Remote AI Security SOC Lead - Agentic & Cloud-Scale

020 Cisco Systems, Inc.; Irvine (CA); Remote; USD 166,000 - 274,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer to help build the Agentic SOC of the future within the Security Core AI team.

You will work at the intersection of cybersecurity, AI, and large‑scale distributed systems to deliver trusted agentic capabilities that detect, investigate, and respond to threats. This remote, U.S.-only role involves designing and delivering complex AI components across cloud, on‑prem, and air‑gapped environments, owning features end‑to‑end, and collaborating with

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience developing, testing, and/or operating production software.
• Experience in Python and/or Golang for production software.
• Educational requirements: Bachelor’s + 8 years, or Master’s + 6, or PhD + 3.

Responsibilities

• Build and improve AI systems for agentic capabilities with governance.
• Own features from requirements through testing and deployment.
• Collaborate with Cisco and Splunk teams on security AI workloads.

Skills

Production software

Python

Golang

Agent runtime

Orchestration

Shared APIs

Context memory

Evaluation frameworks

Experimentation systems

Production tracing

LLM concepts

Grounding and retrieval

Planning and delegation

Human oversight

Security concepts

Education

Bachelor's + 8 years / Master’s + 6 years / PhD + 3 years in related field

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer to help build the Agentic SOC of the future within the Security Core AI team.

You will work at the intersection of cybersecurity, AI, and large‑scale distributed systems to deliver trusted agentic capabilities that detect, investigate, and respond to threats. This remote, U.S.-only role involves designing and delivering complex AI components across cloud, on‑prem, and air‑gapped environments, owning features end‑to‑end, and collaborating with