Federal Data Center Linux Administrator - Ashburn, VA -Hybrid

At Cisco Meraki, we are making IT easier, faster, and smarter with technology that simply works. Meraki’s Dashboard drastically simplifies the process of deploying, configuring, and handling distributed networks, enabling customers to debug networking issues in real-time from anywhere!

Cisco IT is going through a transformation towards software-defined everything! The focus is to manage our data center infrastructure as a code and have programmability through well-defined APIs. To support this transformation, we are looking for a hard-working individual who will be part of our Global Datacenter Operations team running Cisco's largest data centers around the world. You will be responsible to run and operate servers & network equipment and automate underlying processes using infrastructure as code principles.

• Engineering physical networking of servers and storage devices within Meraki’s Datacenters
• Physical network installation & planning of fiber connections, data center cross connects, leaf & spine network fixes and blocking issues, and any priorities that are set based on business objectives
• Collaborating with the Site Reliability Engineers to develop the best-in-class hardware troubleshooting solutions
• Partnering with engineering teams to build the simplest and most effective solutions
• The capability of lifting servers and network devices weighing up to 20kg or 45 lbs.
• This role is a hybrid work model, which will require working onsite up to 2-3 times per week

• 2+ years experience in IT, fixing servers or handling RMA cases
• Linux experience (basic skills, SSH, and conducting basic commands under the command Shell)
• Experience in fixing broken servers for hardware failure

The successful applicant may be performing work in FedRAMP High or IL-5 environments, and therefore, must be a U.S. Person (i.e. U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent resident, asylee, or refugee). This position may also perform work that the U.S. government has specified can only be performed by a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil 

• Knowledge of DC Security
• Knowledge in Layers 1, 2, and 3 Datacenter Networks
• Cloud/ISP/Telco exposure
• Cisco CIMC management experience

At Cisco Meraki, we’re challenging the status quo with the power of diversity, inclusion, and collaboration. When we connect different perspectives, we can imagine new possibilities, inspire innovation, and release the full potential of our people. We’re building an employee experience that includes appreciation, belonging, growth, and purpose for everyone.

Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.