GenAI Security Engineer — Platform & Threat Guard

Cisco; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 129,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

401(k) with Cisco matching

Paid parental leave

Disability coverage

Job summary

Join Cisco’s Enterprise AI team, the core group enabling Generative AI powered experiences across Cisco. We design secure AI platforms, integrate with cloud infrastructure, and govern AI to scale safely for enterprise users.

We seek engineers who can build and secure distributed systems, deploy robust authentication and data protection controls, and automate security tooling with Python or Go. Cisco offers strong benefits and a collaborative, global team environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity related field or equivalent certifications along with work experience.
• 3+ years of experience in application security, cloud security, or platform security engineering.
• Hands-on experience securing distributed systems or cloud-native applications (Kubernetes, APIs, microservices).
• Experience designing and implementing authentication, authorization, and data protection controls.
• Strong programming/scripting skills (Python, Go, or similar) for building security tooling and automation.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement security controls for Generative AI systems, including LLM-based applications, RAG pipelines, and agent-driven workflows.
• Identify and mitigate AI-specific threats such as prompt injection, data exfiltration, insecure tool usage, and model abuse.
• Establish guardrails for prompt handling, input/output validation, and safe tool invocation to ensure secure agent behavior.
• Secure Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines by enforcing data access controls, source integrity, and retrieval boundary protections.
• Define and enforce model access controls, API protections, and runtime monitoring to prevent misuse and unauthorized access.

Skills

Application security

Cloud security

Platform security

Authentication & authorization

Python/Go scripting

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in CS/Cybersecurity

Job description

Join Cisco’s Enterprise AI team, the core group enabling Generative AI powered experiences across Cisco. We design secure AI platforms, integrate with cloud infrastructure, and govern AI to scale safely for enterprise users.

We seek engineers who can build and secure distributed systems, deploy robust authentication and data protection controls, and automate security tooling with Python or Go. Cisco offers strong benefits and a collaborative, global team environment.