Autonomous Security Engineer — AI-Driven, Self-Healing

Cisco; Oeiras; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Cis­­co ThousandEyes is seeking a visionary Software Engineer to join the Autonomous Security team. You will design, build, and deploy AI agents that autonomously perform vulnerability research and remediation.

You will integrate AI security tooling into our CI/CD lifecycle and help create a self‑healing security posture across cloud and on‑prem environments. You will work with Kubernetes, ArgoCD, and modern GitOps pipelines, applying secure coding practices and OWASP Top 10 mitigation

Qualifications

• 3+ years developing production software, backend services, or automated tooling using Python or Go.
• Hands‑on experience containerizing applications, managing Kubernetes deployments, and building automated CI/CD or GitOps pipelines (e.g., ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI).
• Demonstrated experience implementing secure coding practices, applying OWASP Top 10 mitigation strategies, and remediating CVEs in cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• AI Agent Development: Build and fine‑tune LLM‑based agents for automated vulnerability research and code analysis.
• Autonomous Remediation: Develop self‑healing pipelines that generate, test, and deploy security patches and dependency updates via Kargo and ArgoCD.
• Threat Mitigation: Design AI‑driven logic to detect anomalous traffic patterns and autonomously update WAF rules or service mesh configurations in real‑time.
• Pipeline Integration: Integrate AI security tooling into CI/CD lifecycle so security is automated and invisible to developers.
• Security Orchestration: Connect security scanning tools with AI agents to prioritize and resolve alerts without manual triage.

Skills

Python

Go

Security mindset

Backend services

Tools

Kubernetes

ArgoCD

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Snyk

Wiz

Job description

Cis­­co ThousandEyes is seeking a visionary Software Engineer to join the Autonomous Security team. You will design, build, and deploy AI agents that autonomously perform vulnerability research and remediation.

You will integrate AI security tooling into our CI/CD lifecycle and help create a self‑healing security posture across cloud and on‑prem environments. You will work with Kubernetes, ArgoCD, and modern GitOps pipelines, applying secure coding practices and OWASP Top 10 mitigation