Engineering Product Manager

Cisco•Research Triangle Park, NC

5d•$130,500 - $175,000

About The Position

Cisco is seeking an Engineering Product Manager for its Security Operations & Technology organization to develop and refine access controls within its Authorization and Identity Governance system. The role focuses on crafting, deploying, and optimizing policies across authorization platforms, including PlainID, SailPoint, Active Directory, and Snowflake, to support secure, efficient, and scalable access management across enterprise systems. The position develops roadmaps for onboarding enterprise applications to the central IAM/IGA platform and for delivering platform features and infrastructure improvements. It also plans for platform scalability, manages policy design and maintenance, oversees the IGA platform release schedule and CI/CD pipeline as a product, and coordinates release planning and Go/No-Go meetings with customers. The role works with IT, security teams, business customers, and cross-functional partners to translate requirements into policy solutions, resolve access issues, maintain documentation for audit and compliance, and provide technical guidance and training in access control and IGA.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
12+ years of experience in cybersecurity, with understanding of IGA, RBAC, ABAC, and PBAC.
Demonstrated experience with SailPoint, PlainID, or similar PBAC systems, and a solid understanding of policy languages such as XACML or REGO.
Demonstrated experience with Snowflake, AirFlow, SFDC, Google BigQuery, Mulesoft, REST, OpenShift, Dockers, Kubernetes, and AWS.
Familiarity with IAM concepts and technologies, particularly policy-based access control mechanisms.
Background integrating IAM solutions with enterprise systems such as ERP and CRM.
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 effective access control solutions.
Strong problem-solving, analytical, and critical-thinking skills.
Good communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively across diverse teams and with customers.
Knowledge of security standards and compliance frameworks relevant to access management.

Responsibilities

Develop roadmaps for onboarding enterprise applications onto the central IAM/IGA platform.
Develop roadmaps 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 improvements.
Plan platform scalability to accommodate 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 meetings and formal customer Go/No-Go meetings.
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.
Ensure the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of information accessed through policy enforcement.
Maintain, update, and refine existing policies in response to changing security landscapes and business needs.
Resolve policy-related and access provisioning issues to maintain uninterrupted access control services.
Document policy configurations and changes for audit and compliance purposes.
Share knowledge and standards within the team to promote 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.
Collaborate with business and technical architecture groups, product owners, development team leads, and cross-functional partners across Security and Trust, Infrastructure, Legal, Business Operations, and Customer/Partner Experience.

Benefits

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
401(k) plan with matching contribution
Paid parental leave
Short- and long-term disability coverage
Basic life insurance
Paid holidays
Floating holiday for non-exempt employees
Birthday paid day off
Paid year-end holiday shutdown
Personal wellness days
Paid vacation or flexible vacation time off, depending on employee classification
Paid sick time
Additional paid time away for critical or emergency family issues
Optional paid volunteer days
Annual bonuses for eligible non-sales roles
Potential Cisco restricted stock unit grants