Security Engineer

About This Role

This AI Operations Security Engineer role advances Security Operations through applied AI, automation, cloud technologies, and observability. The core of the job is to support and maintain AI-enabled security platforms, cloud services, integrations, and automation workflows, ensuring they are reliable, visible, effective, and continuously improving.

Responsibilities

• Support and maintain AI-enabled security platforms, cloud services, integrations, and automation workflows used by the Security Operations team
• Monitor service health and security telemetry
• Troubleshoot operational issues
• Improve the reliability and observability of security services
• Develop scripts and automation that apply AI-assisted capabilities to reduce manual work and support vulnerability management and incident response
• Partner with security, cloud, infrastructure, and application teams to resolve issues and improve operational processes

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree plus 5 years of related experience, or Master’s degree plus 3 years of related experience in security, systems, cloud, or infrastructure operations
• Experience supporting vulnerability management, security monitoring, incident detection, incident response, or security platforms, including AI-enabled or automated capabilities
• Proficiency with scripting or automation tools, such as Python, Bash, or JavaScript
• Experience supporting Linux systems and cloud environments, including troubleshooting and service operations
• Familiarity with observability practices and tools, including logs, metrics, dashboards, alerts, and operational runbooks

Nice to have:

• Experience with AI-enabled security platforms such as Splunk, or similar security analytics and automation tools
• Experience applying AI-assisted analysis, automation, or workflow capabilities to security operations
• Experience with APIs, webhooks, JSON, YAML, authentication mechanisms, and system integrations
• Familiarity with Terraform, Ansible, Git, CI/CD pipelines, or configuration-management tools
• Relevant certifications such as AWS, Azure, Splunk, CCNP Security, CISSP, or comparable technical training

About the Company

Cisco has been innovating for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds, providing unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. The company is revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era and beyond.