<h2>Meet the Team.</h2>Cisco Intersight is a cloud-native operations platform that provides unified management, automation, visibility, and lifecycle operations forInfrastructure across data centre, cloud, and edge environments. Its SaaS, on-premises, and mobile offerings depend on secure, reliableAutomation that enables engineering teams to build, test, release, and operate software at scale. <h2>Role Description</h2>As a Grade 8 Software Engineer on the Intersight team, you will design, develop, and deliver robust software components, cloud-scale services, and product security solutions using Python, Go, and Java. You will collaborate with senior engineers and cross-functional teams to build modern cloud management and infrastructure solutions, using AI-driven technologies to enhance software productivity, code quality, and automated security workflows across our platform and product lifecycle. <h2>Your Impact</h2><ul><li>Software Design & Development: Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable application services, APIs, and backend components using Python, Go, and Java.</li><li>Security Feature Engineering: Design and develop security features, systems, and tools for Intersight products, integrating new security updates into existing software and ensuring security is maintained throughout the product lifecycle.</li><li>AI-Assisted Development & Automation: Leverage AI-assisted tools, coding assistants, and automated workflows to accelerate software development, improve code quality, streamline code reviews, and enhance technical documentation.</li><li>Feature Delivery & Architecture: Collaborate with product management, architecture, and engineering teams to translate technical requirements into high-quality software solutions.</li><li>Security Assessments & Code Reviews: Perform security assessments—including vulnerability and risk assessments, threat analysis, and security code reviews—incorporating automated and AI-driven analysis to identify and resolve potential design and implementation vulnerabilities.</li><li>Security Requirements & Metrics: Build a standardised set of security product requirements and produce metrics to report performance against those requirements.</li><li>Troubleshooting & Reliability: Investigate, diagnose, and resolve software defects, tool failures, and system performance bottlenecks in development and production environments.</li><li>Risk Mitigation & Incident Response: Detect and mitigate security risks, respond to product security incidents, and work collaboratively to resolve integration and testing issues.</li></ul> <h2>Minimum Qualifications</h2><ul><li>Education & Experience: Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of related software engineering or product security experience, OR Master’s degree with 3+ years of related experience</li><li>Programming Skills: Proficiency in core programming languages such as Python, Go, and Java.</li><li>Core Fundamentals: Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC), data structures, algorithms, and secure coding principles.</li><li>Security Competency: Foundational knowledge of threat modelling, vulnerability mitigation, and application security assessments.</li><li>Collaboration: Excellent communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills in a fast-paced, agile development environment.</li></ul> <h2>Preferred Qualifications</h2><ul><li>Experience in developing SaaS or cloud-infrastructure management solutions with integrated security frameworks.</li><li>Familiarity with containerisation technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC) practices.</li><li> Experience using AI-assisted development tools, machine learning models for threat detection, or AI-driven security analytics to enhance software productivity and automated vulnerability identification.</li><li>Experience participating in threat modelling, security architecture reviews, and vulnerability management.</li><li>Proven ability to collaborate across distributed engineering and security teams to resolve complex security and software integration issues.</li></ul> #WeAreCisco (This is the Standard and cannot be changed)#WeAreCisco where every individual brings their unique skills and perspectives together to pursue our purpose of powering an inclusive future for all. 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