Software Engineer

Meet the Team

Cisco’s Collaboration Business Unit empowers people and organizations worldwide to connect, communicate, and innovate seamlessly.

You will collaborate with a global team of software engineers and SREs responsible for delivering world-class collaboration experiences at scale. Our team supports backend services deployed worldwide and works closely with development, product, and operations partners to ensure reliability and performance.

Webex is powering the shift to the hybrid workforce, helping people stay connected in a rapidly evolving digital world. We foster a startup-like culture that values innovation, ownership, and collaboration, while offering the scale and impact of a global technology leader.

Your impact

As a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) supporting backend services for Cisco’s SaaS collaboration products, you will play a critical role in delivering reliable, scalable, and resilient experiences across calling, messaging, meetings, and contact center solutions.

Your work will directly impact the availability, performance, and quality of services used by millions of users globally.

Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and operational automation, leveraging existing frameworks and AI‑assisted tools.

Monitor production systems, participate in on-call rotations, troubleshoot incidents, and contribute to root cause analysis.

Analyze metrics, logs, and traces to support operational decisions, capacity planning, and system stability.

Create and maintain runbooks and operational documentation, promoting reliability and continuous improvement.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience) with 1–3 years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Cloud Operations, Systems Engineering, or a related role.

Experience deploying, operating, or supporting services using containers (Docker) and basic Kubernetes concepts in cloud or hybrid environments.

Working knowledge of at least one programming or scripting language (e.g., Python, Bash, Go) for automation and operational tasks.

Familiarity with monitoring, observability, and incident response practices, including troubleshooting production issues.

Foundational understanding of Linux systems, networking concepts, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and Git-based workflows .

Preferred Qualifications

Experience operating large-scale, globally distributed SaaS platforms.

Familiarity with hybrid cloud environments and multi-region deployments.

Experience applying AI-assisted or automation-first approaches to SRE tooling and workflows.

Strong written communication skills for creating clear operational documentation and runbooks.

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.