Software Engineer, IT Risk Management
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Software Engineer building AI-driven risk intelligence and closed-loop remediation for Cisco’s enterprise technology organization. Integrating security, compliance, resilience, and telemetry systems into automated controls.
Responsibilities:
- Build the technical engine that helps IT Risk Management respond to risk at machine speed
- Use Circuit My Agent and sub-agents to convert security exposure, lifecycle and technical debt, SOX, resilience, identity and AI security, GRC, and portfolio ownership signals into real-time risk insights and closed-loop action
- Design, build, and operate Circuit My Agent and sub-agent workflows
- Sense signals, map exposure, prioritize risk by business impact, and deliver real-time insights
- Integrate ServiceNow, ESP, CMDB, AppSec and vulnerability tooling, SOX evidence, resilience tests, and audit or MAP actions into trusted risk intelligence
- Implement rules, guardrails, and automated controls to detect drift or unsafe changes across systems, models, data, and dependencies
- Provide human review for exceptions
- Test resilience, control effectiveness, and AI lifecycle safeguards before disruption and as systems evolve
- Use telemetry and evidence to identify gaps
- Build closed-loop workflows that track action, verify risk reduction, and feed lessons back into design
- Partner with the Risk Lead, domain owners, Security Primes, PSAs, and engineers to productionize the capability
Requirements:
- 8+ years of software engineering experience building production applications, integrations, or automation
- AI-first attitude and demonstrated ability to experiment with emerging models, developer tools, and agentic workflows
- Knowledge of current model capabilities and challenges to established ways of working
- Experience building APIs, event-driven services, or automated workflows using Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, or a comparable language
- Experience integrating signals or telemetry from multiple enterprise systems into risk intelligence, alerts, dashboards, or operational reporting
- Experience with source control, CI/CD, and automated testing for production services
- Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field
- Preferred: Hands-on experience applying AI models, agents, or sub-agents to engineering productivity, quality, or risk reduction
- Preferred: Experience with IT risk, security, compliance, resilience, or control data, including SOX evidence, vulnerabilities, CMDB, ServiceNow, or GRC platforms
- Preferred: Experience implementing rules, telemetry, automated controls, or resilience and control-effectiveness testing
- Preferred: Experience designing dashboards or measures for real-time risk insight, signal-to-action time, verified closure, automation coverage, or repeat-risk reduction
- Constructive communication and active listening
- Ability to identify obstacles early and follow through to reliable outcomes
- Ability to influence through peer networking
Benefits:
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
- Paid parental leave
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- Basic life insurance
- Potential grants of Cisco restricted stock units
- 10 paid holidays per full calendar year
- 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
- Paid birthday day off
- Paid year-end holiday shutdown
- 4 paid days off for personal wellness
- 16 days of paid vacation per full calendar year for non-exempt employees
- Flexible vacation time off program with no defined limit for eligible exempt employees
- 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
- Up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward
- Additional paid time away for critical or emergency family issues
- Optional 10 paid volunteer days per full calendar year
- Annual bonuses for non-sales roles, subject to Cisco policies
- Remote work arrangement



















