Software Engineer, IT Risk Management
About The Position
Cisco’s Commerce Engineering Productivity & Platforms organization is launching IT Risk Management (ITRM) to support Cisco AI + IT with real-time risk insight, resilience testing, and closed-loop remediation. The Software Engineer will build the technical engine that helps ITRM respond to risk at machine speed, using Circuit My Agent and sub-agents to turn signals from security exposure, lifecycle and technical debt, SOX, resilience, identity and AI security, GRC, and portfolio ownership into actionable risk insight. The role helps shift the organization from retrospective reporting toward risk reduction that is tested, verified, and continually improved. The engineer will design, build, and operate agent and sub-agent workflows; integrate enterprise risk and operational data; implement guardrails and automated controls; test resilience and control effectiveness; and build workflows that track and verify remediation. The role partners with the Risk Lead, domain owners, Security Primes, PSAs, and engineers to productionize the capability. This is a remote position that can be performed from anywhere in the United States.
Requirements
- At least 8 years of software engineering experience building production applications, integrations, or automation.
- AI-first attitude and demonstrated ability to experiment with emerging models, developer tools, and agentic workflows; awareness of current model capabilities and challenges to established ways of working.
- Experience building APIs, event-driven services, or automated workflows using Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, or a comparable language.
- Experience integrating signals or telemetry from multiple enterprise systems into risk intelligence, alerts, dashboards, or operational reporting.
- Experience with source control, CI/CD, and automated testing for services running in production.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
- Hands-on experience applying AI models, agents, or sub-agents to improve engineering productivity, quality, or risk reduction; ability to evaluate emerging tools and turn useful experiments into production capabilities.
- Experience with IT risk, security, compliance, resilience, or control data, such as SOX evidence, vulnerabilities, CMDB, ServiceNow, or GRC platforms.
- Experience implementing rules, telemetry, automated controls, or resilience and control-effectiveness testing for production systems.
- Experience designing dashboards or measures for real-time risk insight, signal-to-action time, verified closure, automation coverage, or repeat-risk reduction.
- Constructive communication and active listening; ability to identify obstacles early, follow through to reliable outcomes, and influence through peer networking.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate Circuit My Agent and sub-agent workflows to sense signals, map exposure, prioritize risk by business impact, and deliver real-time insights.
- Integrate enterprise sources—including ServiceNow, ESP, CMDB, AppSec and vulnerability tooling, SOX evidence, resilience tests, and audit or MAP actions—into trusted risk intelligence.
- Implement rules, guardrails, and automated controls to detect drift or unsafe changes across systems, models, data, and dependencies, with human review for exceptions.
- Test resilience, control effectiveness, and AI lifecycle safeguards before disruption and as systems evolve, using telemetry and evidence to identify gaps.
- Build closed-loop workflows that track action, verify risk reduction, and feed lessons back into design.
- Partner with the Risk Lead, domain owners, Security Primes, PSAs, and engineers to productionize the capability.
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, year-end holiday shutdown, and personal wellness days
- Paid vacation or flexible vacation time off, depending on employee classification
- 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
- Potential Cisco restricted stock unit grants
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
