Agentic AI Security Engineer
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
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This role pays less than 59% of similar roles. Most pay $161,521–$220,412 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $184k versus about $191k for comparable roles.
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Cisco Systems is the world''s leading networking technology company, designing and manufacturing networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and cybersecurity solutions for businesses and governments. Industry: Networking Technology & Cybersecurity
Cisco currently has 194 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $167,700–$245,100 across 194 roles with salary data.
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Sr Software Engineer, Security Core AI – Agentic SOC (hybid) joins the Security Core AI team to build trusted agentic capabilities for detecting, investigating, and responding to threats. This role involves developing shared AI systems including agent platforms, orchestration, governed tool use, evaluation frameworks, and production trace analysis. The engineer will design and deliver complex components across shared security runtimes while ensuring reliable performance in cloud, on-premises, sovereign, and air-gapped environments. Key responsibilities include building reusable capabilities like context memory, shared APIs, and experimentation systems while managing trade-offs between quality, latency, and cost. Candidates should possess experience with Python or Golang and expertise in distributed systems, LLM concepts such as grounding and planning, and security domains including SOC, SIEM, and identity management. The role focuses on transforming evolving AI technologies into production-grade tools for complex cybersecurity environments.
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