Software Engineering Technical Leader (remote) - 2025538

Cisco; United States; Remote; USD 152,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental and vision insurance

401(k) with matching contribution

Paid parental leave

Disability coverage

Basic life insurance

Job summary

Cisco is seeking a Software Engineering Technical Leader (remote) to support SSR governance and drive the SSR transformation initiative. You will manage intake, coordinate releases, and help convert security requirements into machine-readable specs, partnering with engineers.

Remote-friendly with preferred locations Raleigh/Durham or Austin, but open nationwide. Join a team shaping Secure SDLC across the organization and influencing security posture.

Qualifications

• Secure SDLC methodology experience.
• Governing software security requirements.
• Transform static policies into actionable, machine-readable requirements.
• Lead cross-functional transformation initiatives across SMEs, developers, and product operations.
• DevSecOps and Build Environment Security expertise.

Responsibilities

• Support SSR governance and transformation initiatives.
• Manage intake of improvement requests and coordinate requirements releases.
• Design, build, and maintain agentic workflows for governance, verification, and reporting.
• Collaborate with SMEs, developers and product operations.
• Contribute to threat modeling and build environment security.

Skills

Secure SDLC

Security requirements

Release management

Cross-functional leadership

DevSecOps

Threat modeling

Automation workflows

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Job description

The application window is expected to close on: 11/12/2026 Software Engineering Technical Leader (remote) - 2025538

*Remote position, preferred location is Raleigh/Durham, NC, area (RTP) or Austin, TX but candidate can be located anywhere in U.S.

Meet the Team

Join the Secure SDLC Methodology Team within Security & Trust Organization (S&TO). We are responsible for defining, governing, and transforming the software security requirements and methodologies that protect our products and operations. Our team collaborates across Stewards, Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), and developers to ensure security is seamlessly integrated into the software development lifecycle. We are driving strategic initiatives like CSDL Reimagined, threat modeling, build environment security to ensure operational excellence and durable growth.

Your Impact

As a Software Engineering Technical Leader, you will support the day-to-day operations of Software Security Requirements (SSR) governance and the SSR transformation initiative. You will manage the intake of improvement requests, coordinate regularly scheduled requirements releases, and drive strategic SDLC governance initiatives. You will participate in transforming software security requirements from static policy documents into structured, machine-readable requirements, partnering on the authoring and refinement of requirements from a developer's perspective. Additionally, you will design, build, and maintain agentic workflows that support security requirements governance, verification, and reporting, while supporting critical initiatives such as thread modeling and build environment security.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors + 8 years of related experience, or Masters + 6 years of related experience, or PhD + 3 years of related experience, or equivalent related work experience.
• Extensive experience in Secure SDLC Methodology, including defining and governing software security requirements and release management.
• Proven track record in Security Requirements Engineering, transforming static policies into actionable, machine-readable requirements for engineering workflows.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional transformation initiatives, coordinating across subject matter experts, developers, and product operations.
• Strong background in DevSecOps and Build Environment Security strategy, including designing agentic workflows and automation to support security governance, verification, and reporting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of Threat Modeling and Secure Architecture & Design principles to proactively identify and mitigate security risks.
• Experience supporting strategic SDLC governance initiatives, such as requirements development and maintenance, automated evidence collection, and quantitative risk calculations.
• Exceptional communication skills to build consensus among stakeholders with competing priorities and explain complex security topics clearly.
• Demonstrated ability to establish durable, repeatable processes for requirements intake and release management that scale across the organization

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. We've been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you'll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere. We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

The starting salary range posted for this position is $151,600.00 to $222,400.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco's plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance.

• medical
• dental and vision insurance
• 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
• paid parental leave
• short and long-term disability coverage
• basic life insurance

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