Application Security Engineer

Cisco

Research Engineer advancing AI in networking and security at Cisco. Collaborating with product management and engineering to shape AI research initiatives and solutions.

Posted 6/30/2026full-timeRTP • California, North Carolina • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $167,000 - $211,400 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Plans, conducts, analyzes, and shares research that advances the field of AI, as it relates to networking, security, programming, human-computer interaction, or other strategic areas in computer science
Utilizes expertise in AI and research methodologies to develop research plans, build models, run experiments, and provide models and solutions to relevant teams
Serves as research strategy liaison to engineers and product managers and works collaboratively with product management, engineering, and design teams to identify business and AI research goals
Summarizes and communicates results to all relevant partners and stakeholders to influence decisions

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelors + 7 years of related experience, or Masters + 4 years of related experience, or PhD + 1 year of related experience
Knowledge of usage and applicability of a related set of AI and broad research tools/methods while considering ethical considerations of approaches
Develop depth of expertise on one to two research approaches/topics and shapes research initiatives and strategies within area of specialism
Monitor and evaluate emerging AI technologies and techniques to optimize solutions for business needs

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical, dental and vision insurance
a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
paid parental leave
short and long-term disability coverage
basic life insurance
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
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.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Research PlanningData AnalysisExperimentationModel BuildingAI Solutions Development

Soft Skills

CommunicationCollaborationInfluencing Decisions