Senior Director: Policy & Data Platform Engineering

Cisco Systems, Inc.; Milpitas (CA); Hybrid; USD 294,000 - 407,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life insurance

Vision insurance

Parental leave

Paid holidays

Sick time

401(k)

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Senior Director of Engineering for Policy and Data Platform in Milpitas, CA. The role leads architecture and roadmaps, driving policy-based security solutions at scale across Cisco’s infrastructure.

You will build a multi-team organization, align capabilities with customer needs, and establish standards to improve reliability and trust in security policies across hybrid environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in an engineering leadership role managing managers or senior engineers.
• Experience architecting and scaling data platforms or policy systems in production.
• Experience managing engineering budgets and resource planning for an organization of 30+ engineers.
• Experience delivering large-scale distributed systems from design through production launch.

Responsibilities

• Own the strategy, architecture, and roadmap for the Policy and Data Platform.
• Build and scale a multi-team engineering organization, developing managers and senior engineers.
• Translate customer security policy needs into durable technical systems.
• Partner with product and security teams to align platform capabilities with customer needs.
• Set engineering standards and operational practices that improve platform reliability.

Skills

Leadership experience

Policy systems

Distributed systems

Security policy

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in CS/Engineering

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Senior Director of Engineering for Policy and Data Platform in Milpitas, CA. The role leads architecture and roadmaps, driving policy-based security solutions at scale across Cisco’s infrastructure.

You will build a multi-team organization, align capabilities with customer needs, and establish standards to improve reliability and trust in security policies across hybrid environments.