Director, Software Engineering

Cisco Systems is offering an extraordinary opportunity to become a senior leader in its Security Engineering Group, leading our India Security Cloud Control and Platform Engineering.

Cisco security is one of the largest cybersecurity companies in the world with vast and robust security capability. The Security Cloud Control and Platform team is tasked with creating a new consolidated security platform that hosts all our security products, allowing us to focus on increasing security, providing faster outcomes, and serving as the AI platform for Cisco.

The Security Cloud Control will be used by thousands of customers around the globe, including top Fortune 100 companies.

As a Director, Data platform Engineering, you will help us in our continuous mission to make our products work together seamlessly, creating a fantastic user experience for our customers and provide self-service AI driven analytics capabilities when you need it. You will tackle challenges with a new lens and iterate with a passion for improvement. Problem-solving and innovating will be the name of the game.

In this role, you are responsible for leading Bangalore Engineering team and act as a site leader, managing a highly skilled, cloud-delivered engineering team. You will be responsible for the development and continuous delivery of features, infrastructure automation, quality, and ultimately customer value. We are looking for a seasoned Director to build, direct, coordinate, and oversee activities in the Software Engineering department.

• 10+ years’ experience as a strong and inspiring senior engineering leader with a total of 15-30 years of experience
• Experience in working in a global company with distributed teams.
• Proven engineering delivery and execution track record, with experience in all stages of the software lifecycle.
• Demonstrated ability to attract talent, grow and mentor people, and develop the next generation of leaders.
• Leadership skills to build trusting, substantial relationships with peers, collaborators, and partners both internal and external to Cisco.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Extensive knowledge and experience with cloud development (AWS/Azure/GCP)and agile practices.
• Deep experience with software development with automated unit and integration testing.
• Domain experience in security and cyber security, including network security – A plus.
• MSEE/CS combined with at least +10 years of progressive, industry experience, or BSEE/CS combined with 12+ years related experience

• Lead engineering for delivering new innovations and cutting-edge capabilities.
• Hire, grow, and lead a high-caliber team of data engineering team as a magnet for hiring and developing great talent.
• Scope and lead large multi-functional projects with enormous business impact at Elastic.
• Own problems from end to end, handling complexity, and engaging directly with a wide range of partners to think through everything from business impact to reliability and operability, and ease of integration across several business systems.
• Partner with Product Managers, Engineering Managers, and Technical Leaders to build roadmaps and lead prioritization; balance the right amount of structure and planning for a fast-paced engineering team.
• Support the development and training of your reports through regular performance evaluations.
• Regularly present plans and project updates to executives in the engineering team as well as Cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrate technical acumen in your work.
• Provide coaching and leadership in modern software development best practices.
• Obsess great user experiences and will be a partner in product management, engineering, sales, operations, and other parts of the business.
• Manage relationships with vendors and co-workers, ensuring alignment and collaboration on project goals and deliverables.

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