Software Engineering Technical Leader

Cisco Cloud Security is a leading provider of cloud security services enabling the world to connect with confidence on any device, anywhere, anytime. We are passionate about SSE, SIG, and SASE world and our product portfolio includes the cloud delivered Firewall, IPS and VPN integrations and inspection services as highly available distributed systems using cloud engineering practices.

We are building the future of cloud-delivered security. Our team is responsible for the development and operations of the security applications (SaaS) in the SSE, SIG and SASE space. We specialize in developing Security solutions with Kubernetes framework and deploying them in AWS. We develop security capabilities, service chain multiple inspection engines and provide RESTful APIs for Enterprise Network integrations that are key market differentiators. Our cloud security services are critical to the success of the next wave of innovation in the security industry.

We're looking for a software engineering leader to lead and assist in the design, development and operations of the security services in the SIG, SSE and SASE space. The Ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience in people management and leading development of software solutions and is comfortable working in a fast-paced technical environment, wants to solve big problems and cares about getting the little details right.

• Own, execute and deliver significant features and initiatives with cross-team collaboration.
• Solve important customer problems and deliver the most impactful results.
• Track project status & deliverables, balance high quality product delivery under tight schedules and foster long term innovation.
• Contribute to all phases of product development, operations, and maintenance.
• Participate in system design, development and scaling of functional components.
• Influence the team for the best software development practices and effective DevOps.
• Contribute towards strategic quality, consistency and scalability renaissance initiatives within the organization.
• Contribute to a no-blame culture that values learning, transparency, accountability, trust, kindness, and mutual respect.

• 5+ years of experience in leading and managing software engineering teams.
• 10+ years of experience in software development and technical role.
• 5+ years of experience with data plane including C/C++, Rust, GO and working with SaaS and Cloud Technologies like Kubernetes, Docker, Containers.

• Experience running/operating service in AWS/Private cloud and familiarization with EKS, Lambda, DB.
• Experience building RESTful APIs and API Communication using modern API gateways.
• Experience with DevOps, continuous integration, and continuous deployment practices.
• Solid understanding of Microservices architecture and distributed systems.
• Working knowledge of testing methodologies, monitoring, observability tools, and techniques.
• Knowledge of Networking (WAN, SDWAN), routing/switching, L3/L4, TCP/IP is a plus
• Experience building packages for CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with federal compliance requirements (SOC2 and/or FEDRamp) in a DevOps environment.
• Participate in/drive threat modeling and risk management of our infrastructure.
• Drive efforts to achieve/maintain compliance such as SOC2, FedRAMP, etc.

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. We've been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Simply put - we power the future.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you'll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with

empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.