Security Research Engineer

Cisco•Denver, CO

1d•$101,500 - $200,100

About The Position

As a team member of Cisco's Advanced Security Initiatives Group (ASIG), you will evaluate our global products and services to identify security vulnerabilities, weaknesses, and improvements. Learn to adopt an attacker mentality using tools, techniques, and processes that emulate real-world adversaries. Work with amazingly creative, innovative, and collaborative security researchers to develop evolving ethical hacking skills and networking product knowledge. Partner with Cisco's industry-leading engineering teams to assess the latest system and application architectures, contribute to creative security solutions, and gain unparalleled access to and experience with the latest technologies. Opportunities to research security topics independently or collaboratively to explore and develop tools and ideas as part of our "Free Friday" innovation and incubation process.

Requirements

2+ years of software engineering experience with C, C++, Perl, Raku and Python/Ruby, with experience in secure coding/development and code analysis for vulnerabilities
2+ years of experience with network protocols through implementation or analysis
2+ years of security testing experience, including areas like web applications, APIs, user interfaces, and embedded devices
2+ years of BSD Unix experience with an intermediate understanding of security hardening configurations and capabilities
Experience with operating system concepts in the areas of memory management, computer architecture, or binary analysis

Nice To Haves

2+ years of experience with applied crypto, through implementation or analysis of crypto algorithms
2+ years of experience as a DevOps engineer, with a focus on DevOps security
OSCP or other industry certifications are a plus
Secure development practices
Security of virtualization platforms and techniques

Responsibilities

Evaluate global products and services to identify security vulnerabilities, weaknesses, and improvements.
Adopt an attacker mentality using tools, techniques, and processes that emulate real-world adversaries.
Develop evolving ethical hacking skills and networking product knowledge.
Assess the latest system and application architectures.
Contribute to creative security solutions.
Gain unparalleled access to and experience with the latest technologies.
Research security topics independently or collaboratively to explore and develop tools and ideas as part of our "Free Friday" innovation and incubation process.

Benefits

medical, dental and vision insurance
a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
paid parental leave
short and long-term disability coverage
basic life insurance
grants of Cisco restricted stock units
10 paid holidays per full calendar year
1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
paid year-end holiday shutdown
4 paid days off for personal wellness
16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year (non-exempt employees)
flexible vacation time off program (exempt employees)
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
annual bonuses (for non-sales roles)
performance-based incentive pay (for sales roles)