Senior Windows Endpoint Security Engineer — Remote

Cisco; Miami (FL); Remote; USD 168,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with Cisco match

Parental leave

Disability benefits

Vacation

Job summary

Cisco Isovalent, now part of Cisco, seeks a Software Engineer to advance runtime security features on a Windows-based endpoint agent. You will develop with Go, C, and C++, using Win32 APIs and network programming to enhance security, visibility, and monitoring across Windows and Linux.

Join a cross-functional team of engineers and architects, participate in design reviews, optimize performance, and contribute to cross-platform security capabilities for enterprise, data center, and cloud

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of software development experience, or a Master's degree with 4+ years of software development experience.
• Experience with systems programming using C, or C++, including multi-threaded and multi-process application development.
• 2+ year’s experience with operating system fundamentals, including threads, processes, file systems, networking, and inter-process communication.
• Experience with Windows system programming, including Win32 APIs, File I/O, Winsock, and familiarity with API hooking concepts.
• Experience debugging and troubleshooting complex software systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance runtime security features for a Windows-based endpoint agent.
• Design and implement systems-level endpoint security and monitoring capabilities using Go, C, and C++.
• Participate in architecture, design, and implementation discussions with senior engineers and architects.
• Develop software using Windows system programming interfaces, including Win32 APIs, File I/O, and Winsock.
• Investigate Windows platform behavior, APIs, and interactions between user-mode and kernel-mode components.
• Develop multi-threaded and multi-process applications and system-level software.
• Debug and resolve complex implementation issues and perform code reviews to improve software quality.
• Analyze and optimize feature performance to ensure efficient endpoint operation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand runtime security requirements and translate them into reliable software solutions.
• Contribute to cross-platform security capabilities spanning Windows and Linux environments.

Skills

Go

C

C++

Multithreading

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Master's degree in CS or related field

Tools

Win32 APIs

Winsock

Windows system programming

Job description

Cisco Isovalent, now part of Cisco, seeks a Software Engineer to advance runtime security features on a Windows-based endpoint agent. You will develop with Go, C, and C++, using Win32 APIs and network programming to enhance security, visibility, and monitoring across Windows and Linux.

Join a cross-functional team of engineers and architects, participate in design reviews, optimize performance, and contribute to cross-platform security capabilities for enterprise, data center, and cloud