Data Engineer Remote

Cisco•Rtp, NC

1d•Remote

About The Position

The Data Engineer will serve as the domain expert for data pipelines on Cisco’s Attack Surface Management team, which aggregates, normalizes, and correlates security data from more than 120 sources. The role owns the data ingestion and attribution layer, ensuring assets and vulnerabilities are traced to their owners, business units, and criticality tiers. It supports a shift from reactive monitoring to proactive, data-driven security by turning raw security data into actionable findings and helping reduce Mean Time to Remediation (MTTR). The role also contributes to AI-augmented data analysis and automated correlation.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field plus 3 or more years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree in a related field.
Proficiency in Python and SQL, with the ability to write clean, maintainable code.
Demonstrated experience building and operating ETL/ELT pipelines using REST APIs and semi-structured data such as JSON and YAML.
Experience with Git-based workflows, CI/CD, and data modeling standard processes.
Proficiency in using AI/ML, including applying AI to data analysis and correlation tasks.

Nice To Haves

Exposure to security data domains such as vulnerability management, asset inventory, CMDB, or SIEM.
Experience with pipeline orchestration tools such as Airflow or Dagster and transformation frameworks such as dbt.
Familiarity with graph data models, relationship-based asset modeling, or AI/ML-driven data analysis.
Cloud platform experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP and knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code principles.
Experience operating within large-scale, federated, or decentralized enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain data pipelines that ingest and normalize security data from sources such as asset inventories, vulnerability scanners, cloud providers, and identity systems.
Operate and improve the attribution layer by implementing entity resolution and ownership assignment rules as version-controlled code.
Establish data quality monitoring to detect anomalies, missing data, and correlation failures before issues affect end users.
Develop automated correlation logic for complex infrastructure scenarios where conventional identification keys are insufficient.
Collaborate with analysts and leadership to provide query support, reporting, and executive metrics that inform security program decisions.

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
Paid holidays
Floating holiday for non-exempt employees
Paid day off for employee’s birthday
Paid year-end holiday shutdown
Paid personal wellness days
Paid vacation time for non-exempt employees
Flexible vacation time off program for eligible exempt employees
Sick time off
Additional paid time away may be requested for critical or emergency family issues
Optional paid volunteer days
Annual bonuses for eligible non-sales roles
Potential grants of Cisco restricted stock units