Principal Engineer Software Security Hybrid

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Principal Engineer Software Security Hybrid in USA new

Cisco
Full time
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USA
11/08/2026
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Durham, NC

Responsibilities

Define and evolve security standards, threat models, architecture patterns, and requirements for AI-native features.
Set security standards for coding assistants and agent-authored code, including provenance, human review, accountability, and automated SDLC/CI/CD security gates.
Lead secure AI architecture reviews and establish reusable patterns and measurable release criteria across Cisco platforms.
Own coverage for adversarial threats and AI/model/data supply-chain risks, including data poisoning, model extraction, model inversion, membership inference, insecure output handling, and RAG compromise.
Advance red-teaming strategies, evaluation harnesses, release checkpoints, post-deployment standards, and incident criteria for AI-specific failure modes.
Advise senior engineering leadership and partner with product security, AI platform, SecOps, privacy, and legal teams across the organization.

Requirements

12+ years of software security experience with deep hands-on experience architecting and securing AI/ML-integrated systems.
Experience with Python, CI/CD automation, evaluation harnesses, agentic workflows, and security tooling.
Experience securing AI models and applications against prompt injection, excessive agency, data leakage, and privacy risks.
Strong background in threat modeling, secure software development lifecycles, and architecture validation for large-scale multi-platform ecosystems.
Ability to quantify security risk and provide authoritative technical guidance across multiple teams or business units.
Ability to operate as a principal-level technical authority without direct reports and drive outcomes through standards and influence.
Preferred experience includes securing autonomous agents, tool-calling, multi-agent orchestration, MCP-style integrations, AI red-team and evaluation programs, AI safety, ethical AI, data protection regulations, NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, policy-as-code, automated security gates, and mentoring senior engineers.

Benefits

Hybrid work arrangement.
U.S. and Canada employees may receive medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contributions, paid parental leave, short- and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance, subject to eligibility.
Employees may be eligible for Cisco restricted stock unit grants and annual bonuses subject to Cisco policies.
Paid holidays, birthday leave, year-end shutdown, wellness days, vacation or flexible vacation time, sick time, family emergency leave, and optional paid volunteer days are provided under applicable policies.

Salary: $202k - $272k/yr

Cisco

Cisco is the worldwide technology leader that is revolutionizing the way organizations connect and protect in the AI era. For more than 40 years, Cisco has securely connected the world. With its industry leading AI-powered solutions and services, Cisco enables its customers, partners and communit...

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