Job Description
As an Engineering Manager for the Security Innovation Team, you will work in the department alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry on Cisco’s Hypershield project. You will lead a team that develops run-time security and observability agents for Linux-based workloads based in eBPF technology. Your solutions rely very heavily on AI. Consequently, you will also manage the associated AI engineers and initiatives to deliver a product with ground-breaking innovation. You'll work closely with other Hypershield Engineering teams, our Chief Architect, Product Management and Control Plane teams, defining and influencing 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 collaborators on architecture, schedules and results
- Deliver continuous feedback and performance review of engineers, with input from vertical leads and senior leadership
Minimum Requirements for This Role:
- BA/BS Degree and 7+ years experience with software development
- 3+ years technical team management experience
- 3+ years in cloud computing and network security
- Foundation in application security and Linux internals
Desired Sills & Experience:
- Prior exposure to AI concepts and principles
- Management of engineering team resources and activities, ensuring deliverables are met within scope and timelines
- Proven experience leading strong engineering teams, 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