Site Reliability Engineer

Cisco · Bengaluru · 8+ yrs experience · Posted 2026-05-22

Tech stack: Ansible, Jenkins, Linux, Python, Terraform

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About the role

Site Reliability Engineer (Private Cloud / Virtualization) Cisco is transforming its platforms to run the next generation of cloud-native and multi-cloud services. This role offers a superb opportunity to transform how infrastructure platforms are developed and managed with full software automation. This team is responsible for building, deploying and managing a large enterprise grade private cloud infrastructure within Cisco data center, which caters to Cisco’s “Business Critical” applications available both internally and externally. The platform provides a very close public cloud experience to Cisco employees and at the same time is highly available with self-healing, full lifecycle monitoring, and management capabilities.
Responsibilities:
- You will be a member of a software & site reliability engineering team that develops tools and integrations for a portfolio of cloud infrastructure services supporting Cisco’s critical business operations. As a SRE (
- Private Cloud / Virtualization ) with extensive experience in enterprise-level private cloud setups, you will join a dynamic and agile team of talented engineers focused on developing and deploying platform automation and tools for on-premises (OpenStack/BareMetal) cloud infrastructure. Proven experience with KVM, virtualization, Python, Ansible & AI skills is essential for this role.
- The individual will develop and deliver software to enhance the functionality, reliability, availability, and manageability of applications and cloud platforms using a DevOps model for on-premise solution built on Bare Metal Servers or on OpenStack.
- They will ensure the quality, performance, robustness, and scalability of services, automate development processes through CI/CD pipelines, and champion Infrastructure as Code (IaaC) practices. Additionally, they will apply global IT infrastructure knowledge to develop standard solutions, evaluate new technologies, and engage cross-functional teams to solve problems or add business value.
- The role also includes setting and measuring SLOs for infrastructure, creating monitoring and logging features, and influencing technology decisions and policies.
- Required Skills and Experience:
- 8+ years of IT experience; 5+ years of relevant experience in Virtualization and Cloud Infrastructure.
- Solid cloud infrastructure background and operational, fixing, problem-solving experience especially in RHEL KVM environments.
- Software development lifecycle including design, development, testing, packaging, deployment, upgrade and support.
- Extensive experience in RHEL KVM virtualization, including configuring and optimizing virtual machines, networking, and high availability.
- Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and/or CentOS build, development, and operations.
- Strong software development experience in Python, with proven experience in Ansible for configuration management.
- OpenStack operations experience; a bility to write patches for OpenStack in python and contribute to community.
- Experience with software-defined storage with Ceph or other cloud-based storage. Hypervisor technologies including KVM
- Experience in building and maintaining code distribution through automated pipelines Software-defined network technologies including OVS, OVN, NFV, etc. IaaC experience – Terraform, Ansible, Git, GitLab, GitHub, Jenkins, Helm, ArgoCD, Conjur/Vault
- Experience in deploying and managing (IaaS) infrastructure in Private/Public Cloud using OpenStack.
- Non-Technical Requirements:
- Agile software development practices.
- Work with geographically distributed teams.
- Understand IT processes, including Design, implementation, and Operations.
- Ambitious, able and willing to help where help is needed
- Able to build relationships, be culturally sensitive, have goal alignment, have learning agility
- Ready to rock and build an amazing product
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of relevant experience in Virtualization and Cloud Infrastructure.
- Solid cloud infrastructure background and operational, fixing, problem-solving experience especially in RHEL KVM environments.
- Software development lifecycle including design, development, testing, packaging, deployment, upgrade and support.
- Extensive experience in RHEL KVM virtualization, including configuring and optimizing virtual machines, networking, and high availability.
- Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and/or CentOS build, development, and operations.
- Strong software development experience in Python, with proven experience in Ansible for configuration management.
- OpenStack operations experience; a bility to write patches for OpenStack in python and contribute to community.
- Experience with software-defined storage with Ceph or other cloud-based storage. Hypervisor technologies including KVM
- Experience in building and maintaining code distribution through automated pipelines Software-defined network technologies including OVS, OVN, NFV, etc. IaaC experience – Terraform, Ansible, Git, GitLab, GitHub, Jenkins, Helm, ArgoCD, Conjur/Vault
- Experience in deploying and managing (IaaS) infrastructure in Private/Public Cloud using OpenStack.
- Non-Technical Requirements:
- Agile software development practices.
- Work with geographically distributed teams.
- Understand IT processes, including Design, implementation, and Operations.
- Ambitious, able and willing to help where help is needed
- Able to build relationships, be culturally sensitive, have goal alignment, have learning agility
- Ready to rock and build an amazing product

