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Security Research Engineer (Remote)

RTP, North Carolina, US🌐 Remote💼 Full-time💰 $128,600–$128,600🗓 2026-09-23 → 2026-09-26

Core

Identify security vulnerabilities and harden Cisco's global products against real-world threats using an attacker mentality.

Role type

Senior Security Research Engineer (Offensive Security)

Builds

Security tools and hardened solutions for Cisco's critical infrastructure

Domain

Cybersecurity / Offensive Security / Cloud Security

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | research

Required skills

Red teaming, penetration testing, Unix, AI/ML frameworks, offensive security tooling, remote access exploitation, network penetration, Command and Control development, covert channels

Preferred skills

DevOps engineering, web/API/mobile/embedded security testing, full-spectrum red-team tactics, SOC/SRE/incident response experience

Technologies

Cloud environments, Unix, AI/ML frameworks, offensive security tooling

Responsibilities

Evaluate global products to identify security vulnerabilities, emulate real-world adversaries, partner with engineering teams to assess complex architectures, research emerging security topics to develop new tools

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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