Engineering Product Manager

Cisco•Atlanta, NC

1d•$130,500 - $175,000

About The Position

Cisco’s Security Operations & Technology organization is transforming identity and access management by adopting best-in-class tools, standards, and practices. The Engineering Product Manager will develop and refine access controls within the Authorization and Identity Governance system, crafting, deploying, and optimizing policies across platforms such as PlainID, SailPoint, Active Directory, and Snowflake. The role supports secure, efficient, and scalable access management across enterprise systems. The position owns roadmaps for onboarding enterprise applications to the central IAM/IGA platform and for delivering platform features and infrastructure initiatives. It also plans for platform growth, manages IGA platform releases and CI/CD improvements, and works with IT, security teams, and business customers to turn requirements into policy solutions. The role maintains policy integrity and documentation, resolves access and policy issues, and provides technical guidance, training, and support in access control and IGA. The role collaborates across multifunctional groups in Security and Trust, Infrastructure, Legal, Business Operations, and Customer/Partner Experience, including business and technical architecture groups, product owners, and development leads. Cisco describes a collaborative, inclusive culture focused on innovation, accountability, diversity, and customer impact. For U.S. and/or Canada locations, the posted starting salary range is $130,500–$175,000, excluding incentive compensation, equity, and benefits; actual pay depends on factors including location, skills, and experience. Certain U.S. location ranges are higher as specified in the posting. Eligible U.S. employees may receive medical, dental, vision, retirement, leave, disability, life insurance, paid time off, and bonus or incentive compensation depending on role and applicable plans. Employees may also be eligible for Cisco restricted stock units.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
12 or more years of experience in cybersecurity, with understanding of IGA, RBAC, ABAC, and PBAC.
Demonstrated experience with SailPoint, PlainID, or similar PBAC systems.
Solid understanding of policy languages such as XACML or Rego.
Demonstrated experience with Snowflake, Airflow, SFDC, Google BigQuery, Mulesoft, REST, OpenShift, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS.
Familiarity with IAM concepts and technologies, especially policy-based access control.
Background integrating IAM solutions with enterprise systems such as ERP and CRM systems.
Experience with directory services such as LDAP and Active Directory, and federated identity protocols such as SAML, OpenID Connect, and OAuth.
Familiarity with programming and scripting languages such as Java, Python, and PowerShell.
Ability to analyze complex systems and data to develop access control solutions.
Strong problem-solving, analytical, and critical-thinking skills.
Strong communication and collaboration skills across diverse teams and customers.
Knowledge of security standards and compliance frameworks relevant to access management.
Ability to work through complicated technical problems, influence stakeholders, lead business-solution development, and clearly communicate complex concepts.

Responsibilities

Develop the roadmap for onboarding enterprise applications onto the central IAM/IGA platform.
Develop a roadmap covering feature delivery, such as Segregation of Duties checks, training mandates, and bulk approvals, as well as platform initiatives such as infrastructure deployment and CI/CD process improvements.
Plan platform scalability to support future growth in users and integrated applications.
Design, implement, and manage access control policies in PlainID to meet business requirements.
Create and manage the IGA platform release schedule, including major, minor, and patch releases.
Manage release-planning and formal Go/No-Go meetings with customers.
Manage the CI/CD pipeline as a product, prioritizing improvements to its speed and reliability.
Work with IT, security teams, and business customers to gather requirements and translate business needs into policy solutions.
Help ensure the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of information accessed through policy enforcement.
Maintain, update, and refine policies to address changes in security and business needs.
Resolve policy-related and access-provisioning issues in a timely and accurate manner.
Document policy configurations and changes for audit and compliance purposes.
Share knowledge and standards within the team to support continuous improvement in policy management.
Provide technical expertise and guidance in RBAC, ABAC, PBAC, and IGA.
Serve as the organizational authority for PlainID and SailPoint IGA, providing training and support to IT staff and end users.

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 and floating holiday for eligible non-exempt employees
Paid birthday day off
Paid year-end holiday shutdown
Paid personal wellness days
Flexible vacation time off for eligible exempt employees
Paid vacation time for eligible non-exempt employees
Paid sick time
Additional paid time away may be requested for critical or emergency family issues
Optional paid volunteer days
Annual bonuses for eligible non-sales employees
Performance-based incentive pay for employees on sales plans
Potential Cisco restricted stock unit grants