• Cloud-Focused Software Security Architect

    Cisco (Research Triangle Park, NC)


    The application window is expected to close on: May 31, 2025

     

    Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

    Position Overview

    Cisco’s Security Visibility and Incident Command team (SVIC) is looking for a Software Security Architect with extensive experience developing with/for cloud technologies and IaaS platforms such as Amazon Web Services,.

     

    The ideal candidate must enjoy working in a fast-paced dynamic environment with a "take-charge" / "can-do" attitude and is able to demonstrate flexibility and resiliency. Successful candidate must be self-sufficient and be able to work with minimal supervision. Work with geographically distributed teams across different time zones. A strong cloud developer who works with cross-functional teams to create internal security-monitoring products for cloud-hosted offerings on various IaaS platforms, also creating solutions for automatic deployment of said security products.

     

    Role & Responsibilities

    In this highly visible role as a cloud-focused InfoSec Architect you will:

    * Work with a highly skilled Data Engineering team, bringing your skills, innovations, and leadership to development innovative solutions to security problems

    * Design and build high performance, scalable, complex and distributed systems - end to end

    * Develop automated solutions, demonstrating measurable gains in business efficiency and effectiveness

    * Develop security solutions for services/offerings hosted on AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Azure, and potentially other IaaS platforms

    * Learn quickly on the job as SVIC tackles security solutions for IaaS platforms that may be new to you and others on the team

    * Bring technical solutions to the leadership team, solicit feedback on solutions recommended, new product ideas with the team through design review, pair programming, code review and tech talks

    * Document your solutions clearly and thoroughly and use that to train others on the team, including production support personnel

    * Participate in Agile/Scrum teams, using sprints to deliver software solutions in an iterative manner

    Skills & Qualifications

    • 10+ years of experience with Python, HTML/CSS/JS, *nix /Bash

    • Knowledge of Application/IaaS Platform/Cloud security best practices and implementation

    • 4 to 6 years of experience with AWS services & features like S3, Lambda, EC2, RDS, DynamoDB, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, VPC Flow logging

    • Experience with Linux/UNIX systems and the best practices for deploying applications to those stacks

    • Development / build tools: SBT/Maven, Git, Docker, containers

    • Experience with micro-services application design

    • Experience with DevOps development environment, CI/CD

    • Experience in API Gateways, REST based services (server and client side)

    • Experience with Data analytics, transformation, NoSQL, Parallel computing

    • Ability to learn quickly on the job when introduced to new technologies

    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

     

    Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.

     

    Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.