Security Engineering Technical Leader (Control Plane, Hypershield)

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Salary

$184K-$264K not verified - source not recorded; timestamp not recorded

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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$111,944 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+13.7% - Much faster than average

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Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Data and ML aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

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About this role

Security Engineering Technical Leader (Control Plane, Hypershield) 52 Locations The application window is expected to close on: 05/18/2026 Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received . Note: This is a remote U.S. based role, requiring work within the Pacific Time Zone. Meet the Team Join Cisco's Cisco Hypershield team, where we are building the next generation of distributed security infrastructure for modern networking environments. Within Hypershield , the Smart Switch team develops foundational security capabilities that extend across multiple Cisco platforms, including switching, routing, and firewall systems. This team is responsible for core control plane software that enables policy configuration, deployment workflows, logging, visibility, and feature orchestration across a shared security architecture used by products spanning Cisco systems networking portfolios, including Nexus, Catalyst, and emerging smart switch platforms. The work here is highly foundational: features built by this team influence security behavior across multiple Cisco networking products and future infrastructure platforms. Your Impact In this role, you will design and develop control plane software for security features used in smart switching platforms and distributed firewall systems. You will contribute to core feature development from design through implementation, with a focus on APIs, policy orchestration, and secure service integration. You will work closely with engineers across control plane , data plane , and platform teams to deliver scalable capabilities that support deployment, observability, and policy enforcement across distributed environments. What you'll do Design and develop control plane features

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