Site Reliability Engineer - Networking

This position will perform work that the U.S. government has specified can only be performed by a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil.

The Cisco Meraki cloud supports millions of customer devices from 8 physical data centers and several cloud regions around the world. Cisco Meraki’s customer base has grown by a factor of 2-3 every year, serving billions of HTTP requests per day globally. Our customers depend on our products to run their critical infrastructure of network switches, security appliances, wireless APs and security cameras.

As SREs at Cisco Meraki, we are responsible for building and growing the cloud that supports these customers and their networks. As a Site Reliability Engineer, you will be focused on supporting a specific, highly available, and very secure production environment. You will analyze the reliability of our environments, use your networking and coding skills to improve the way we operate, and debug complex events as part of a 24/7 on-call rotation.

This role will work with BGP, AWS Cloud Networking components, the Cisco Nexus family of switches and Cisco Firepower appliances.

As a Site Reliability Engineer (Network), you’ll design and evolve hybrid cloud network architectures, automate connectivity, and build scalable network solutions that abstract functionality from hardware. You’ll develop monitoring capabilities that improve visibility into network performance and reliability while troubleshooting complex production issues across applications, systems, and networks. You’ll also design and manage overlay networks supporting thousands of containers and drive root-cause analysis and preventative solutions to strengthen overall reliability.

Bachelor’s degree with 7+ years of related experience, Master’s degree with 4+ years, or PhD with 1+ year of related experience.

Experience designing, deploying, and operating mid-to-large-scale enterprise or cloud environments, including AWS/Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, and Ansible.

4+ years experience programming and scripting skills in Python, Bash, Ruby, or Go, with advanced Unix/Linux systems administration and troubleshooting experience.

4+ years of networking expertise, including BGP, OSPF, IPv6, network security, DMVPN, MACSec, TLS, REST APIs, and cloud/ISP/Telco environments.

4+ years experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana and Splunk, automation, project management, and AI-assisted engineering tools such as Codex, Claude Code, and Cursor.

• Understand agent-based workflows, including reusable skills and MCP integrations, and can critically evaluate AI-generated output for accuracy, security, reliability, and maintainability.

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 worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

The starting salary range posted for this position is $ to $ and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.

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