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Principal Engineer | AI and Security | 13+ years

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3 months ago
Bengaluru, IndiaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Integrate AI/ML and LLMs into platforms for threat detection, anomaly analysis, and intelligent policy enforcement.
  • Design security-first architectures covering firewalls, Zero Trust, secure access, and runtime security with technologies such as Tetragon and eBPF.
  • Build cloud-native platform capabilities on Kubernetes across multi-cloud environments.
  • Develop large-scale telemetry, data pipelines, and real-time inference systems for AI-driven insights.
  • Design AI security lifecycle solutions covering model and data protection, access control, and runtime enforcement.
  • Drive end-to-end execution from architecture through production, including hands-on design and critical-path development.
  • Partner with product teams on customer-facing innovation and monetization opportunities.
  • Lead and mentor teams across security, AI, and platform engineering.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of experience in platform engineering, distributed systems, or security architecture.
  • Strong expertise in network and cloud security, including firewalls, Zero Trust, and secure access.
  • Strong expertise in cloud-native systems, including Kubernetes and microservices.
  • Experience with cloud-native security such as Tetragon, eBPF, or similar technologies.
  • Hands-on production experience building, deploying, and scaling LLM/AI applications for security use cases.
  • Strong programming skills in C/C++, Go, and/or Java, with Python for AI integration and automation.
  • Experience building large-scale telemetry- and data-driven platforms.
  • Preferred: experience applying AI to security or networking platforms at scale.
  • Preferred: deep knowledge of Zero Trust, SSE/SASE, and identity-driven architectures.
  • Preferred: experience with AWS, Azure, and GCP multi-cloud platforms.
  • Preferred: product mindset connecting platform innovation to business outcomes and experience driving cross-functional initiatives from concept to production.
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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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