Security Engineer

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⛰️ Colorado, Illinois, +1 more states – Remote

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💵 $139.3k - $203.6k / year

⏰ Full Time

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👮‍♂️ Cybersecurity / Security Engineer

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Cisco

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1984

🔧 Hardware

🔐 Security

🏢 Enterprise

Hardware • Security • Enterprise

Cisco is a multinational technology company that provides networking hardware, software, and services to enterprises, service providers, and governments. It builds routers, switches, optical transceivers, programmable silicon, and edge computing platforms, and offers security, collaboration (Webex), observability, and AI-enabled software and support services to help organizations design, operate, and secure large-scale networks and data centers. Cisco also delivers professional services, training, and cloud-managed solutions to support digital transformation and AI-ready infrastructure.

📋 Description

• Lead advanced penetration testing engagements for on-premises and cloud application portfolios • Create sophisticated attack plans to identify vulnerabilities • Provide detailed, actionable remediation guidance to development teams • Build and operate agentic AI workflows to scale security testing • Increase testing coverage across complex system architectures • Make risk-based security decisions • Champion a proactive security culture using human judgment and autonomous agents • Collaborate with development and engineering teams to improve product security maturity

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree plus 7 years of related experience, Master’s plus 4 years, or PhD plus 1 year in application-level penetration testing • Offensive security experience across web applications, mobile applications, networks, and distributed systems • Technical understanding of common vulnerabilities, attack vectors, and remediation strategies • Experience with public cloud platforms, specifically AWS and GCP • Ability to develop and maintain custom tooling using Python or Bash • Preferred: active contributions to the security community, including research publications, CVEs, open-source projects, or bug-bounty recognitions • Preferred: experience with C++, Javascript, Python, or Go • Preferred: experience with Splunk products or similar large-scale data platforms • Preferred: experience building cross-functional relationships with engineering teams • Preferred: communication, mentoring, and constructive technical feedback experience

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance • 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution • Paid parental leave • Short- and long-term disability coverage • Basic life insurance • Cisco restricted stock unit grants may be available, subject to eligibility • 10 paid holidays per full calendar year • 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees • 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday • Paid year-end holiday shutdown • 4 paid days off for personal wellness • 16 days of paid vacation per full calendar year for non-exempt employees • Flexible vacation time off program with no defined limit for eligible exempt employees • 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter • Up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward annually • Additional paid time away for critical or emergency family issues • Optional 10 paid volunteer days per full calendar year • Annual bonuses for non-sales roles, subject to Cisco policies • Performance-based incentive pay for employees on sales plans