Cisco

Software Engineer - Security Content

Cisco$155K — $222K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in STEM with 5+ years experience or Master's degree in STEM with 3+ years experience
  • Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or Go
  • Experience with automated testing, CI/CD workflows, and source control
  • Solid understanding of software design, data structures, algorithms, and maintainable code
  • Proof of backend systems design including automation frameworks and data workflows

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, test, and maintain software for security content workflows
  • Own features from initial scoping through to operational support
  • Gain deep understanding of product architecture and security workflows
  • Enhance team efficiency through improved tools and test automation
  • Utilize AI-assisted practices to improve software design and quality
  • Troubleshoot and resolve production issues and vulnerabilities
  • Mentor junior engineers in coding and design best practices

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model requiring 3 days a week onsite at the San Jose, Cisco office
  • Collaborative environment with a focus on continuous improvement
  • Opportunity to work closely with multiple teams including Product Management and Threat Research
  • Access to cutting-edge AI-assisted development tools
  • Potential for professional growth through mentorship and technical guidance opportunities
Full Job Description
The application window is expected to close on: 09/24/2026
Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

This is a hybrid position requiring 3 days a week onsite at our San Jose, Cisco office

Meet the Team

The Security Content Engineering team builds and maintains the systems, applications, data schema, and automation that support Splunk Security content. The team plays a key role in helping customers detect, investigate, and respond to threats by improving how security content is developed, validated, published, and consumed.

The team partners closely with Product Management, Architects, Threat Research, Customer Success, and other engineering teams across Splunk and Cisco. We work in a collaborative environment that values strong technical execution, practical problem solving, ownership, and continuous improvement.

In this role, you will help design, build, test, and maintain software that supports security content workflows, data normalization, automation, release quality, and customer-facing capabilities across the Splunk security portfolio.

Your Impact
  • Design, develop, test, and maintain high-quality software features, services, tools, and applications that support security content engineering workflows.
  • Own moderate to complex features from scoping and design through implementation, validation, release, and operational support.
  • Build a deep understanding of product architecture, customer use cases, deployment patterns, and security content workflows to deliver practical, high-value solutions.
  • Improve team efficiency and engineering quality by improving tooling, test automation, documentation, release processes, and operational workflows.
  • Use AI-assisted engineering practices to accelerate design, coding, testing, and review while maintaining high software quality.
  • Build AI-assisted tools that reduce manual security content mapping work and improve mapping consistency.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve customer-impacting issues, security vulnerabilities, release blockers, and production-quality defects.
  • Participate in design reviews, code reviews, sprint planning, technical discussions, and cross-team execution.
  • Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, design feedback, documentation, and technical guidance.


Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelors degree in STEM with 5+ years of experience or Master's degree in STEM with 3+ years of experience
  • Programming experience with languages such as Python or Go.
  • Experience with automated testing, CI/CD workflows, source control, code review, and release practices.
  • Experience in software design, data structures, algorithms, REST APIs, debugging, testing, or writing maintainable code.
  • Experience designing and delivering backend systems, applications, automation frameworks, data processing workflows, or platform tooling.


Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with Splunk platform, Splunk Enterprise Security, SPL, security analytics, detection engineering, or security content workflows.
  • Familiarity with cybersecurity concepts, data normalization, security schemas, or frameworks such as CIM or OCSF.
  • Experience building or maintaining developer tooling, automation pipelines, test frameworks, or publishing/release systems.
  • Experience using AI-assisted development tools or automation to improve engineering productivity, mapping accuracy, or security content operations.
  • Understanding of secure coding practices, vulnerability remediation, dependency scanning, and software supply chain security.

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