Senior Staff Engineer: Agentic Identity for AI

Cisco Systems; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 214,000 - 310,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco is hiring a Technical Leader to define core agentic identity capabilities across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments. You will lead architectural strategy from concept to production, turning complex identity and access challenges into scalable software for AI systems.

You will design identity frameworks, deliver APIs and tools, and partner with Security, AI Platform, and Product teams to ensure robust, enterprise-grade solutions.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering in distributed systems or security platforms.
• 8+ years building enterprise identity, authentication, or access protocols.
• 4+ years of containerization (Docker, containerd, Kubernetes) and cloud exposure.
• 3+ years of security engineering with threat modeling or security reviews.
• Experience with model context or MCP is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build scalable identity and access management for AI agents.
• Deliver tooling, APIs, SDKs, and integration patterns across teams.
• Drive cross-functional alignment with Security, AI Platform, and Product.
• Set architectural direction and mentor engineering talent.
• Prototype and iterate MVPs into production services.

Skills

Distributed systems

Identity & auth

Security architecture

Containerization

Cloud platforms

Go/C/C++/Java

Threat modeling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE/EE or related tech field

Master’s degree with 8+ years relevant experience

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Cisco is hiring a Technical Leader to define core agentic identity capabilities across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments. You will lead architectural strategy from concept to production, turning complex identity and access challenges into scalable software for AI systems.

You will design identity frameworks, deliver APIs and tools, and partner with Security, AI Platform, and Product teams to ensure robust, enterprise-grade solutions.