Senior Data Engineer - Python, SQL, AWS from 8+ Years

Job Description

Meet the Team Join Cisco?s SD-WAN vAnalytics team as a Software Engineer and help shape the future of cloud-based analytics. You?ll collaborate with talented colleagues to build and scale Cisco vAnalytics?a platform delivering deep insights into application and network performance across global SD-WAN fabrics. If you?re passionate about innovation, cloud infrastructure, and making a real impact for customers worldwide, we?d love to have you on our diverse and dynamic team. Your Impact As a Software Data Engineer, you will invent, build, and optimize real-time data pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows using AWS services and Amazon Redshift. You?ll ensure our data infrastructure is reliable, scalable, and high performing to support business analytics. Key responsibilities include developing and automating data pipelines, optimizing data models and Redshift schemas, managing AWS data lakes and warehouses, and championing data quality, security, and best practices. You?ll also collaborate across teams and mentor others to foster a culture of innovation and excellence. Minimum Qualifications (Required) 8+ years of experience in data engineering, with a focus on AWS cloud-based solutions and Redshift Strong programming skills in Python and SQL, with hands-on expertise in building and optimizing data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes Proven ability to model, integrate, and optimize structured and semi-structured data (e.g., JSON, Parquet) within AWS-based data lakes and Redshift Collaborative teammate with experience in Agile/Scrum environments Good to have (Optional) Experience with orchestration tools (Airflow, Step Functions), CI/CD pipelines, version control (Git), and containerization (Docker); familiarity with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences 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.