20 hours ago
Durham, NC, USA or Austin, TX, USAIntern
Base Salary
$44k - $185k/yr
Responsibilities
- Support security initiatives within Cisco’s Security & Trust Organization.
- Work with internal and external stakeholders across IT, Product, Customer Experience, and other Cisco business units.
- Apply programming, scripting, systems, web development, testing, debugging, and security knowledge to potential security research work.
- Communicate complex technical concepts clearly and effectively.
- Learn and adapt to new technologies in a fast-paced environment.
Requirements
- Currently enrolled in an undergraduate associate or bachelor’s degree program in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Data Science, or a related field.
- Proficiency in C/C++, Python, and Java.
- Strong knowledge of Linux, networking, operating systems, embedded development, and database systems.
- Hands-on experience with QA, testing, debugging, web application development, and web services development.
- Must be a U.S. citizen and able to legally live and work in the country of application without visa support or sponsorship.
- Preferred qualifications include cybersecurity focus, participation in CTFs, and knowledge or experience with Linux, networking concepts, OS fundamentals, embedded development, ML, databases, web applications, web services, QA, testing, or debugging.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contributions, paid parental leave, disability coverage, and basic life insurance, subject to eligibility.
- Potential eligibility for Cisco restricted stock units and annual bonuses for non-sales roles.
- Paid holidays, floating holiday, birthday leave, year-end shutdown, personal wellness days, vacation, sick time, family emergency leave, and optional paid volunteer days, subject to Cisco policies.
- The posting advertises potential future opportunities, and the exact role may not be open at the time of application.
About Cisco
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.