As the Security Foundations Engineering team within the Platform Engineering organization, we own and operate foundational platform security components that enable secure management of secrets, auditing, cryptography, and compliance capabilities across our product portfolio. Our work aligns with internal and external security standards, industry best practices, and rigorous compliance requirements. We are a team of 10+ engineers working in a fast-paced, high-velocity environment, leveraging innovative technologies. Our customers include internal engineering teams as well as end users, and we support critical use cases that ensure the security, compliance, and functionality of our SaaS and On-Prem offerings. We build and maintain a fleet of cloud-based, highly available platform security services deployed across multiple geographic regions on multiple cloud service providers.
Your Impact
Build, test, debug, and maintain core security components and capabilities using Go (and/or C++) to support secure, reliable, and scalable product functionality. Deliver well-scoped features, fixes, enhancements, automation, and operational improvements from design through implementation and completion. Write clean, maintainable, and secure code with strong unit and integration test coverage to improve product quality, reliability, and compliance. Investigate product and production issues to identify root causes and contribute to durable fixes, while participating in 24/7 on-call support and broader Ops/SRE responsibilities to help ensure service availability and operational excellence. Collaborate with senior engineers, product management, support, and engineering partners to improve system behaviour, deliver customer value, and grow ownership over broader technical areas over time.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree + 5 years of related experience, or Masters + 3 years of related experience
- Bachelor’s degree plus 3 years of related experience
- Professional experience delivering and maintaining production software in Go and/or C++
- Solid foundation in software design, debugging, testing and secure coding principles
- Good understanding of Unix/Linux (including shell scripting), networking concepts and cybersecurity fundamentals
- Ability to troubleshoot technical issues methodically and learn unfamiliar parts of a system
- Experience adopting and applying GenAI tools across software engineering workflows
- Growth mindset, strong desire to learn, try new technologies, and take on new challenges
- Strong verbal and written English communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure across GCP, AWS, or Azure, along with DevOps practices and Site Reliability Engineering.
- Proficiency in containerization technologies and container orchestration with Kubernetes
- Experience with automation tools like Terraform for infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD pipeline management
- Solid understanding of cybersecurity concepts, including secrets management, auditing, cryptography, and compliance, with practical experience using HashiCorp ecosystem and cloud-native security services.
- Experience with observability, monitoring, and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Splunk.
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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree plus 5 years of related experience, or Master's degree plus 3 years of related experience
- Bachelor's degree plus 3 years of related experience
- Professional experience delivering and maintaining production software in Go and/or C++
- Solid foundation in software design, debugging, testing, and secure coding principles
- Good understanding of Unix/Linux, shell scripting, networking concepts, and cybersecurity fundamentals
- Ability to troubleshoot technical issues methodically and learn unfamiliar parts of a system
- Experience adopting and applying GenAI tools across software engineering workflows
- Growth mindset and willingness to learn, try new technologies, and take on new challenges
- Strong verbal and written English communication skills
- Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure across GCP, AWS, or Azure, DevOps practices, and Site Reliability Engineering
- Proficiency in containerization technologies and Kubernetes orchestration
- Experience with Terraform, infrastructure as code, and CI/CD pipeline management
- Understanding of cybersecurity concepts including secrets management, auditing, cryptography, and compliance, with HashiCorp or cloud-native security experience
- Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, or similar observability, monitoring, and logging tools
Cisco Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cisco and has not been reviewed or approved by Cisco.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as broad, with medical options including PPOs, high-deductible plans, and regional HMOs. Feedback suggests robust wellness and mental-health resources, with some locations offering on-site support and second medical opinions.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is highlighted through paid holidays, paid time off, and additional recharge days such as “Days for Me,” with generous volunteer time also mentioned. Feedback suggests these programs help support rest, volunteering, and critical life events.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental and family support appears extensive, including paid child-bonding leave, family medical leave, and caregiving resources. Observations also point to family-planning assistance and adoption or surrogacy support in some regions.
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What We Do
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