Senior Authorization Engineer (C++/Go, Microservices)

Cisco Systems, Inc; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) With Employer Matching

Paid Parental Leave

Short-Term Disability Coverage

Long-Term Disability Coverage

Life Insurance

Restricted Stock Units

Paid Holidays

Floating Holiday

Birthday Leave

Year-End Holiday Shutdown

Personal Wellness Days

Paid Vacation

Flexible Vacation

Paid Sick Leave

Family Emergency Leave

Paid Volunteer Days

Annual Bonuses

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. seeks an Architect to design and develop high-performance authorization services, primarily in C++, while contributing to Go-based services and platform modernization.

You will lead complex initiatives, make architectural decisions, and coordinate across teams to ensure quality, reliability, and smooth operations. The role requires strong backend experience, production distributed systems expertise, and proven leadership in delivering across initiatives.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor’s degree and at least 7 years of relevant experience, a master’s degree and at least 4 years, or a PhD and at least 1 year.
• Candidates need C++ experience, production distributed-systems or backend-service experience, architectural and technical-design expertise, and a record of leading initiatives through delivery.
• Go, Kubernetes, cloud-native systems, and authorization experience are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and develop high-performance authorization services in C++, while contributing to Go-based services and modernization of the platform.
• Lead complex engineering initiatives and architectural decisions across teams.
• Coordinate work across teams and support code quality, reliability, troubleshooting, and operations.

Skills

C++

Go

Distributed Systems

Backend Services

Software Architecture

Technical Design

Kubernetes

Cloud-Native Infrastructure

Microservices

Identity and Access Management

Authentication

Authorization

RBAC

ABAC

System Scalability

Production Reliability

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

PhD

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. seeks an Architect to design and develop high-performance authorization services, primarily in C++, while contributing to Go-based services and platform modernization.

You will lead complex initiatives, make architectural decisions, and coordinate across teams to ensure quality, reliability, and smooth operations. The role requires strong backend experience, production distributed systems expertise, and proven leadership in delivering across initiatives.