Platform DesignInfrastructure as Code with TerraformDistributed Tracing with Grafana TempoProduction Incident Troubleshooting

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Hard Skills

Splunk SPLElasticsearchPrometheusGrafanaKafkaOpenTelemetryPythonGoRubyBash

Soft Skills

Incident ResponseCollaborationProblem-Solving

Tools & Technologies

TerraformGrafana TempoKibanaConfiguration Management Tools

Industry Keywords

Site Reliability EngineeringPlatform EngineeringDevOpsProduction OperationsDistributed Systems

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed SystemsElasticSearchGrafanaKafkaLinuxPrometheusPythonRubySplunkTerraformGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, deploy, operate, and continuously improve enterprise observability platforms
Build and maintain Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud infrastructure
Deploy and operate large-scale Elasticsearch clusters
Design, deploy, and support distributed tracing platforms using Grafana Tempo and OpenTelemetry
Build and maintain end-to-end telemetry pipelines for logs, metrics, and traces
Define instrumentation standards, data quality practices, retention policies, and observability patterns
Scale and optimize Prometheus, Grafana, Kafka, Tempo, OpenTelemetry, and related monitoring systems
Develop dashboards, alerts, analytics, and trace visualizations using Splunk SPL, Grafana, Kibana, and Tempo
Establish monitoring and alerting standards to improve visibility and reduce incident detection and resolution times
Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, upgrades, and operational processes using Terraform and configuration management tools
Participate in capacity planning, performance tuning, upgrades, patching, disaster recovery, and production readiness reviews
Troubleshoot distributed-systems issues and lead or support incident response and root-cause analysis
Partner with platform, application, security, database, and network engineering teams
Contribute to shared SRE standards, documentation, runbooks, and engineering best practices
Participate in the shared SRE pager and on-call rotation for production services

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of related experience, or Master + 4 years of related experience, or PhD + 1 year of related experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Platform Engineering, DevOps, or a related field
Production administration experience with Splunk Enterprise or Splunk Cloud
Solid understanding of Splunk SPL for dashboards and alerts
Experience designing, deploying, and operating Elasticsearch or ELK-based platforms
Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, distributed tracing using Grafana Tempo and OpenTelemetry, and Kafka
Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform
Understanding of Linux, networking, distributed systems, and production operations
Programming or scripting experience in Python, Go, Ruby, Bash, or similar languages
Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot production incidents and participate in on-call support
Successful applicant must be a U.S. Person (U.S. citizen or U.S. national)
Work must be performed from within the United States

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
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 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