Software Engineer at Cisco
Research Triangle Park, NC
$128,600–$184,900from the description
Jul 26, 2026
Research Triangle Park, NC
Jul 28, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A remote cloud/platform engineering role on a team that runs backend PKI and secrets management infrastructure. Day-to-day work covers writing infrastructure-as-code, managing Kubernetes workloads, building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, authoring policy-as-code controls, and developing operational automation in Go, Python, or Bash. Suited to engineers with 7+ years in platform, DevOps, or SRE work who have solid grounding in cloud infrastructure and security fundamentals.
Senior level · 5+ years · Remote · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,300 people in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 970–1,700
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
What the occupation pays Median $217,796 (middle half $177,469–$231,052). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
The title carries no seniority level word; advertised seniority is Unspecified. However, the minimum qualification of Bachelor's + 5 years (or Master's + 3 years) and the scope of leading small-to-medium features end-to-end supports a Senior classification.
Go and C++ are listed as a required proficiency ('Proficiency in C++ or Go … is required'); they are interchangeable gates — one or the other must be held. Python is explicitly called 'an advantage', so it is preferred.
Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), Kubernetes, PKI, TLS/mTLS, REST APIs, and FedRAMP all appear under Preferred Qualifications and are therefore marked preferred.
The posted salary range ($128,600–$184,900/year) is the general US/Canada range. State-specific ranges are also listed (e.g., NYC metro $155,000–$256,000; Non-Metro NY/WA $138,100–$227,900); the general range is used here.
No specific work location city is stated in the posting; Splunk's headquarters (San Jose, CA) is used as the CBSA. The role may be eligible for remote or hybrid work but the posting does not explicitly state fully remote.
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