Senior Hybrid Cloud Engineer

Cisco is hiring a Senior Hybrid Cloud Engineer. Level rates it ; you can apply on Cisco.

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Little AI ●○○○ is how Level rates this role: aI is not part of the work.
The posting mentions Vmware, Openstack and Hyper V among its tools and skills.
Level classes it as a senior role.
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Senior Hybrid Cloud Engineer designing, implementing, and optimizing Cisco's cloud and hybrid infrastructure.

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Meet the Team

Join Cisco's Cloud and Data Center Engineering team - a collaborative group of engineers, architects, and operations specialists dedicated to designing, implementing, and optimizing Cisco's cloud-based and hybrid infrastructure with a strong focus on network engineering and data center operations. Our team partners with product managers, security, and IT operations to deliver secure, scalable, and reliable solutions, while staying aligned with Cisco's security standards and industry best practices. We thrive on cross-functional collaboration, continuous learning, and delivering high-impact solutions that power Cisco's business.

Your Impact

Design, develop, and implement cloud-based and data center network solutions, combining cutting-edge technologies to optimize architecture in line with Cisco's security standards and policies.
Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and security teams to develop detailed specifications for new cloud-based products, services, and applications, focusing on network security optimization, scalability, and performance.
Plan and execute compute and storage migration activities for data center relocation or consolidation projects, including assessing environments, creating migration strategies, and mitigating risks.
Deploy, configure, and maintain virtualization platforms (e.g., VMware, OpenStack), performing both live and cold VM migrations and decommissioning with minimal service disruption.
Build and maintain enterprise storage systems (NAS/SAN), including volume/LUN creation, host mapping, multipathing, and data replication.

Minimum Qualifications

A completed Degree in Computer Science, or Engineering, combined with 8+ years of experience such as network engineering or data center operations
Experience in deploying, administering, and operating virtualization platforms (VMware, OpenStack, Hyper-V).
Experience in building, operating, tuning, and troubleshooting Linux and Windows Server environments for high availability and performance.
Experience in enterprise storage systems (e.g., NetApp, Dell EMC) and advanced storage architectures (NAS, SAN), including volume/LUN management, host mapping, multipathing, data replication, and snapshots.
Experience in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, GitOps).
Experience with IPv4/IPv6 networking and experience with cloud network architecture and automation.
Experience with scripting languages (Python, Bash, PowerShell) for infrastructure automation.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in data center operations, including hardware installation, rack management, cabling, power management, and environmental monitoring.
Experience with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.).
Experience in automation and modern DevOps practices.
Experience with Source Code Control Management and CI/CD tools (Git, Jenkins, Argo, Harness, etc.).
Experience with Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
Experience in development of next gen agentic AI ops agents

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.

How we rate this

Senior Hybrid Cloud Engineer at Cisco rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

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Key facts

Senior Hybrid Cloud Engineer is an open job at Cisco.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The role is based in Galway, Ireland.
The job was posted on October 29, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by Cisco. Apply on Cisco

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

Network EngineeringData CenterVirtualizationInfrastructure As CodeCloud InfrastructureVmwareOpenstackHyper V

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Tell me about a project where cloud infrastructure was part of your work. What did you do?

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