Senior GRC Engineer for Hypershield (EMEA)

Cisco Systems, Inc; Madrid; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Isovalent, now part of Cisco, seeks a senior Security Officer / GRC Engineer to guide security, governance, risk, and compliance for Hypershield. You’ll work with Engineering, Architecture, Product, SRE, Compliance, and Cisco’s Security and Trust Organization to meet regulatory requirements while enabling rapid, secure delivery.

You will assess security impact, guide remediation, and contribute to automation, hardening, and evidence collection across delivery workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of hands-on experience implementing security and compliance automation, hardening, vulnerability remediation, secure delivery improvements, or related DevSecOps capabilities.
• 3+ years’ experience conducting security reviews, architecture reviews, threat or risk assessments, and translating findings into practical guidance and remediation plans.
• Experience with security frameworks and compliance audits such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, or GDPR-related requirements.
• Experience with corporate security mandates, secure development lifecycle requirements, product security standards, and audit processes.

Responsibilities

• Assess and guide improvements to the security posture of Hypershield components and delivery workflows.
• Interpret Cisco-level security mandates, policies and audit requirements into clear guidance and remediation priorities.
• Partner with development teams and security teams to review features and designs for security gaps and mitigations.
• Support compliance with Build Environment Security requirements and evidence needs.
• Define and contribute to security and compliance automation, reporting, and tooling.

Skills

Security automation

DevSecOps

Vulnerability remediation

Hardening

Policy compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Isovalent, now part of Cisco, seeks a senior Security Officer / GRC Engineer to guide security, governance, risk, and compliance for Hypershield. You’ll work with Engineering, Architecture, Product, SRE, Compliance, and Cisco’s Security and Trust Organization to meet regulatory requirements while enabling rapid, secure delivery.

You will assess security impact, guide remediation, and contribute to automation, hardening, and evidence collection across delivery workflows.