Cloud Engineer - Security

About the position

As a Cloud Engineer within the Security and Trust Organization you will lead the implementation of automated tools and frameworks to help scale Cisco's cloud security program. This is a key technical role that will support a multi-functional team delivering security solutions to IT and business teams within Cisco. The successful candidate is excited to embrace a culture of innovation, demonstrate ownership to develop cloud security automation. You will work with talented cloud and security professionals with technical expertise in various cloud security domains. The team is comprised of cloud security architects, engineers, operators and program managers that craft, implement and operate cloud security solutions for the company. You will also partner with stakeholders across cloud operations to drive adoption of solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop high quality, scalable and maintainable automated solutions to implement cloud security.
• Write clean, well-tested and well-documented code, following coding standards and best-practices.
• Participate in code reviews and provide feedback to ensure code quality and consistency across the team.
• Take ownership of complex technical issues, trouble-shoot, resolve bugs, and provide technical support as needed.
• Contribute to documentation, knowledge-sharing, and technical presentations to enhance team productivity and knowledge.
• Work closely with the Cloud Security Architecture and Services & Operations functions to develop, deploy and operationalize security tooling.
• Advocate for and implement an automation-first approach to streamline engineering work, reducing manual effort and operational toil whenever possible.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers and help them grow their skills and expertise.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or a related discipline with a minimum of 2 years' experience in cloud engineering role or environment.
• Experience building internal tools that automate business processes or secure or enhance cloud infrastructure.
• Experience developing and deploying scalable solutions in public cloud environments, such as serverless architectures requiring integration with Cloud APIs.
• Experience with at least one programming language, such as Python (preferred), Go, Rust, Java, or C#. Programming experience to include developing, testing and debugging code.
• Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure.

Nice-to-haves

• Proficient in building Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or equivalent tools (e.g. CloudFormation, ARM/Bicep or Cloud Deployment Manager).
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines to automate builds, tests, and deployments across large and diverse environments.
• Experience integrating 3rd party security tools into CI/CD pipelines at scale, such as tools that perform IaC scanning and secret scanning.
• Experience writing Policy as Code using frameworks such as Open Policy Agent (OPA) / Rego.
• Experience working with Kubernetes and Containers.
• Understanding of common cloud offerings and security concepts.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to present to business and technical audiences with brevity and clarity.

Benefits

• Quality medical, dental and vision insurance.
• 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution.
• Short and long-term disability coverage.
• Basic life insurance.
• Numerous wellbeing offerings.
• Up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, including one floating holiday.
• Vacation time off policy with flexible limits for exempt employees.
• Sick time off policy with 80 hours provided on hire date and annually.
• Paid time away for critical or emergency issues.
• Additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.