IT & Software

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

CISCO Systems

London · Greater London · United Kingdom

Overview

In this role you help design and operate Kubernetes-based microservices for a modern collaboration platform. You work within the Webex Engineering team to deliver reliable, scalable configurations, using GitOps practices and secure, governed deployments. You will leverage AI-assisted tooling to accelerate configuration and reduce risk, while improving observability and performance in a hybrid-work environment. This is a chance to shape deployment pipelines, promote standard processes, and enable self-service for engineering teams, at scale.

Responsibilities
  • Own design, coding, testing, and delivery of Kubernetes-based microservices configurations (Deployments, Services, Ingress, ConfigMaps) using Kubernetes and Helm
  • Build reusable base configs with environment overlays and enable safe promotion across dev, staging, production
  • Drive operational excellence in a GitOps model using Argo CD and implement progressive delivery with canary releases and validation gates
  • Codify autoscaling and resiliency, manage secure secrets via HashiCorp Vault and Kubernetes Secrets
  • Use AI-assisted tools to accelerate configuration-as-code development, validation, and optimization
  • Address complex challenges across configuration, policy, observability, and data services with a data-driven approach (Prometheus, Grafana)
  • Own end-to-end configuration quality and governance with Open Policy Agent; ensure secure, compliant deployments and full reproducibility (backup, restore, DR)
  • Advance a self-service platform using Backstage and Argo CD, enabling declarative deployments and standard processes
Key requirements
  • 8+ years software development experience
  • Strong Kubernetes and microservices experience
  • Experience with GitOps (CI/CD)
  • Analytical degree or equivalent experience
  • Adaptable and problem-solving mindset
  • cross-functional collaboration
  • data-driven decision making
  • Kubernetes
  • microservices
  • Helm

Reference: WJ-747_30137310

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