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Who We Are

The Cisco Security Innovation team incubates ideas for the leading provider of network security services, which enables the world to connect with confidence on any device, anywhere, anytime. Cisco Security is passionate about SIG and SASE world and our product portfolio includes the cloud delivers firewall, Web proxy, Zero Trust Proxy, NaaS integrations, and inspection services as highly available distributed systems using cloud engineering practices. We are seeking a seasoned engineering manager who has a strong background in networking or network security domains and wants to join us in delivering groundbreaking innovation in a startup-style environment within Cisco.

Who You Are

You are a strategic thinking leader with a background in managing exceptionally-skilled engineering teams. You have a strong grasp of modern networking technologies. You are looking for an opportunity to lead a strong team of engineers to deliver solutions with lasting impact. Your ability to translate design and architectural strategy into actionable backlogs for your team sets you apart. Your strong communication skills allow you to excel in managing challenging conversations with technical experts, demonstrating your solid interpersonal skills to drive alignment and convergence towards organizational objectives. You are a mentor and a guide for your engineers. You inspire your team, and lead with empathy. You foster a collaborative and inclusive environment. Your passion for technology and people makes you a pivotal force in shaping the future of Cisco’s groundbreaking security solution.

What You Will Do

As an Engineering Manager on the Security Innovations team, you will use your skills and experience to lead the development of our next generation Data Plane for Cisco’s Hypershield solution. Your team will deliver network firewalling solutions to Cisco switches and appliances with data processing units (DPUs) and network processing units (NPUs). You will also work closely with our Chief Architect, Product Management and Control Plane teams, defining the roadmap to meet market and customer expectations.

Your key responsibilities include:

• Ownership of the day-to-day activities of your team, as they design, develop and test features in feature-driven sprints.
• Ensure cross-functional alignment with the key stakeholders on architecture, schedules and deliverables
• Deliver continuous feedback and performance review of engineers, with input from vertical leads and senior leadership
• Track progress on projects, help engineers grow their project management skills

Minimum Requirements for this Role:

• BA/BS Degree and 7+ years of experience in software development
• 3+ years of experience in team management
• 3+ years in cloud computing and network security
• Foundations in networking including exposure to network stacks, packet processing, or network acceleration technologies.

Desired Skills & Experience:

• Prior experience managing engineering team resources and activities, ensuring deliverables are met within scope and timelines.
• Experience building a strong engineering teams, while promoting a culture of innovation, performance, and execution
• Ability to lead and mentor engineers globally, champion creative technical trends, drive decisions collaboratively, resolve conflicts, and ensure diligent follow-through
• Experience collaborating with senior engineers, product management, senior management, and other multi-functional partners to define technical roadmaps and set strategies

Why Cisco Secure:

We're global, we're adaptable, we're diverse, and our security portfolio is as extensive as it is groundbreaking. Have you heard of Threat, Detection & Response, Zero Trust by Duo, Common Services Engineering, or Cloud & Network Security? Those are only a few of our product teams! The only thing we're missing is YOU.

Join an enterprise security leader with a start-up culture, committed to driving innovation and giving you the opportunity to make an impact. We #InnovateToWin and we know we're better together, that's why we're dedicated to inclusivity, collaboration, and diversity in everything we do.

We're proud to be the Best Small and Mid-Size Enterprises Security Solution Cisco Secure continues to grow and evolve year after year with 100% of Fortune 100 Companies using our products, and we're excited to see the new heights we'll reach with your passion for security, your customer focus, and your desire to change things up!

There are so many amazing reasons to join Cisco. Learn more here!

When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings. Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday, plus a day off for their birthday. Employees accrue up to 20 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) each year and have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues without tapping into their PTO. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community. Employees are also able to purchase company stock through our Employee Stock Purchase Program.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. 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 up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.