# AI Application Security Engineer at Cisco

- Company: Cisco
- What the company does: Cisco is a worldwide technology leader powering an inclusive future for all. Learn more about our products, services, solutions, and innovations. Backed by Sequoia and Menlo.
- Company website: https://www.cisco.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: 2 Locations
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-18
- Apply by: 2026-11-02
- Apply: https://cisco.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Cisco_Careers/job/RTP-North-Carolina-US/AI-Application-Security-Engineer_2024999
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/cisco-ai-application-security-engineer/

## About the role

• 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.

## What they're looking for

- • 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
- • Cybersecurity background and operational experience
- • Certifications from ISC2 (e.g CISSP, CCSP) or ISACA (e.g., SSCP, CC, CISA, CISM