Security Research Engineering Lead

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🌲 North Carolina, Texas – Remote

🌲 North Carolina – Remote 🤠 Texas – Remote

💵 $151.6k - $222.4k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

📚 Research 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

• Serve as the security authority for the product portfolio • Maintain a current, data-backed view of portfolio security posture and risk • Translate threat trends, architectural shifts, and security debt into actionable priorities • Advise and influence Product Management, Engineering, IT/Enterprise Operations, and Business Information Security Officer partners • Set the architecture bar and review and approve secure designs across the portfolio • Adapt security by design and security by default to each context and make architecture trade-off decisions • Lead portfolio-wide threat modeling and tie models directly to design decisions • Integrate AI securely into in-scope platforms and apply Software Security AI frameworks • Advocate for AI capabilities that strengthen security outcomes • Threat-model and think like an attacker • Coordinate security subject-matter experts in cryptography, identity, and other areas • Present prioritized lists of unmitigated security risks at release or delivery • Define and lead security engineering metrics, including risk reduction, mean time to remediate, security debt, and developer adoption

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree plus 8 years of related experience, or Master's degree plus 6 years of related experience, or PhD plus 3 years of related experience, or equivalent related work experience • Proven experience leading threat modeling and secure design/architecture reviews for complex software systems, including AI- and LLM-enabled features • Demonstrated experience interpreting SAST, DAST, and SCA results and translating findings into risk-based, evidence-backed remediation guidance • Extensive experience integrating security controls into modern CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native environments, including Kubernetes and containers • Validated ability to influence engineering and product leadership and drive security outcomes across teams without direct authority • Specialized expertise in one or more of identity and access management, cryptography, data security, application security, or software supply chain security • Experience with SBOM generation, artifact signing, and SLSA-aligned practices • Experience partnering with internal information technology, operations, or platform engineering teams on applications and workflow/automation platforms • Experience defining and using security metrics to influence roadmap and investment decisions • Advanced knowledge of emerging security threats, vulnerability research, and industry-standard security frameworks • Relevant industry certifications such as CISSP, CSSLP, CCSP, or GIAC

🏖️ 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 • 10 paid holidays per full calendar year • 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees • Paid employee birthday • Paid year-end holiday shutdown • 4 paid days off for personal wellness • Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year • Exempt employees participate in Cisco's flexible vacation time off program with no defined limit, subject to availability and business limitations • 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 • Additional paid time away for critical or emergency family issues • Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer • Annual bonuses for non-sales roles, subject to Cisco's policies