Platform Identity & Security Engineer – Cloud Services

Cisco Systems, Inc.; Galway; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer to help design and bolster authentication, authorization, identity management, and auditing for our internal cloud platform.

You will build and automate Vault-based secrets management and enforce least-privilege access controls while leveraging Go, Ansible, and Terraform. Ideal candidates will have 4+ years of software development experience, strong knowledge of SSO/OIDC/SAML/JWT, and experience with Kubernetes and cloud environments (AWS/GCP).

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4+ years (BS) or 2+ years (MS) of experience in software development.
• Automation and development experience using Python, Go, Ansible, Terraform, or similar tools.
• Knowledge of SSO, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, JWT, and identity federation.
• Knowledge of cloud-native technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, AWS/GCP).
• Experience with leveraging AI tools to improve productivity, automate routine tasks, accelerate problem-solving, and enhance the quality of day-to-day work and decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the design and evolve platform capabilities for authentication, authorization, identity federation, and auditing.
• Participate in design, build, and operate HashiCorp Vault capabilities for secrets management, secure credential distribution, dynamic credentials, access policies, and secrets lifecycle automation.
• Implement role- and policy-based access control, service identities, and least-privilege access models.
• Automate identity lifecycle, access provisioning, policy enforcement, validation, and recovery using Go, Ansible, and Terraform.
• Participate in global Tier3 support.

Skills

Software development

Python

Go

Ansible

Terraform

Identity federation

SSO

OAuth 2.0

OpenID Connect

SAML

JWT

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

AI tools

CI/CD pipelines

HashiCorp Vault

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

HashiCorp Vault

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer to help design and bolster authentication, authorization, identity management, and auditing for our internal cloud platform.

You will build and automate Vault-based secrets management and enforce least-privilege access controls while leveraging Go, Ansible, and Terraform. Ideal candidates will have 4+ years of software development experience, strong knowledge of SSO/OIDC/SAML/JWT, and experience with Kubernetes and cloud environments (AWS/GCP).