Technical Leader - Platform Engineering--Cisco Security Innovation

The deadline for applications is expected to close January 3, 2024.Who We AreAs part of Cisco’s Security Business Group, the Security Innovation team incubates ideas for the leading provider of network security services, which enables the world to connect with confidence on any device, anywhere, anytime. Our product portfolio includes the cloud delivered firewall, Web proxy, Zero Trust Proxy, NaaS integrations, and inspection services as highly available distributed systems using cloud engineering practices. We are now engineering a highly available distributed security fabric that brings it all together, Cisco Hypershield. We are highly passionate about the interconnected SASE world, and this is part of our continued to commitment to offer customer-focused security products at the edge of technology.Cisco Hypershield protects applications, devices and data across public and private data centers, clouds and physical locations - anywhere customers need it. Designed and built with AI in mind from the start, Hypershield enables organizations to achieve security outcomes beyond what has been possible with humans alone. The Hypershield DevOps team architects, maintains, and continually improves platform services and related product features for Cisco Hypershield. Our work is collaborative, impactful, and highly visible. We manage the core workflows, tools and services that turn rapid innovation into sustained customer value. Close collaboration with engineering teams enables us to secure continuous deployment and delivery of software via self-service workflows and automation. This includes packaging, signing, and distribution of software to customer-facing download portals and marketplaces, as well as to customer systems directly by way of Hypershield’s novel dual-dataplane technology. Who You AreWe seek an innovative Platform Engineer with prior experience in building foundational infrastructure for security solutions. Our ideal candidate will be comfortable contributing to design discussions with other architects, developers, and product managers alike. This person will be a hands-on technologist who isn’t afraid to be creative, someone who knows what works and what doesn’t, who can champion the tools, technologies, and architecture needed to deliver groundbreaking new products to our customers.Typical responsibilities include:Create developer workflows and automation to build, package, distribute, and install Hypershield software on both virtual and hardware platformsMaintain C toolchain for x86 and arm64 targets, including dependencies such as glibc, DPDK, VPP, and vendor SDKsEnd-to-end packaging for Hypershield software components: creating package artifacts, including update and install scripts, hosting package distribution repositories, installing packages to create virtual machine and container images and publishing packages and images for customer consumptionPresent designs and solutions to multiple teams across organizations, gathering feedback that will help us drive consensus and gain alignmentWe work in an agile, “startup-style” environment with minimal bureaucracy. You will be part of a small team driving the next evolution of security at Cisco.Minimum Experience for this Role:BA/BS Degree in Computer Science or related field7+ years of professional experience working in Platform Engineering, Build / Release, or DevOps rolesExperience with software toolchains, multi-arch build and runtime environmentsExperience creating and distributing enterprise software packagesAutomation experiencePreferred Skills & Experience:Tools like Make, CMake, or similar to compile C projects for x86 and arm64 targetsC networking frameworks such as VPP, DPDK, and/or proprietary SDKsSoftware packaging for Linux environments, including end-to-end ownership of package creation and distribution for Debian and/or RPM Artifacts creation and automation for virtualization providers such as VMware, Openshift, AWS and Azure, container runtime technologies such as Kubernetes / KubeVirt, Docker, Podman; creating virtual machine images with Packer Code repositories, static analysis tools and CI/CD pipelines; git, Coverity, GitHub Actions Prior work on a remote or distributed teamWhy Cisco Secure?We're global, we're adaptable, we're diverse, and our security portfolio is as extensive as it is groundbreaking. Have you heard of Threat, Detection & Response, Zero Trust by Duo, Common Services Engineering, or Cloud & Network Security? Those are only a few of our product teams! The only thing we're missing is YOU.Join an enterprise security leader with a start-up culture, committed to driving innovation and giving you the opportunity to make an impact. We #InnovateToWin and we know we're better together, that's why we're dedicated to inclusivity, collaboration, and diversity in everything we do.We're proud to be the Best Small and Mid-Size Enterprises Security Solution Cisco Secure continues to grow and evolve year after year with 100% of Fortune 100 Companies using our products, and we're excited to see the new heights we'll reach with your passion for security, your customer focus, and your desire to change things up!There are so many amazing reasons to join Cisco. Learn more here!Location:Offsite, San Jose, California, USArea of InterestEngineer - SoftwareCompensation Range198600 USD - 282900 USD Job TypeProfessionalTechnology InterestSecurityJob Id1432111Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings. Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday, plus a day off for their birthday. Employees accrue up to 20 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) each year and have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues without tapping into their PTO. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community. Employees are also able to purchase company stock through our Employee Stock Purchase Program.Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.