Gen AI Application Security Engineer – Cloud & CI/CD

Cisco Systems, Inc.; Clegg (NC); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is hiring for a security-focused engineering role within its Enterprise AI team.

The position emphasizes integrating security into CI/CD pipelines, securing cloud-native workloads, and leading threat modeling for scalable AI platforms. Ideal candidates have extensive experience securing AI/ML workloads, implementing container hardening, and enforcing API security across distributed services in enterprise environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field.
• 6+ years of experience in cybersecurity or cloud security engineering.
• 3+ years securing cloud environments (GCP, Azure, AWS) in production.
• Experience integrating security controls into CI/CD pipelines and Kubernetes environments.

Responsibilities

• Embed security into the Secure SDLC by defining and implementing guardrails across design, development, testing, and deployment phases.
• Lead threat modeling and secure design reviews for cloud-native applications.
• Drive container and Kubernetes security practices, including image hardening and runtime controls.
• Define and enforce API security standards and protection against common API threats.

Skills

Security engineering

CI/CD security integration

Kubernetes security

Threat modeling

API security

Secure SDLC

Vulnerability management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Information Security

Tools

SAST

DAST

SCA

Secrets scanning

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is hiring for a security-focused engineering role within its Enterprise AI team.

The position emphasizes integrating security into CI/CD pipelines, securing cloud-native workloads, and leading threat modeling for scalable AI platforms. Ideal candidates have extensive experience securing AI/ML workloads, implementing container hardening, and enforcing API security across distributed services in enterprise environments.