Cisco

Security Engineer (Remote)

Denver, CO, US$139,300-$250,900Posted 2 days ago

Job Description

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09/25/2026Meet the Team

TheApplication Security team is a high-impact group dedicated to safeguarding our customer-facing products byidentifying and mitigating security threats before they arise. Our function is to proactively stress-test our ecosystem, ensuring that our innovationsremain secure, resilient, and reliable for our global users. We are a dynamic, expert-led team that balances rigorous offensive security methodologies withcutting-edge AI-driven automation. We are incredibly excited to be at the forefront of the industry, pioneering the use of agentic AI to evolve how security testing is performed at scale.

Your Impact

In this role, you will lead advanced penetration testing engagements, serving as a critical line of defense for our on-prem and cloud application portfolios. You will craft sophisticated attack plans toidentify vulnerabilities, providing actionable, detailed remediation guidance to our development teams to drive product maturity. By building andoperating agentic AI workflows, you will scale our testing capabilities, allowing for deeper coverage of complex system architectures. Yourexpertise will be instrumental in making key risk-based decisions, ensuring that our products meet the highest security standards.Ultimately, you will champion a proactive security culture,leveraging human judgment alongside autonomous agents to outpace emerging threats.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree plus 7 years of related experience, Master’s plus 4 years, or PhD plus 1 year in application-level penetration testing.
  • Prior experience in offensive security across core areas including web applications, mobile applications, networks, and distributed systems.
  • Previous background with technical understanding of common vulnerabilities, attack vectors, and their corresponding remediation strategies.
  • Prior experience working with public cloud platforms (spe

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