Technical Leader, Platform Engineering; Remote

Position: Technical Leader, Platform Engineering (Remote)
The application window is expected to close on: 06/16/2026

** Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received** .

This role can be performed from any location within the United States.

** Meet the Team*
* Isovalent, now part of Cisco, is the company founded by the creators of Cilium and eBPF. Cisco Isovalent builds open-source software and enterprise solutions solving networking, security, and observability needs for modern cloud native infrastructure. The flagship technology, Cilium, is the choice of numerous, industry-leading, global organizations.

Isovalent, Hypershield and Secure Workload **,
** part of the Security Business Group (SBG), are flagship security products offering workload protection, micro-segmentation and part of the Hybrid Mesh Firewall solution. With its market-leading technologies, Cisco is a leader in the Forrester Zero Trust Micro-segmentation wave, ensuring that customers have access to best-in-class security across any deployment mode
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* -on-prem, in the cloud, or in hybrid environment - and as bare metals, VMs, containers or orchestrated by Kubernetes.

** Your Impact*
* Be part of an Agile team moving at a very fast pace to ensure reliability, availability and performance of our next-generation segmentation and firewall platform. The team owns the full lifecycle of production services - from infrastructure architecture through deployment, observability, and operations.

As a Technical Leader, you will influence reliability architecture and drive operational excellence, collaborating with product management and field teams to ensure platform reliability.

Own the lifecycle of production services - deployment, monitoring, incident response, and capacity planning in a Linux-based multi-VM distributed systems environment.

Perform systems-level debugging and performance tuning in virtual machines, containers, and Kubernetes environments.

Build automation, tooling, and reliability frameworks in Python or Go, including database access layers and secrets storage, primarily using Mongo

DB, Vault, and Consul.

Operate and troubleshoot in Linux environments, including containers, virtual machines, and Kubernetes-orchestrated environments.

Manage and scale cloud infrastructure in AWS and GCP using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform.

Own and evolve CI/CD pipelines to enable rapid, safe deployment of changes in SaaS environments.

Conduct reviews, create runbooks, and lead post-incident learning across team members and the wider group, representing our platform in all forums.

Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends in networking, security, cloud-native infrastructure, and related areas, while mentoring others

** Minimum Qualifications*
* + Bachelors + 8 years of related experience, or Masters + 6 years of related experience, or PhD + 3 years of related experience

+ 6+ years in software development in Python or Go

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Experience with AWS, GCP, or other major cloud service providers, including deploying, managing, or troubleshooting cloud infrastructure and services in production environments

+ Work experience across diverse infrastructure environments, including on-premise, cloud platforms, or hybrid environments

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Experience with Linux systems including networking

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Experience with bare metal servers or virtual machines (VMs)

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Experience with containerized environments or Kubernetes-orchestrated systems

+ Troubleshooting experience, to include cloud, on-premise or hybrid environments

** Preferred Qualifications*
* + Experience designing and building Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform.

+ Experience in Kubernetes networking

+ Strong background in testing high-performance computing, multi-threading, and low-latency systems.

+ Scripting, Ansible playbooks, and Jenkins experience

+ Excellent verbal and written communication skills and professional presentation

** Why Cisco?*
* 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.

** Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:*
* 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…