Staff DevOps Engineer - Splunk (Remote)

Cisco Systems

12d•Remote

About The Position

This role can be performed anywhere in the United States. Role Cisco’s Web Engineering team is a dynamic, best-in-class group partnering with digital marketing functions to define, execute, and govern strategies that maximize value from Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) implementations. As a DevOps champion, you will maintain the web stack across all environments, collaborate with vendors to manage production, and focus on continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD). You share responsibility for the quality and reliability of all deliverables—if you build it, you run it. You will work closely with internal web engineering, IT, and Security Operations teams to build and sustain public-facing websites and applications. Leveraging AI-augmented observability and assurance tools, you will proactively monitor and optimize web infrastructure performance. Developing AI literacy and prompt engineering skills to effectively interact with AI assistants and tools integrated into the DevOps workflow is essential. You are highly motivated, detail-oriented, reliable, and thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience with a strong computer science foundation
6+ years as a DevOps or Site Reliability Engineer
Designing and building systems for websites, applications, and web properties.
Hands-on experience with Content Management Systems such as Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) and WordPress.
Proficient with AWS cloud services and tools (EC2, ALB, NLB, VPC, EKS, ECS, Route53, S3, EBS, EFS) and related products like Packer, Ansible, Linux, Docker.
Familiarity with version control systems (GitLab/GitHub, Bitbucket, SVN) and build tools.
Experience with web servers such as Apache and Nginx.
Knowledge of networking concepts including TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, firewalls, and iptables within AWS and Linux environments.
Configuration management expertise, preferably with Ansible (also Chef, Puppet).
Strong understanding and practical experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Jenkins, Selenium, Serenity, Cucumber, Sonar, and Gherkin.
Familiarity with Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) like Akamai or Amazon CloudFront.
Security and compliance knowledge, including IAM and cloud auditing/monitoring tools.
Experience with AI-powered observability platforms such as Splunk Observability Cloud and ThousandEyes, including AI/ML-driven event correlation and root cause analysis.
Basic understanding of AI and machine learning concepts, prompt engineering, and responsible AI usage.
Experience with AI-driven automation in CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure management.
Ability to quickly learn new skills and tools.
Strong troubleshooting skills for performance and stability issues.
Clear communication, thorough documentation, and collaborative peer review.