Lead Engineer, Agentic Identity & AI Security

Cisco Systems; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 214,000 - 310,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems is seeking a Technical Leader to define and build core identity capabilities across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid systems. You will translate complex identity challenges into enterprise-grade software, guiding strategy from concept to production deployment.

You will mentor engineers, establish security-focused standards, and deliver MVPs that scale across platforms and teams. This role requires deep distributed systems and security expertise in a large enterprise setting.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience with a related technical degree.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build core identity capabilities for AI agents and multi-cloud environments.
• Deliver developer tooling, APIs, SDKs, CLI tools, and MCP-based access patterns.
• Drive cross-functional alignment with Security, AI Platform, Product, and Cloud Operations teams.
• Lead technical excellence: set architecture direction, reviews, and mentoring.
• Deliver production MVPs and iterate to scalable production services.

Skills

Distributed systems

Backend services

Security platforms

OAuth/OIDC/SAML

Leadership

Mentoring

Go/C/C++/Java

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE/EE

Master’s degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Containerd

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

Go

Java

Job description

Cisco Systems is seeking a Technical Leader to define and build core identity capabilities across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid systems. You will translate complex identity challenges into enterprise-grade software, guiding strategy from concept to production deployment.

You will mentor engineers, establish security-focused standards, and deliver MVPs that scale across platforms and teams. This role requires deep distributed systems and security expertise in a large enterprise setting.