DevOps Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in North Carolina, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Develop and manage platforms and shared developer tools to ensure consistent product delivery.

• Create cloud-native services and APIs that facilitate build, test, and deployment workflows.

• Enhance platform reliability, scalability, and the overall developer experience.

• Take ownership of platform operations, which includes on-call responsibilities, telemetry-driven metrics, authentication and authorization, as well as vulnerability management.

• Deliver dependable Kubernetes-native platforms that enable teams to securely and efficiently provide cloud-native services.

• Collaborate with application and SRE teams to ensure secure and reliable delivery throughout the organization.

• Work in conjunction with a Scrum team of 6–8 engineers across various projects.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of relevant experience or a Master's degree with 3+ years of experience.

• Over 2 years of experience in software or platform engineering using Go, Python, or a comparable programming language.

• Proficient in deploying applications on Kubernetes within cloud service environments like AWS, GCP, or Azure.

• Familiarity with containerization technologies.

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or Packer.

• Knowledge of CI/CD systems and pipeline automation.

• Experience with CNCF tools including Argo CD, Helm, Prometheus, or OpenTelemetry.

• Understanding of modern cloud-native design patterns.

• Experience with agentic AI workflows, LLM prompting, or AI-driven developer productivity solutions.

• Proven ability to own and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipeline definitions.

🏝️ Benefits

• 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 the 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 can be carried forward.

• Additional paid time off for critical or emergency family issues.

• Optional 10 paid volunteer days per full calendar year.

• Annual bonuses may be available for non-sales roles.

• Performance-based incentive pay for sales-plan employees.