Security Engineer - Cloud & Automation (FedRAMP)

Cisco Systems, Inc.; Scaggsville (MD); On-site; USD 138,100 - 198,200; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Talos Security Operations Team is seeking a Security Engineer to monitor, analyze, and protect assets and data across hybrid environments. You will collaborate with platform, data, and software teams to identify risks and implement automated remediation across the stack.

You will apply secure coding practices, threat modeling, and incident response to reduce vulnerabilities and improve security posture, while supporting scalable, reliable product releases.

Qualifications

• 3+ years professional experience in information security, with a focus on security engineering, with experience in securing hybrid infrastructures.
• Experience in cloud platforms (e.g., Amazon AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure), especially with securing multi-cloud networks.
• Experience with secure coding practices, application security frameworks, threat modeling, risk assessments, and incident response.
• Experience building scalable solutions which address security defects and/or optimize various tasks while employing AI solutions where necessary.
• Experience addressing security gaps or inefficiencies through the creation of custom automation and tooling.

Responsibilities

• Identify security gaps and build out automation to optimize ongoing testing and response.
• Analyze environments and identify potential risks for review by broader team.
• Interpret results from various vulnerability reports and work on sustainable solutions.
• Track remediation tasks across developers, product owners and business collaborators to ensure vulnerability management compliance.

Skills

Security engineering

Hybrid infrastructures

Cloud platforms

Secure coding practices

Threat modeling

Incident response

Automation

Code reviews

Vulnerability management

Tools

Tenable

AWS security service

Burp Suite

Job description

Cisco Talos Security Operations Team is seeking a Security Engineer to monitor, analyze, and protect assets and data across hybrid environments. You will collaborate with platform, data, and software teams to identify risks and implement automated remediation across the stack.

You will apply secure coding practices, threat modeling, and incident response to reduce vulnerabilities and improve security posture, while supporting scalable, reliable product releases.