DevOps Engineer - Splunk; Remote

Staff Dev Ops Engineer – Splunk (Remote)

Location:

Anywhere in the United States (Remote)

Join Cisco’s Web Engineering team as a Dev Ops champion. You will maintain the web stack across all environments, collaborate with vendors to manage production, and focus on continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD). You share responsibility for the quality and reliability of all deliverables—if you build it, you run it. You will work closely with internal web engineering, IT, and Security Operations teams to build and sustain public‑facing websites and applications.

Leveraging AI‑augmented observability and assurance tools, you will proactively monitor and optimize web infrastructure performance. Developing AI literacy and prompt engineering skills to effectively interact with AI assistants and tools integrated into the Dev Ops workflow is essential. You are highly motivated, detail‑oriented, reliable, and thrive in a fast‑paced environment.

• Maintain the web stack across all environments.
• Collaborate with vendors to manage production.
• Focus on continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD).
• Build and sustain public‑facing websites and applications.
• Leverage AI‑augmented observability and assurance tools for proactive monitoring and optimization.
• Develop AI literacy and prompt engineering skills for AI assistants and tools integrated into the Dev Ops workflow.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience with a strong computer science foundation.
• 6+ years as a Dev Ops or Site Reliability Engineer.

• Designing and building systems for websites, applications, and web properties.
• Hands‑on experience with Content Management Systems such as Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) and Word Press.
• Proficient with AWS cloud services and tools (EC2, ALB, NLB, VPC, EKS, ECS, Route
  53, S3, EBS, EFS) and related products like Packer, Ansible, Linux, Docker.
• Familiarity with version control systems (Git Lab/Git Hub, Bitbucket, SVN) and build tools.
• Experience with web servers such as Apache and Nginx.
• Knowledge of networking concepts including TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, firewalls, and iptables within AWS and Linux environments.
• Configuration management expertise, preferably with Ansible (also Chef, Puppet).
• Strong understanding and practical experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Jenkins, Selenium, Serenity, Cucumber, Sonar, and Gherkin.
• Familiarity with Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) like Akamai or Amazon Cloud Front.
• Security and compliance knowledge, including IAM and cloud auditing/monitoring tools.

• Experience with AI‑powered observability platforms such as Splunk Observability Cloud and Thousand Eyes, including AI/ML‑driven event correlation and root cause analysis.
• Basic understanding of AI and machine learning concepts, prompt engineering, and responsible AI usage.
• Experience with AI‑driven automation in CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure management.

• Ability to quickly learn new skills and tools.
• Strong troubleshooting skills for performance and stability issues.
• Clear communication, thorough documentation, and collaborative peer review.

Starting salary range: $ to $ (U.S. and/or Canada locations). Individual pay is determined by hiring location, market conditions, and experience. U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution.
• Paid parental leave.
• Short‑ and long‑term disability coverage.
• Basic life insurance.
• Eligibility for restricted stock units with vesting after continued employment.
• Paid holidays: 10 per year plus 1 floating holiday for non‑exempt employees.
• Paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year‑end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness.
• Paid vacation:
  Non‑exempt employees receive 16 days per year for full‑time employees; exempt employees participate in a flexible program with no defined limit.
• 80 hours of sick time off on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, up to 80 hours carried forward.
• Optional 10 paid days per year to volunteer.

Full‑time

Mid‑Senior level

Engineering and Information Technology

Software Development

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