Remote Data Engineer - AI-Driven Security Pipelines

Cisco Systems, Inc; North Carolina; Remote; USD 103,000 - 147,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Data Engineer specializing in security data pipelines to join a US remote team. You will own ingestion and attribution layers, build robust ETL/ELT pipelines, and collaborate with analysts to deliver actionable security metrics.

This role emphasizes AI/ML-driven data analysis and scalable data architectures. You will design data quality monitoring, implement entity resolution, and work with cloud platforms and CI/CD workflows to ensure reliable data flows across

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field plus 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL with a proven ability to write clean, maintainable code.
• Demonstrated experience building and operating ETL/ELT pipelines using REST APIs and semi-structured data (JSON, YAML).
• Experience with Git-based workflows, CI/CD, and data modeling standard processes.
• Proficiency in AI/ML usage, including the ability to apply AI to data analysis and correlation tasks.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain robust data pipelines that ingest and normalize security data from a diverse array of sources (e.g., asset inventory, vulnerability scanners, cloud providers, and identity systems).
• Operate and improve the attribution layer by implementing entity resolution and ownership assignment rules as version-controlled code.
• Establish data quality monitoring to detect anomalies, missing data, or correlation failures, ensuring high visibility before issues impact end-users.
• Develop automated correlation logic for complex infrastructure scenarios where conventional identification keys fail.
• Collaborate with analysts and leadership to provide query support, reporting, and executive metrics that drive security program decisions.

Skills

Python

SQL

REST APIs

ETL/ELT pipelines

Git workflows

CI/CD

AI/ML usage

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Data Engineering/related field

Master’s degree in related field

Tools

Airflow

Dagster

dbt

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Data Engineer specializing in security data pipelines to join a US remote team. You will own ingestion and attribution layers, build robust ETL/ELT pipelines, and collaborate with analysts to deliver actionable security metrics.

This role emphasizes AI/ML-driven data analysis and scalable data architectures. You will design data quality monitoring, implement entity resolution, and work with cloud platforms and CI/CD workflows to ensure reliable data flows across