Site Reliability Intern FY25 (Summer 2025) Meraki - Cisco Systems, Inc.

Our employees fuel the magic of the Meraki community. They have fostered an environment that empowers Merakians to challenge limits, embrace risks, and assist our customers in pursuing their missions.

Our guiding principles are rooted in our four core values: 'care deeply,' 'everybody in,' 'simplify everything,' and 'be brave.' These pillars have propelled us to the forefront of cloud-managed IT leadership and have played a pivotal role in shaping a more inclusive future for all.

As a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Intern/Co-op on Meraki SRE, you will work on projects spanning everything from our server hardware and operating systems to tools for code deployment and service monitoring. You will have the opportunity to build software and systems to monitor, scale and deploy our distributed cloud services.

Meraki's SRE organization is key in building and scaling the cloud that supports millions of Meraki devices across the world. Meraki’s customer base has grown by a factor of 2-3 every year, serving over 10 billion requests per day across our data centers worldwide. Our customers depend on the Meraki cloud to lead and monitor their critical infrastructure of network switches, security appliances, wireless APs, security cameras, and IoT devices.

In this role, you will be part of a tight-knit engineering team that is based out of Meraki’s tight-knit engineering global team, with teammates all around the world. During your time here, you will make pivotal decisions about how to manage and scalesophisticated,high-performance distributed systems. You will also provide your own perspective on our cloud services and help develop innovative ways to improve the way we manage the underlying infrastructure.

What we look for in our SRE intern/co-op candidates:

* You are pursuing a technical bachelor’s degree or have equivalent experience with a solid base in the fundamentals of computer science -OR- pursuing asoftware/coding boot camp (or educational training program) and/or technical associate’s degree with a solid base in the fundamentals of computer science (completion within the last 6 months)
* Clear and effective communication skills
* Proactive learners who can quickly pick up working in multiple frameworks, languages and environments
* Passionate team players
* Continually able to learn from experience and eager for feedback
* Previous internship or large scale project experience
* Familiarity with networking, datavisualization,distributed systems, databases, containerorchestration,or Ruby on Rails
* Authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring sponsorship now or in the future

Bonus points if you:

* Know your way around *nix systems. We run Debian and Ubuntu.
* Have worked with container technologies. We use Docker Swarm and Kubernetes.
* Are familiar with logging and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Logstash,ElasticSearch,OpenTelemetry,statsd, collectd.
* Have worked with CI/CD tooling, such as Jenkins or Gitlab.

Projects and Work Life:

Meraki interns and co-ops join the team for 12 and 16 week programs, respectively, and are placed directly onto subteams. During the program, interns/co-ops have the opportunity to work on a small starter project, such as integration and implementation of new tools, before spending the majority of the program on a larger project, such as building the infrastructure for a new service. Projects areMulti-functional, which allow insight into new languages and technologies, help encourage professional growth within engineering, and allow a sense of ownership within the team.

Meraki’s engineering teams place a high emphasis on mentorship. Each intern and co-op is matched 1:1 with a mentor who provides continual feedback and guidance throughout the duration of the program. Mentors help with introductions to other team members, overviews of tools and processes, and provide a seamless integration into Meraki life.

Examples of Recent Intern Projects

* Improving Kubernetes node lifecycle management

* Hardening our internal microservice containers to improve security and resiliency

* Building a framework for Airflow unit tests

Intern Benefits:

* Competitive salary
* Customized laptop and desk setups
* Medical, dental, and vision coverage plans

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.

At Cisco Meraki, we’re challenging the status quo with the power of diversity, inclusion, andcollaboration.When we connect different perspectives, we can imagine newpossibilities,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.