Senior Staff Engineer, Agentic Identity & AI Security

Cisco Systems; Pierre (SD); On-site; USD 214,000 - 310,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with Cisco matching

Paid parental leave

Short and long-term disability

Basic life insurance

Paid time away including holidays and休

Job summary

Cisco Systems seeks a Technical Leader to design and implement core identity capabilities for AI agents across cloud, on‑prem, and hybrid environments. You will drive architecture from concept to production, mentoring engineers and setting standards for secure, scalable non‑human identity platforms.

You will build APIs, tooling, and patterns to enable adoption across platform teams and partner with Security, AI, and Cloud Operations to align with real-world constraints.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; 12+ years of software engineering OR Master’s with 8+ years of relevant experience.
• 10+ years designing and building distributed systems, backend services, or security platforms in production.
• 5+ years implementing enterprise identity, authentication, or access protocols (OAuth/SAML/OIDC/SCIM/LDAP/SPIFFE).
• 4+ years containerization experience (Docker/Kubernetes) and at least one major cloud platform (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• 3+ years security engineering principles including threat modeling and architectural reviews.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build scalable identity and access management frameworks for AI agents across cloud, on‑prem, and hybrid environments.
• Deliver reusable APIs, SDKs, CLI tools, and MCP-based patterns for cross‑team adoption.
• Drive cross‑functional alignment with Security, AI Platform, Product, and Cloud Ops teams.
• Lead architectural direction, code reviews, and engineering standards for non‑human identity.
• Deliver production MVPs, prototype solutions, and iterate into scalable production services.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field

Master’s degree with 8+ years of relevant experience

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS/Azure/GCP

SPIFFE/MCP

Job description

Cisco Systems seeks a Technical Leader to design and implement core identity capabilities for AI agents across cloud, on‑prem, and hybrid environments. You will drive architecture from concept to production, mentoring engineers and setting standards for secure, scalable non‑human identity platforms.

You will build APIs, tooling, and patterns to enable adoption across platform teams and partner with Security, AI, and Cloud Operations to align with real-world constraints.