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Software Architect, Duo

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25 days ago
Remote, United StatesSenior
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$178k - $257k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Assess existing Duo software and production architecture to identify compliance gaps.
  • Translate FedRAMP, CRA, PQC, and related requirements into engineering projects, roadmaps, deliverables, ownership, and execution paths.
  • Build AI-enabled tools that help engineering teams meet compliance requirements.
  • Triage CIAM issues and coordinate remediation with Duo Engineering teams.
  • Provide application-level compliance evidence for auditors.
  • Answer product compliance and security questionnaires for customers.
  • Coordinate with product managers responsible for compliance-related features and certifications.
  • Identify and coordinate cross-team dependencies across Security, Product, SRE, and Engineering.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree plus 12 years of related experience, or a master’s degree plus 8 years, or a PhD plus 5 years, including software development lifecycle and project management experience.
  • Experience with microservice-based architecture and modern SaaS applications on AWS, GCP, or Azure.
  • Experience with existing software implementations and designing and building new AI-enabled tools.
  • Experience in regulatory compliance architecture, including FedRAMP, CRA, and PQC.
  • Experience translating compliance and security requirements into engineering roadmaps and deliverables.
  • Ability to influence Security, Product, SRE, and Engineering cross-functionally without direct authority.
  • Experience building IAM products is preferred.
  • Experience working in FIPS or FedRAMP environments is preferred.
  • Experience with post-quantum cryptography transition planning and execution is preferred.

Benefits

  • Preferred locations are Ann Arbor, Michigan, or Austin, Texas; remote candidates will be considered.
  • U.S. benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) with Cisco matching, paid parental leave, disability coverage, and basic life insurance.
  • Employees may be eligible for Cisco restricted stock unit grants and annual bonuses for non-sales roles.
  • Paid time off includes holidays, wellness days, birthday and year-end shutdown time, vacation or flexible vacation depending on classification, sick time, and optional volunteer days.
  • The posting states that additional paid time away may be available for critical or emergency family issues.
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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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