DevOps Technical Lead

Cisco Systems•Rtp, NC

About The Position

Cisco’s Enterprise DevOps as a Service (EDaaS) team is looking for a DevOps Engineer to help with identification and resolution of operational performance while applying security best practices across our portfolio of DevOps tools. EDaaS is a fast-paced group working to modernize and evolve development workflows in Cisco IT & Engineering with modern, cloud-native tools and processes. The ideal candidate is self-motivated to gather, manage, and analyze large amounts of data to drive insights and decision-making. You are excited to be a part of an innovative and continually learning development and operations team.

Requirements

7+ years of recent Linux/Unix administration with emphasis on RedHat
7+ years of scripting experience (Python, Bash, etc.)
7+ years of server (tomcat /Apache) maintain experience
Deep understanding build & release management of applications written in Java, Python and various JavaScript framework.
Experience administering a combination of the following categories of DevOps tools:
Source code management tools (GitHub Enterprise)
Build automation tools (Jenkins, CircleCI, Travis CI)
Artifact management tools (Artifactory, GitLFS, Maven)
Experience working with REST APIs (Java, Python, JavaScript)
Experience with Configuration Management platforms, tools, and processes (Puppet, Ansible)
Basic understanding of computer networking (OSI layers, DNS, etc.)
Experience generally with troubleshooting in a diverse technical environment
Well-versed with Git and various workflows (forking, gitflow, etc.)
General knowledge of reverse proxy systems (Nginx, HAProxy, Apache, etc.)

Nice To Haves

Preference will be given to candidates with experience performing administration and monitoring at an enterprise level custom application
Experience in applying security best practices to Linux environments
Experience applying monitoring technologies to application systems (Splunk Integration, AppDynamics, etc.)
Production experience in provisioning / setting up new infrastructure.
Experience with AWS including EC2, RDS, ELB, and EKS technologies
Familiarity with Agile Scrum methodologies

Responsibilities

Lead all things DevOps for highly critical custom developed application.
Lead automation of infrastructure provisioning , configuration management, build , release, and monitoring of large set of microservices and applications.
Lead stability, performance and debugging of production / development / QA infrastructure
Enhance monitoring and log analysis systems

Benefits

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance.
Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.