Cisco

Software Security Engineer

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Durham, NC, USASenior
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Base Salary

$129k - $185k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Develop, debug, review, and technically lead full-stack applications and microservices.
  • Conduct security assessments, vulnerability scans, audits, application and infrastructure penetration testing, and AI red-team testing.
  • Implement security best practices across applications, AI platforms and agents, infrastructure as code, cloud services, and network architectures.
  • Automate security checks and tools within CI/CD pipelines and AI tools.
  • Fix vulnerabilities, respond to security incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and maintain secure applications.
  • Design and optimize secure, scalable AI agents, semantic layers, multi-agent protocols, and external-tool integrations.
  • Collaborate with engineers, architects, product owners, vendors, and global delivery teams on application design, releases, and sprint work.
  • Mentor junior colleagues and provide technical support and code reviews.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • At least 5 years of experience as a SOC Analyst, Detection Engineer, Security Engineer, Threat Intelligence Analyst, or in an adjacent IT field.
  • At least 5 years of experience with full-stack development, application design, and technical leadership of application development.
  • Strong understanding of AI/ML concepts, practical AI techniques, MCP tools, and security.
  • Proficiency in DevSecOps, application security, application security testing, API security, and the MEAN stack.
  • Experience developing microservices with Angular, GoLang, Python, Node.js, Java, Java/TypeScript, or RESTful services.
  • Experience with CI/CD tools, cloud security services, infrastructure as code, secure coding, scripting, and automation.
  • Experience with SQL, PL/SQL, relational, in-memory, and NoSQL databases including Oracle, Snowflake, and MongoDB.
  • Understanding of the MITRE ATT&CK framework, incident response, security policies, HTTP, TCP ports, logging, proxies, and payload manipulation.
  • Experience with penetration testing tools such as Caido and Burp Suite.
  • Familiarity with Oracle Cloud, AWS, and Azure.
  • Experience with React, Angular, Node.js, Java, Java/TypeScript, RPA technologies, Oracle, MongoDB, and Snowflake.
  • Experience with test automation tools such as UiPath, Playwright, or Fluent.
  • Advanced prompt engineering skills; Java, database, cloud, AWS, and AI/ML certifications are highly valued.

Benefits

  • Cisco provides medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with matching contributions, paid parental leave, disability coverage, and basic life insurance for eligible U.S. employees.
  • Eligible employees may receive Cisco restricted stock units and annual bonuses subject to company policies.
  • Paid time off includes holidays, a floating holiday, birthday leave, year-end shutdown, wellness days, vacation or flexible vacation, sick time, and family emergency leave.
  • Employees may receive up to 10 paid volunteer days per year.
  • The posted starting salary range is $128,600.00 to $184,900.00, excluding incentive compensation, equity, and benefits.

Tech Stack

AngularAWSAzureGoJavaMongoDBNode.jsOracle CloudPythonReactSnowflakeSQLTypeScript

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About Cisco

10,000+ employees

Cisco designs and sells networking, security, and collaboration platforms for enterprises, service providers, and governments, spanning routers and switches, Wi‑Fi, firewalls, zero‑trust, observability, and cloud-managed IT (Meraki) plus Webex. Its business model mixes hardware, software subscriptions, and support/consulting services. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Cisco is a public company traded on Nasdaq and serves customers across data centers, campuses, and service provider networks.

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