AI Application Security Engineer

The application window is expected to close on: 10/29/2026 Meet the Team Join Cisco’s Enterprise AI team, the core group enabling Generative AI powered experiences across Cisco. Our mission is to build secure, scalable AI platforms that empower teams to safely develop, deploy, and operationalize AI-powered solutions. We operate at the intersection of applied AI, cloud infrastructure and security —partnering across engineering, security, compliance, and product teams to bring trusted AI to life at enterprise scale. We are a fast-growing, highly collaborative team of platform engineers, AI engineers, and data scientists who value technical depth, ownership, and pragmatic execution. What makes this team exciting is the opportunity to define how secure Generative AI is built and governed inside a global technology leader.   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 (e.g., OWASP Top 10) 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 (e.g CISSP, CCSP) or ISACA (e.g., SSCP, CC, CISA, CISM. • Experience designing and managing IAM, encryption, and network security controls. Why Cisco?  At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.  We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.  Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada: The starting salary range posted for this position is $139,300.00 to $203,600.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive