Security Engineer

Cisco Systems; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems is seeking a passionate Security Engineer to lead security engineering initiatives, focusing on securing both cloud and on-premise offerings. The role requires a deep expertise in security areas including application security, encryption, and public cloud infrastructure. You will work closely with various teams to fulfill security requirements and ensure robust security outcomes for products.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in a security-focused role.
• 5+ years experience with multiple security subject areas.
• Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL) expertise.

Responsibilities

• Drive security engineering initiatives across Cisco.
• Partner with offer teams to build secure cloud and on-premise offers.
• Collaborate with various teams to ensure compliance with security requirements.

Skills

Application Security

Encryption and Key Management

Authentication

CI/CD Pipelines

Containers

Orchestration

Public Cloud Infrastructure

Education

BS Degree in Computer Science or related

Job description

The application window is expected to close on: 6/27/26 for U.S. ONLY.

NOTE: Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Meet the Team

This team collaborates with engineering groups to identify product security surfaces, co-design mitigation security strategies, and ensure alignment with the Cisco Secure Development Lifecycle (CSDL). They partner with executives, product marketing leads, technical leaders, program managers, and development/testing teams to drive compliance with security requirements. Working closely with Cisco's Security and Trust Organization, they help build tools and capabilities that empower product teams to achieve robust security outcomes.

Your Impact

A Security Engineer drives security engineering initiatives across Cisco. The candidate must have both deep security engineering expertise and the ability to partner with offer teams to help build and operate secure cloud and on-prem offers. As a Security Engineer, you are passionate about security. You have deep security engineering expertise in multiple areas, and you want to use that expertise to secure internet-scale products.

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS Degree in Computer Science or related
• 8+ years of demonstrated experience in a security-focused role.
• 5+ years experience with multiple security subject areas (application security, encryption and key management, authentication, CI/CD pipelines, containers, and orchestration, public cloud infrastructure).
• Experience with various classes of security weaknesses, vulnerabilities, and corresponding mitigations.
• Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL) expertise.
• Security architecture and/or security engineering experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience securing enterprise scale cloud and on-prem offers.
• Experience with Information Security, Cloud Operations, Monitoring, and Incident Response.
• CISSP Certification
• Strong social and technical communication skills, abilities to influence others at multiple levels of the company and with significant experience working with multiple programs and partners at once.
• Knowledge of Cisco products and solutions, including embedded, virtualized and cloud product offerings.
• You are experienced in projects using security engineering methodology and workflows.

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Simply put – we power the future.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

#WeAreCisco

About the company

Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational technology conglomerate headquartered in San Jose, California, in the center of Silicon Valley.

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