Qualifications

- 5+ years of relevant experience in Virtualization and Cloud Infrastructure.
- Solid cloud infrastructure background and operational, fixing, problem-solving experience especially in RHEL KVM environments.
- Software development lifecycle including design, development, testing, packaging, deployment, upgrade and support.
- Extensive experience in RHEL KVM virtualization, including configuring and optimizing virtual machines, networking, and high availability.
- Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and/or CentOS build, development, and operations.
- Strong software development experience in Python, with proven experience in Ansible for configuration management.
- OpenStack operations experience; a bility to write patches for OpenStack in python and contribute to community.
- Experience with software-defined storage with Ceph or other cloud-based storage.
- Hypervisor technologies including KVM
- Experience in building and maintaining code distribution through automated pipelines Software-defined network technologies including OVS, OVN, NFV, etc.
- IaaC experience Terraform, Ansible, Git, GitLab, GitHub, Jenkins, Helm, ArgoCD, Conjur/Vault
- Experience in deploying and managing (IaaS) infrastructure in Private/Public Cloud using OpenStack.
- Non-Technical Requirements: Agile software development practices.
- Work with geographically distributed teams.
- Understand IT processes, including Design, implementation, and Operations.
- Ambitious, able and willing to help where help is needed
- Able to build relationships, be culturally sensitive, have goal alignment, have learning agility
- Ready to rock and build an amazing product

Responsibilities

- You will be a member of a software & site reliability engineering team that develops tools and integrations for a portfolio of cloud infrastructure services supporting Cisco’s critical business operations.
- As a SRE ( Private Cloud / Virtualization ) with extensive experience in enterprise-level private cloud setups, you will join a dynamic and agile team of talented engineers focused on developing and deploying platform automation and tools for on-premises (OpenStack/BareMetal) cloud infrastructure.
- Proven experience with KVM, virtualization, Python, Ansible & AI skills is essential for this role.
- The individual will develop and deliver software to enhance the functionality, reliability, availability, and manageability of applications and cloud platforms using a DevOps model for on-premise solution built on Bare Metal Servers or on OpenStack.
- They will ensure the quality, performance, robustness, and scalability of services, automate development processes through CI/CD pipelines, and champion Infrastructure as Code (IaaC) practices.
- Additionally, they will apply global IT infrastructure knowledge to develop standard solutions, evaluate new technologies, and engage cross-functional teams to solve problems or add business value.
- The role also includes setting and measuring SLOs for infrastructure, creating monitoring and logging features, and influencing technology decisions and policies.
- Required Skills and Experience:
- 8+ years of IT experience; 5+ years of relevant experience in Virtualization and Cloud Infrastructure.
- Solid cloud infrastructure background and operational, fixing, problem-solving experience especially in RHEL KVM environments.
- Software development lifecycle including design, development, testing, packaging, deployment, upgrade and support.
- Extensive experience in RHEL KVM virtualization, including configuring and optimizing virtual machines, networking, and high availability.
- Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and/or CentOS build, development, and operations.
- Strong software development experience in Python, with proven experience in Ansible for configuration management.
- OpenStack operations experience; a bility to write patches for OpenStack in python and contribute to community.
- Experience with software-defined storage with Ceph or other cloud-based storage.
- Hypervisor technologies including KVM
- Experience in building and maintaining code distribution through automated pipelines Software-defined network technologies including OVS, OVN, NFV, etc.
- IaaC experience Terraform, Ansible, Git, GitLab, GitHub, Jenkins, Helm, ArgoCD, Conjur/Vault
- Experience in deploying and managing (IaaS) infrastructure in Private/Public Cloud using OpenStack.
- Non-Technical Requirements: Agile software development practices.
- Work with geographically distributed teams.
- Understand IT processes, including Design, implementation, and Operations.
- Ambitious, able and willing to help where help is needed
- Able to build relationships, be culturally sensitive, have goal alignment, have learning agility
- Ready to rock and build an amazing product

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