Please note this posting is to advertise potential job opportunities. This exact role may not be open today but could open in the near future. When you apply, a Cisco representative may contact you directly if a relevant position opens.

Applications are accepted until further notice.

Meet the team 

Join Cisco’s security team, where we protect Cisco’s global digital ecosystem across more than 200,000 connected assets. Our mission is to continuously discover, map, and evaluate internet-facing infrastructure to identify security improvements and ensure our systems stay resilient. We are a diverse, highly supportive team of security professionals dedicated to continuous learning, open collaboration, and active mentorship for early-career engineers. What makes our team exciting is the global scale of our technology, our welcoming culture, and our use of modern AI-assisted tools to solve meaningful security challenges. 

Your impact 

As an Attack Surface Management Security Engineer I, you will help protect Cisco’s infrastructure by identifying public assets and guiding vulnerability resolutions. In this role, you will perform asset discovery and vulnerability scans to maintain an accurate view of Cisco’s global digital environment. You will analyze scan results to assist engineering teams in prioritizing and resolving key security findings across connected systems. You will also help create automated workflows and dashboards to make vulnerability tracking more efficient and transparent. Throughout your journey, you will collaborate with cross-functional asset owners and experienced mentors to champion best-in-class security practices. 

Minimum qualifications 

• Education & Experience Pathway: Meet one of the following (completed within the past 3 years or expected to be completed within the next 12 months): 

• • A Bachelor's degree with 0 years of work experience; or 

• • An educational or workforce development program (e.g., Associate’s, Apprenticeship, Boot camp, or Certification) with 1 year of work experience; or 

• • High school diploma (or equivalent) with 2 years of work experience. 

• Qualifying Discipline: Qualifying education and work experience in Cybersecurity, Information Security, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field. 

• Vulnerability Scanning & Exposure Operations: Experience or academic coursework supporting routine vulnerability scanning, discovery pipelines, and exposure assessment processes across hybrid environments using established guidelines. 

• Risk Triage & Remediation Support: Practical knowledge of reviewing and prioritizing security findings by severity, utilizing automated or AI-assisted tools, and tracking remediation progress with system owners. 

• Workflow Automation & Reporting: Basic familiarity with scripting (e.g., Python, Bash, or PowerShell), ticketing platforms (such as Jira or ServiceNow), and maintaining operational dashboards for team updates. 

Preferred qualifications 

• Participation in hands-on cybersecurity activities, student clubs, Capture The Flag (CTF) events, or personal lab projects. 

• Foundational industry certifications (such as CompTIA Security+, Network+, CySA+, or Cisco Certified Support Technician Cybersecurity). 

• Familiarity with asset discovery platforms, network exploration tools, or vulnerability scanners (such as Nmap, Shodan, Qualys, or Nessus). 

• Foundational understanding of cloud concepts across major cloud platforms (such as Amazon Cloud, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform). 

• Collaborative communication skills and an eagerness to learn, ask questions, and share knowledge within a team environment. 

Why Cisco? 

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere. 

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you. 

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks.  Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees

• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco

• Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees

• Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)

• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next

• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members

• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

• .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

• 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

• 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and

• Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.