Senior Software Engineer -Security Background - Go, Python, Kubernetes, AWS (8 - 12 Years)

The Cisco Security AI team delivers AI products and platform for all Cisco secure products and portfolios so businesses around the world defend against threats and safeguard the most vital aspects of your business with security resilience. We are passionate about making businesses secure and simplify security with zero compromise using AI and Machine Learning.

We are seeking a hard-working Senior Software Engineer to join our AI team in building an AI Firewall solution. This role involves creating robust, efficient, and secure software solutions to safeguard Generative AI applications and models from various threats such as data poisoning, model stealing, prompt injection, jailbreaks and adversarial attacks. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for implementing security measures for AI systems focusing on Firewall solutions by working closely with the data scientists to integrate security AI models, collaborate with other engineers and engineering teams to integrate AI Firewall solution into existing and new Cisco Security products. Your work will be instrumental in delivering a powerful and effective security solution to our customers.

• AI Firewall Integration: Collaborate with multi-functional teams to integrate AI Firewall solution into existing Cisco Security products.
• AI Security: Security attitude to understand vulnerabilities of LLM and Generative AI apps to design and develop detection algorithms and models to mitigate threats.
• Interface Design: Design and build effective interfaces for AI Firewall ensuring smooth communication and data exchange while adhering to security and performance requirements.
• Instrumentation: Implement the right types of instrumentation to supervise and measure the performance, reliability, and security of AI Firewall.
• Fixing: Debug and fix integration issues, identifying bottlenecks or errors and implementing solutions to optimize service interactions.
• Scale and Performance Optimization: Work on scale and performance tuning and optimization of AI Firewall components to ensure efficient, responsive operation for handling large volumes of requests.
• Collaboration: Collaborate closely with AI engineers, data scientists, UI/UX and security experts for building a robust AI Firewall product and solution.

• BTech/ BS degree with 7+ years of experience (or) MS degree with 5+ years of experience as a software development engineer
• Proven experience as a Backend Engineer with expertise in integrating and scaling complex services.
• Strong understanding of detection engineering, security systems and operations and ability to build security solutions.
• Solid foundations in data structures and algorithms.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, or Go.
• Experience with instrumentation and monitoring tools for measuring service performance.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field; a Master's degree is a plus.
• Strong understanding of AI service operations, including Generative AI, and the ability to design and build interfaces between them.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues.
• Knowledge of security best practices and compliance standards.
• Effective teamwork and communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams.

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