Early in Career Network Engineer (Site Reliability Engineer) - UK

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Start Date: as soon as possible

Location: Feltham, United Kingdom (Hybrid work approach, working from the Feltham office 1-2 days per week.)

Meet the Team

We at Cisco are looking for a Site Reliability Engineer, with a passion for technology and solid academic foundations in analytical disciplines. Cisco is a strong advocate of using its own enterprise networking, datacentre, collaboration products, and solutions internally; Cisco IT deploys all these technologies – the result being that Cisco IT accrues a great deal of experience in how to design, deploy, operate, and automate these solutions within a large global enterprise. In the Network Engineering Core Team, we are responsible for connecting our offices to our enterprise network across Cisco. We maintain and support the WAN and Core infrastructure, alongside several hardware and software remote access solutions with an Agile, SRE mindset and have lots of fun along the way.

Your Impact

As a Site Reliability Engineer, daily activities of the role involve working within a large global team of DevOps Network Engineers, Product Owners, and Product Managers to enable the efficient running of all Cisco offices and remote/hybrid working solutions. You'll also have the opportunity to work on a variety of different projects across our technology portfolio. Activities include but are not limited to:

• Use creative problem-solving to provide Cisco with advanced, essential business capabilities.
• Developing technical prototype environments and concepts.
• Supporting existing platforms and network solutions, including but not limited to WAN, LAN, and Core.
• Single working or part of a team depending on the project, using the SAFE methodology.
• Identify and work on areas that can be automated to streamline processes within the team.

There will be some on-call work required as you become familiar with our network but this is limited to 1 week in every 6 which will cover the working day during the week and include the weekend.

Minimum Qualifications

We are looking for someone that can demonstrate the following; including but not limited to a recent/upcoming graduate of a Bachelor's degree (or higher) or a certification program (e.g. a Bootcamp or Apprenticeship). Equivalent experience accepted in lieu of these. Demonstrate a keen interest in some of the following technologies:

• Networking (Routing, Switching, and WAN/SDWAN)
• Automation / Programming – i.e. Python, Ansible, REST, APIs are advantageous but not essential
• Virtualisation Technologies – VMware, OpenStack, Docker are advantageous

Able to legally live and work in the country for which you’re applying.

Preferred Qualifications

Strong analytical mind-set. Familiarity with design concepts.

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.