Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cisco is a technology company developing solutions that connect and protect organizations across physical and digital environments. Cisco Meraki is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (Network) to design and evolve hybrid cloud network architectures, automate connectivity, and build scalable network solutions. The role also focuses on monitoring network reliability, troubleshooting complex production issues, managing overlay networks, and driving root-cause analysis and preventative solutions.
Responsibilities
- As a Site Reliability Engineer (Network), you’ll design and evolve hybrid cloud network architectures, automate connectivity, and build scalable network solutions that abstract functionality from hardware
- You’ll develop monitoring capabilities that improve visibility into network performance and reliability while troubleshooting complex production issues across applications, systems, and networks
- You’ll also design and manage overlay networks supporting thousands of containers and drive root-cause analysis and preventative solutions to strengthen overall reliability
Skills
- Bachelor's degree with 7+ years of related experience, Master's degree with 4+ years, or PhD with 1+ year of related experience
- Experience designing, deploying, and operating mid-to-large-scale enterprise or cloud environments, including AWS/Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, and Ansible
- Strong programming and scripting skills in Python, Bash, Ruby, or Go, with advanced Unix/Linux systems administration and troubleshooting experience
- Strong networking expertise, including BGP, OSPF, IPv6, network security, DMVPN, MACSec, TLS, REST APIs, and cloud/ISP/Telco environments
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana and Splunk, automation, project management, and AI-assisted engineering tools such as Codex, Claude Code, and Cursor
- Understand agent-based workflows, including reusable skills and MCP integrations, and can critically evaluate AI-generated output for accuracy, security, reliability, and maintainability
Benefits
- Remote work arrangement
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- A 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
- Paid parental leave
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- Basic life insurance
- Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
- 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
- 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
- For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies
- Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, subject to the applicable Cisco plan.
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