Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer - AI Infrastructure
Cisco · Research Triangle Park, NC · Product and Engineering
About this role
Cisco is hiring a senior-level Platform Engineer in the software engineering function based in Research Triangle Park, NC. The posting calls out experience with Kubernetes, MLflow, Kubeflow, API Development. Compensation is listed at $137,000–$200,500 per year.
- Role
- Platform Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- senior
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Research Triangle Park, NC
- Department
- Product and Engineering
- Posted
- May 15, 2026
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Job description
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Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer - AI Infrastructure - hybrid (2013580)
***hybrid role requires some on-site work activity at Research Triangle Park NC, Dallas TX, or Allen TX office
Join our Platform Engineering team to design, build, and operate large-scale, on-prem Kubernetes infrastructure powering next-generation AI/ML platforms, including GPU-enabled environments for both traditional ML and state-of-the-art LLM workloads.
You will be pivotal in defining and evolving a highly scalable Kubernetes platform that serves as the foundation for AI/ML workloads. This role combines deep Kubernetes platform engineering with AI/ML infrastructure enablement, ensuring performance, reliability, and scalability across distributed systems.
You will lead technical direction across Kubernetes control plane operations, cluster lifecycle management, and platform extensibility, while working closely with data scientists, ML engineers, and infrastructure teams to support production AI workloads at scale.
This is a senior individual contributor role focused on platform ownership, engineering excellence, and driving reliability and automation across complex distributed environments.
Your Impact / Core Responsibilities
Architect, build, and operate large-scale on-prem Kubernetes platforms (OpenShift/Anthos), including control plane and etcd lifecycle management
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