Security Engineer
Cisco · Posted Oct 23
Networking, cloud, cybersecurity, and enterprise IT infrastructure services
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About the role
Information Security Operations protects the organisation's infrastructure and data by implementing and carrying out security policies, working with IT teams to identify and remediate security risks and ensure compliance with security standards. The team handles security-focused processes and technologies to safeguard the enterprise against evolving cyber threats, balancing security controls with operational needs. This role develops and executes software security controls, defences and countermeasures, performs security assessments, threat analysis and root cause analysis, and architects security controls across enterprise networks and cloud environments.
What you will do
- Architects and leads deployment and improvements of security tools, systems, and processes across their own business area (e.g., a BU, STO, or IT) or platform.
- Typically completes high-complexity work to ensure integration between tools across the stack for defined products or portfolios.
- Guides in updates and implementation of Cisco and industry security practices, applicable architecture, and security engineering strategies across applicable teams and partners.
- Applies a high level of knowledge of Cisco products and security weaknesses and collaborates across engineering and product teams to ensure prioritisation of fixes, balancing risk trade-offs and the changing threat landscape.
- Continuously improves the approach, methodologies, and tools to proactively carry out security and testing assessments and to meet security standards.
- Coordinates reporting and outputs of security assessments with internal and external resources (e.g., vendors, test labs, test equipment operators).
- Performs threat analysis and resolves mitigating and remediation capabilities.
- Assesses inherent and residual threats and articulates/interprets results for stakeholders and applicable governing bodies.
- May be responsible for the incident response to security breaches.
- Works cross-functionally to address identified security risks, close out pending action plans, and set proactive plans in place.
- Writes functional, clean detection content and unit tests at a level that sets the standard for coding across teams.
- Influences architectural decisions with a focus on security, scalability, and reliability.
- Contributes to threat modelling of a product.
- Partners cross-functionally to proactively improve security architecture, documentation, tools, policies, methodologies, and activities.
- Preemptively works with teams across Cisco to identify security needs and implement changes across the range of security aspects to ensure a reliable platform.
- Architects' security controls to meet requirements and budgets.
- Evaluate, assess, and verify the compliance of ports and protocols utilised by IT infrastructures, systems, platforms, applications, and network security devices (e.g., router Access Control Lists, firewall configuration, ports/protocols, etc.).
- Demonstrate architectural understanding, but evaluate risks imposed on a secured environment by granting access permission in different security zones of architecture.
- Evaluate risks in access permission involved in mergers and acquisitions, cloud connect and different cloud solutions.
- Automate tasks including ACL checks, network policy alignment, analysing firewall rules, etc.
- Develop knowledge base, refine processes for case handling, auditing based on standard methodologies.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Typically requires an Engineering Degree in Computer Science or equivalent plus 8+ years of experience in areas similar to that laid out under roles/responsibilities.
- In-depth knowledge in Networking & Security preferably evidenced through certifications and hands-on experience in assessing security risks for large enterprise networks
- Prior experience in information security consulting with the understanding of how to analyse InfoSec policies
Preferred qualifications
- CISSP or any other equivalent security certification.
Benefits and support
- Dedicated paid time off to volunteer—80 hours each year
About Cisco
Cisco Systems, Inc. is a worldwide leader in IT, networking, and cybersecurity solutions that transform how people connect, communicate, and collaborate. The company specializes in routing, switching, data center infrastructure, and software-defined networking designed for enterprises of all sizes. Today, Cisco drives major advancements in AI infrastructure, observability, and secure hybrid work platforms.
- Industry
- Networking
- Company size
- 90000+ employees
- Founded
- 1984
- Location
- San Jose, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
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President and Chief Product Officer
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Executive Vice President and Chief People, Policy & Purpose Officer
Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Experience Officer
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