Technical Leader, SRE​/Go development

The application window is expected to close on: 11/19/2026

Cloud Network Platform Engineering builds and operates the cloud platforms that provide secure, reliable, and scalable connectivity for Cisco products and customers. Within the organization, the Node Connectivity team is responsible for a globally distributed service that connects millions of Meraki devices to the cloud services that manage them.

• Lead the feasibility assessment, technical planning, and phased migration of eligible workloads from AWS-hosted Kubernetes clusters to the internal Kubernetes platform, establishing technical direction and staged delivery plans.
• Support the operation and reliability of specialized Kubernetes workloads with non-standard load-balancing, networking, and traffic requirements. Continue supporting the application after migration, including production readiness, incident response, performance and operational improvements.
• Solve complex issues across applications, Kubernetes, Linux, networking, containers, and infrastructure; improve the scalability, reliability, security, performance, and operability of Kubernetes-hosted services.
• Partner with the Node Connectivity, firmware, cloud infrastructure, security, SRE, and product teams to prioritize support and coordinate cross-system changes; contribute to broader Kubernetes SRE and platform reliability initiatives as priorities evolve.
• Design, implement and maintain production-quality Go software for distributed, concurrent, and networked systems;
  Drive operational readiness through SLIs/SLOs, comprehensive testing, on-call support, root-cause analysis, and long-term corrective actions.

• 8+ years of professional software, site reliability, or infrastructure engineering experience, including technical leadership of substantial production systems.
• Experience designing, deploying, and operating large distributed services on Kubernetes.
• 5+ years of programming experience in Go or a similar systems programming language.
• Experience supporting production services through incident response, solving, performance analysis, Kubernetes reliability practices, observability, automation, and operational readiness.
• Understanding of Linux and networking concepts, including IPv4/IPv6, TCP, routing, DNS, and TLS; sound judgment in architecture, incident response, prioritization, and technical tradeoffs; and the ability to align stakeholders across teams without relying on formal authority.

• Experience operating Kubernetes across AWS, on-premises, or hybrid environments, using AWS/EKS, Docker, Kustomize, Git Lab CI/CD, or similar deployment systems.
• Experience with Kubernetes networking, ingress, load balancing, service discovery, and traffic management for high-throughput or geographically distributed services.
• Experience with gRPC, Protocol Buffers, mutual TLS, PKI, VPNs, tunneling, or network security.
• Experience with production observability platforms such as Open Telemetry, Prometheus, Datadog, or similar tools, along with distributed routing, packet processing, performance optimization, or failure testing.

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