Remote Windows Endpoint Security Engineer

Cisco Systems

Chicago (IL)

Remote

USD 168,000 - 245,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Job summary

Cisco Systems seeks a Software Engineer to join the Windows agent engineering team. You will develop runtime security features for a Windows‑based endpoint agent, using Go, C, and C++ and building on Win32 APIs, File I/O, and Winsock.

You will work with senior engineers to design, implement, and optimize security capabilities that run close to the OS, across Windows and Linux environments. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand runtime security requirements and translate

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of software development experience or a Master's with 4+ years.
Experience with systems programming using C or C++, including multi-threaded and multi-process apps.
Experience with Windows system programming, Win32 APIs, File I/O, Winsock, and API hooking concepts.

Responsibilities

Develop and enhance runtime security features for a Windows-based endpoint agent.
Design and implement systems-level endpoint security and monitoring capabilities using Go, C, and C++.
Participate in architecture, design, and implementation discussions with senior engineers and architects.
Develop software using Windows system programming interfaces, including Win32 APIs, File I/O, and Winsock.
Investigate Windows platform behavior and interactions between user-mode and kernel-mode components.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate runtime security requirements into reliable software solutions.