Cisco

Site Reliability Engineer, Linux

Remote Site Reliability Engineer role with clear candidate location fit.

PostedJul 18, 2026

Eligible countries2 accepted countries

Seniority signalSenior

Work settingRemote

Accepted candidate locations

IsraelUSA

Role overview

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Automate Linux host lifecycle management, including configuration, patching, and image creation, to ensure consistent and reliable deployments across our hybrid environment.
Migrate Ansible components from our existing monorepo into isolated, purpose-built repositories to improve maintainability and accelerate infrastructure delivery.
Debug complex production issues across OS, performance, and service layers to minimize downtime and enhance the overall stability of our network services.
Design, build, and improve infrastructure tooling that increases engineering velocity and streamlines adoption of best practices
Partner with security and compliance teams to embed FedRAMP requirements into our infrastructure-as-code, ensuring that secure practices are built into every deployment.
Lead the transition of workloads to Kubernetes clusters by optimizing container base images and host configurations to support our evolving service architecture.
Own the reliability of critical infrastructure end to end, iterating and adapting as necessary to evolving requirements

Bachelor's degree in STEM and 5+ years of relevant experience, or Master's degree in STEM and 3+ years of relevant experience or equivalent related work experience
5+ years of experience working with Linux in a production environment.
Experience with Python or Ruby for infrastructure automation and scripting.
Experience with Ansible for configuration management at scale.
Experience debugging complex system issues across OS, performance, and service layers.
Ability to work in a hybrid cloud and on-prem environment.

Experience with Kubernetes cluster management and containerization (Docker).
Knowledge of systems-level languages such as Go or C.
Familiarity with compliance frameworks like FedRAMP or NIST.
Proven ability to lead technical projects from ambiguous requirements to production.
Strong sense of ownership and a proactive approach to identifying and solving systemic reliability issues.

10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;
1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;
1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and
Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

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