Engineering Manager (Application Security)-Security Innovation Team

The application window is expected to close on October 21st.

The Cisco 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. Cisco Security is passionate about SIG and SASE world and our product portfolio includes the cloud delivers firewall, Web proxy, Zero Trust Proxy, NaaS integrations, and inspection services as highly available distributed systems using cloud engineering practices. We are seeking a seasoned Engineering Manager with a strong background in networking or network security domains and wants to join us in delivering groundbreaking innovation in a startup-style environment within Cisco.

Who You Are

You are a strategic thinker with a background managing software engineering teams. You have a strong foundation in network security and cloud platform ecosystems. Your ability to translate design and architectural strategy into actionable backlogs for your team sets you apart. Your strong communication skills allow you to excel in leading conversations with ambitious technical experts, demonstrating your solid interpersonal skills to drive alignment and convergence towards organizational objectives. You are a mentor and a guide for your engineers. You inspire your team, and lead with empathy. You foster a collaborative and inclusive environment. Your passion for technology and people makes you a pivotal force in shaping the future of Cisco’s groundbreaking security solution.

What You Will Do

As an Engineering Manager for the Security Innovation Team, you will work in the department alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry on Cisco’s Hypershield project. You will lead a team that develops run-time security and observability agents for Linux-based workloads based in eBPF technology. Your solutions rely very heavily on AI. Consequently, you will also manage the associated AI engineers and initiatives to deliver a product with ground-breaking innovation. You'll work closely with other Hypershield Engineering teams, our Chief Architect, Product Management and Control Plane teams, defining and influencing the roadmap to meet market and customer expectations.

Your key responsibilities include:

• Ownership of the day-to-day activities of your team, as they design, develop and test features in feature-driven sprints.
• Ensure cross-functional alignment with the key collaborators on architecture, schedules and results.
• Deliver continuous feedback and performance review of engineers, with input from vertical leads and senior leadership.
• Track progress on projects, help engineers grow their project management skills.

Minimum Requirements for This Role:

• BA/BS Degree and 7+ years experience with software development.
• 3+ years technical team management experience.
• 3+ years in cloud computing and network security.
• Foundation in application security and Linux internals.
• Prior experience with Kubernetes ecosystems.

Desired Skills & Experience:

• Prior exposure to AI concepts and principles.
• Management of engineering team resources and activities, ensuring deliverables are met within scope and timelines.
• Proven experience leading strong engineering teams, promoting a culture of innovation, performance, and execution.
• Ability to lead and mentor engineers globally, champion creative technical trends, drive decisions collaboratively, resolve conflicts, and ensure diligent follow-through.
• Experience collaborating with senior engineers, product management, senior management, and other multi-functional partners to define technical roadmaps and set strategies.

Why Cisco Secure

We're global, we're adaptable, we're diverse, and our security portfolio is as extensive as it is groundbreaking. Have you heard of Threat, Detection & Response, Zero Trust by Duo, Common Services Engineering, or Cloud & Network Security? Those are only a few of our product teams! The only thing we're missing is YOU.

Join an enterprise security leader with a start-up culture, committed to driving innovation and giving you the opportunity to make an impact. We #InnovateToWin and we know we're better together, that's why we're dedicated to inclusivity, collaboration, and diversity in everything we do.

We're proud to be the Best Small and Mid-Size Enterprises Security Solution Cisco Secure continues to grow and evolve year after year with 100% of Fortune 100 Companies using our products, and we're excited to see the new heights we'll reach with your passion for security, your customer focus, and your desire to change things up!

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