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From the employer's careers site First seen 26 Oct 2026

AI Security Engineer

Cisco senior full-time

Salary

$139,300 to $203,600 per year

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Description

Join Cisco's Enterprise AI team, the core group enabling Generative AI powered experiences across Cisco.

Your Impact:

  • Embed security into the Secure SDLC by defining and implementing guardrails across design, development, testing, and deployment phases.
  • Integrate and optimize application security tooling, including SAST, DAST, SCA, and secrets scanning, within CI/CD pipelines to proactively identify and remediate vulnerabilities.
  • Lead threat modeling and secure design reviews for cloud-native and microservices-based applications.
  • Drive container and Kubernetes security practices, including image hardening, vulnerability management, and runtime controls.
  • Define and enforce API security standards, including authentication, authorization, rate limiting, and protection against common API threats.
  • Partner with engineering teams to triage, prioritize, and remediate security findings, improving overall security posture and developer experience.
  • Establish secure coding standards and provide guidance on common vulnerabilities and remediation best practices.
  • Enhance software supply chain security through dependency management, artifact integrity, and build pipeline protections.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field with 6+ years of experience in cybersecurity or cloud security engineering.
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience securing GCP, Azure, or AWS environments in production enterprise environments.
  • Experience integrating security controls into CI/CD pipelines and Kubernetes environments, including container image hardening, vulnerability scanning, image signing, and runtime policy enforcement.
  • Experience securing AI/ML workloads and Generative AI systems, including model, data, and inference endpoint protection.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Cybersecurity background and operational experience.
  • Certifications from ISC2 or ISACA.
  • Experience designing and managing IAM, encryption, and network security controls.

Benefits:

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • Short and long-term disability coverage.
  • Basic life insurance.
  • Paid time away.
  • Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer.

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • ISC2
  • ISACA
  • IAM
  • encryption
  • network security controls

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://cisco.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Cisco_Careers/job/RTP-North-Carolina-US/AI-Application-Security-Engineer_2024999

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