Cloud Engineer

Meet the Team Join Cisco’s Cloud and Data Center Engineering team—a collaborative group of engineers, architects, and operations specialists dedicated to designing, implementing, and optimizing Cisco’s cloud-based and hybrid infrastructure. Our team partners with product managers, security, and IT operations to deliver secure, scalable, and reliable solutions, while staying aligned with Cisco’s security standards and industry best practices. We thrive on cross-functional collaboration, continuous learning, and delivering high-impact solutions that power Cisco’s business. Your Impact As a Cloud and Data Center Engineer, you will: Design, develop, and implement cloud-based solutions, combining cutting-edge technologies to optimize architecture in line with Cisco’s security standards and policies. Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and security teams to develop detailed specifications for new cloud-based products, services, and applications, focusing on security optimization and scalability. Plan and execute compute and storage migration activities for data center relocation or consolidation projects, including assessing environments, creating migration strategies, and mitigating risks. Deploy, configure, and maintain virtualization platforms (e.g., VMware, OpenStack), performing both live and cold VM migrations and decommissioning with minimal service disruption. Build and maintain enterprise storage systems (NAS/SAN), including volume/LUN creation, host mapping, multipathing, and data replication. Validate system performance and data integrity post-migration, conduct tuning and optimization, and ensure high availability and performance of systems. Write scripts to automate server operations and management, and maintain QA and production environments using automation tools. Build and maintain monitoring tools, analyze system trends, and proactively address blockers to meet deadlines. Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams (network, application, data center ops) while following ITIL-based request, change, and incident management processes. Produce clear migration documentation and handover materials, sharing learnings and supporting problem resolution across teams. Apply agile methodologies to manage timelines and deliverables, and ensure compliance with security, change management, and operational standards. Minimum Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field plus 2 years of relevant experience, OR Master’s degree in a related field. Experience in the design, development, and maintenance of cloud-based solutions and application infrastructure. Working knowledge of virtualization platforms (e.g., VMware, OpenStack) and migration activities. Familiarity with enterprise storage systems (NAS/SAN). Experience collaborating within cross-functional, agile teams. Understanding of security, compliance, and change management processes. Preferred Qualifications Expert-level experience in deploying, administering, and operating virtualization platforms (VMware, OpenStack). Strong expertise in building, operating, and tuning Linux and Windows Server environments for high availability and performance. In-depth knowledge of enterprise storage systems (e.g., NetApp) and storage architectures (NAS, SAN), including volume/LUN management, host mapping, multipathing, and data replication. Solid understanding of Cisco-based network architectures and fundamental networking concepts. Hands-on experience in data center operations, including hardware installation, rack management, cabling, and power management. Proficiency in scripting and automation for server and infrastructure management. Why Cisco? 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 wo ... (truncated, view full listing at source)