Senior Windows Security Engineer - Remote Endpoint

Cisco; United States; Remote; USD 168,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) match

Paid parental leave

Paid holidays

Job summary

Cisco Isovalent is seeking a Software Engineer for the Windows endpoint security team. You will develop runtime security features and system-level capabilities close to the OS, collaborating with senior engineers across Windows and Linux environments.

You will work on architecture and design discussions, investigate Windows platform behavior, and optimize performance for secure, reliable endpoint software across hybrid environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 5+ years software development, or Master's with 4+ years.
• Experience in systems programming using C or C++, including multi-threaded and multi-process apps.
• 2+ years of OS fundamentals: threads, processes, file systems, networking, IPC.
• Windows system programming: Win32 APIs, File I/O, Winsock, 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 end-to-end security and monitoring capabilities on Windows.

Skills

Go

C

C++

Win32 APIs

File I/O

Winsock

Multi-threaded

Windows system programming

IPC

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Master's degree in CS

Tools

Windows debugging tools

Job description

Cisco Isovalent is seeking a Software Engineer for the Windows endpoint security team. You will develop runtime security features and system-level capabilities close to the OS, collaborating with senior engineers across Windows and Linux environments.

You will work on architecture and design discussions, investigate Windows platform behavior, and optimize performance for secure, reliable endpoint software across hybrid environments.