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Lead Site Reliability Engineer, FedRAMP - ThousandEyes(Hybrid)

$192K–$356K

San Francisco, California, US +5 · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Oct 18, 2026

Location
San Francisco, California, US
San Jose, California, US
Austin, Texas, US
Seattle, Washington, US
New York, New York, US
Fremont, California, US
Experience
Bachelor’s + 12 years, or Master’s + 8 years, or PhD; regulated-environment experience also required.
Education
Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD; the posting does not state an equivalent-experience alternative.
Visa sponsorship
Must be a U.S. citizen.

About the job

Leads the architecture and operation of Cisco ThousandEyes’ FedRAMP federal cloud platform, maintaining secure, compliant, high-availability services at scale.

What you'll do

  • Lead operations and architecture for the federal region, ensuring availability, performance, and security.
  • Design and manage resilient AWS cloud services using an everything-as-code approach, continuous auditing, and automated security controls.
  • Partner with engineering and security teams to scale infrastructure across regions and address operational challenges.

What they ask for

  • U.S. citizenship.
  • Bachelor’s degree plus 12 years of experience, or master’s degree plus 8 years, or PhD.
  • Experience building or operating infrastructure in regulated environments and documenting security controls and compliance requirements.
  • Production experience coding in Python, using Terraform for Infrastructure as Code, and using Kubernetes or equivalent containers.

Nice to have

  • Experience leading cross-functional technical initiatives, defining requirements, and designing architecture.
  • Experience with cybersecurity risk analysis, security standards, vulnerability management, or incident response.

Pay

$214,100.00 to $309,800.00 USD base salary; $214,100.00 - $356,300.00 USD base salary (New York City Metro Area); $192,400.00 - $317,200.00 USD base salary (Non-Metro New York state & Washington state)

Tools

AWS, Python, Terraform, Kubernetes, FedRAMP, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOC2

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First seen Oct 18, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)