Software Engineer, Management Plane--Hypershield
Cisco
Application window is expected to close May 31; job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled and/or a sufficient number of applicants are received.
Who We Are
As part of Cisco’s Security Business Group, the Security Innovation team incubates ideas for the leading provider of network security services, which enables the world to connect with confidence on any device, anywhere, anytime. Our product portfolio includes the cloud delivered firewall, Web proxy, Zero Trust Proxy, NaaS integrations, and inspection services. We are now engineering a highly available distributed security fabric that brings it all together, Cisco Hypershield. This is part of our continued to commitment to the interconnected SASE world, offering customer-focused security products at the edge of technology.
Cisco Hypershield protects applications, devices and data across public and private data centers, clouds and physical locations - anywhere customers need it. Designed and built with AI in mind from the start, Hypershield enables organizations to achieve security outcomes beyond what has been possible with humans alone.
Who You Are
The management plane acts as the brains of Hypershield. We seek an innovative Backend Software Engineer to assist with the coding and development of novel features associated with onboarding, managing, monitoring, and securing of customer assets. This includes map AI-generated security policies to hierarchical groupings of assets, instrument abilities to navigate security posture of customer workloads and integrate Hypershield technologies with other Cisco products.
You will work closely with our chief architect and review existing technologies, drive improvement, and create groundbreaking new technologies from scratch. We are a small team driving the next evolution of security at Cisco. Typical responsibilities may include:
- Proactively identify and participate in the resolution of complex problems that impact the direction of the business
- Develop and deliver innovative strategies that benefit customers and or clients
- Communicate product or program priorities deadlines and shifts in requirements in the context of engineering priorities and user needs
- Negotiate and drive tradeoffs in timing design and specifications to meet the needs of users and cross functional partners
- Lead, mentor and influence other engineering team members
Our ideal candidate will be comfortable participating in design discussions with other architects and engineers. We need someone not afraid to be creative, and use innovative programming languages, technologies, and tools to drive groundbreaking new products.
Minimum Qualifications for this Role:
- 6+ years professional development experience with TypeScript, Golang, C, JavaScript or similar languages; experience must include the design of features of enterprise grade security solutions.
- 3+ years of coding experience in NodeJS
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field
Preferred Qualifications and Experience:
- Linux development environment experience
- Strong background in applications or network security, protocols and policies. (e.g. firewalls, secure web gateways, and/or SASE/SSE)
- Strong handle of algorithms and data structure concepts
- Prior experience architecting management planes, or components related to control, monitoring or deployment of security policies
- Experience integrating third party solutions
- Consistent track record collaborating with UX/UI Design, Product, and Senior management
- Mentorship to other engineers on the team
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When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.
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.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;
1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;
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