Data Engineer (Remote USA) G10

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Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Job location preference : Remote within USA, RTP-NC and Austin-TX

Meet the Team

Join the Cisco IT Data team, where innovation, automation, and reliability drive world-class business outcomes. Our team delivers scalable, secure, and high-performance platforms supporting Cisco's global data operations. We value a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and technical excellence, empowering team members to experiment and drive operational transformation.

Your Impact

As a Data Operations (DevOps) Engineer, you will play a meaningful role in building, automating, and optimizing the infrastructure and processes that support the Corporate Functions - Enterprise Data Warehouse. Your expertise will ensure the reliability, scalability, and security of data platforms and pipelines across cloud and on-premise environments. You'll collaborate closely with data engineers, software engineers, architects, and business partners to create robust solutions that accelerate data-driven decision-making at Cisco.

Key Responsibilities

• Automate deployment, monitoring, and management of data platforms and pipelines using industry-standard DevOps tools and standard processes.
• Design, implement, and maintain CI / CD pipelines for ETL, analytics, and data applications (e.g., Informatica, DBT, Airflow, Python, Java).
• Ensure high availability, performance, and security of data systems in cloud (Snowflake, Google BigQuery, AWS / GCP / Azure) and hybrid environments.
• Lead infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar) to provision and scale resources efficiently.
• Implement observability and data quality monitoring using modern tools (e.g., Monte Carlo, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).
• Solve and resolve issues in production data & workflows, collaborating with engineering and analytics teams for root cause analysis and solution delivery.
• Drive automation and process improvement for data operations, system upgrades, patching, and access management.
• Contribute to security and compliance initiatives related to data governance, access controls, and audit readiness.
• Mentor and support junior engineers, encouraging a culture of knowledge sharing and operational excellence.

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. We've been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you'll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and / or Canada :

The starting salary range posted for this position is $165,000.00 to $241,400.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and / or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and / or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco's plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco's policies :

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

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 ofunused sick timecarried forwardfrom one calendar yearto 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, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows :

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.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below :

New York City Metro Area :

$165,000.00 - $277,600.00

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state :

$146,700.00 - $247,000.00