Cloud Engineer
About The Position
You will collaborate with a global team of software engineers and SREs responsible for delivering extraordinary collaboration experiences at scale. Our team supports backend services deployed worldwide and works closely with development, product, and operations partners to ensure reliability and performance. Webex is powering the shift to the hybrid workforce, helping people stay connected in a rapidly evolving digital world. We cultivate a startup-like culture that values innovation, ownership, and collaboration, while offering the scale and impact of a global technology leader.
Requirements
- 8+ years hands on experience (deploy, monitor, scale, and upgrades) with distributed database technology such as CassandraDB, Opensearch, Kafka, PostgreSQL
- 5+ Years managing AWS infrastructure at scale.
- 5+ Years experience with infrastructure automation and DevOps practices such as CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI) and Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes), Python
- 5+ years experience supporting live production systems for customer facing software as a service
- 3+ years of experience leading technical projects, including responsibility for task estimation, milestone tracking, and stakeholder communication processes.
Nice To Haves
- Exposure to modern data platforms including data pipelines, streaming systems, AL/ML and GenAI workloads
- Experience writing data driven applications in Java or Python and familiarity with data access patterns in software
- Experience in regulated US Federal environments
Responsibilities
- Architect & Deploy: Design and implement large-scale solutions for Cassandra, Kafka, and OpenSearch across hybrid environments (AWS & Private Cloud).
- Automate Everything: Lead cloud engineering projects using Terraform, Ansible, and Kubernetes to improve service reliability and deployment velocity.
- Scale & Optimize: Lead capacity planning and performance tuning for high-throughput production systems.
- Ensure Integrity: Manage automated workflows for backups, security patching, and incident management with a focus on quality assurance in live environments.
- Stakeholder Leadership: Act as a consultant to application teams, guiding them on data access patterns and cloud migration strategies.
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
- paid holidays
- floating holiday
- paid time off for employee’s birthday
- paid year-end holiday shutdown
- paid days off for personal wellness
- paid vacation time
- sick time off
- paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
- paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
- annual bonuses
- performance-based incentive pay
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
