AI DevSecOps Engineer

Cisco•Milpitas, CA

1d•$203,000 - $258,600

About The Position

Cisco is seeking a highly experienced, security-focused DevSecOps practitioner to improve the security outcomes of its core AI products. As a lead engineer on the Platform and Security team within Cisco’s AI Software and Platform Group, you will apply expertise in information security, DevOps, software development, and compliance to strengthen the organization’s security posture. The team designs and operates infrastructure for AI offerings including Cisco Cloud Control, AI Defense, and AI Canvas. In partnership with Observability Engineering and other teams, you will help set observability standards, deliver platform solutions, and improve production reliability, including work toward agentic observability that surfaces health insights more intelligently than traditional dashboards and alerts. The role focuses on embedding security throughout the software development lifecycle, leading compliance and security assurance, reviewing architectures and modeling threats, conducting adversarial red teaming, and helping teams ship secure-by-design products. You will also maintain a risk register and guide leadership in making risk-based decisions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field and 7 years of experience; or a master’s degree and 4 years of related experience; or a PhD and 1 year of related experience.
At least 2 years of experience using AI agents to perform security testing and evaluations against code and deployed systems.
Experience with shift-left security, including integrating SAST/DAST into CI pipelines.
Knowledge of Prisma Cloud, Wiz, or similar CNAPP tools.
Experience operationalizing vulnerability management, including setting and meeting severity-based SLAs, handling exceptions, and reducing developer remediation friction.
Experience securing runtime workloads and cloud infrastructure, including a prior rollout of CADR/XDR/CWPP or similar.
Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure.
Ability to secure Infrastructure as Code, including Terraform and Helm.

Nice To Haves

CISSP or another ISC2 certification is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Drive a shift-left security strategy and ensure security is incorporated throughout the SDLC.
Lead compliance efforts with internal and external audit teams, provide evidence, ensure adherence to controls, and serve as a point person for security assurance.
Conduct security architecture reviews, lead threat modeling exercises, and perform adversarial red teaming on internal products.
Help deliver secure-by-design products.
Create and maintain an organizational risk register and advise leadership on risk-based decision making.
Help set observability standards, deliver platform solutions, and improve production reliability in partnership with teams across the AI Software and Platform Group.

Benefits

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
401(k) plan with 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 and vesting conditions
10 paid holidays per full calendar year
Floating holiday for non-exempt employees
Paid birthday day off
Paid year-end holiday shutdown
Four paid personal wellness days
Paid vacation or flexible vacation time off, depending on employee classification and applicable program
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1, with up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward
Additional paid time away may be requested for critical or emergency family-member issues
Optional 10 paid volunteer days per full calendar year
Annual bonuses may be available for non-sales roles, subject to Cisco policies
Sales-plan incentive compensation may be available for sales roles, subject to the applicable Cisco plan