דרושים Ai Security Researcher Threat Intelligence ב-Cisco ב-United States, Atlanta

• Serve as the technical authority for AI/ML security assurance, collaborating with engineering, product, and architecture teams to ensure secure, compliant delivery of systems and services.
• Define, implement, and maintain security standards for GenAI, ML pipelines, data usage, and AI applications across hybrid and cloud environments.
• Conduct threat modeling, adversarial risk assessments, and AI-specific threat surface analysis on LLMs, data pipelines, and orchestration frameworks.
• Drive secure-by-design practices throughout the AI development lifecycle, embedding security gates and validations.
• Lead AI-specific security testing, including red teaming, prompt injection defenses, RAG hardening, model sandboxing, and privacy-preserving techniques.

• +8 years of hands-on experience in cybersecurity and GenAI security, including demonstrated work with prompt injection mitigation, adversarial robustness, and implementing AI governance controls.
• At least 5 years of experience working with AI ecosystem stacks (such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or LangChain), including securing AI/ML training pipelines and deployment workflows in production environments.
• Proficiency in Python, with a minimum of 3 years using Jupyter and proven experience in securing REST APIs and microservices in enterprise-scale applications.
• Expert at cloud security architectures across AWS, Azure, orGCP, and AI PaaS offerings like AWS Bedrock or Google Vertex AI.
• Minimum 3 years of experience conducting automated threat modeling and red teaming activities specifically for AI/ML systems.

• Familiarity with compliance frameworks (e.g., NIST, GDPR) and their implications for AI data handling.
• Knowledge of AI supply chain risks, synthetic data verification, and secure model provenance.
• Background in AI-specific security middleware, firewalls, or policy layers for model-based systems.
• Published work, patents, or thought leadership in AI security or trustworthy AI.
• Participation in AI/ML security working groups or standards bodies (e.g., OWASP AI, NIST, IEEE).
• Experience in regulated industries (e.g., healthcare, finance) with mature software assurance programs.

The application window is expected to close on September 15, 2025.Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Your Impact

In this role, you will drive the develop or a new workload platform leveraging Kubernetes, Cilium and Kubevirt with a focus on ease of use. You’ll collaborate with industry leading internal Cisco teams, like Isovalent, with the goal of making our platform’s network seamlessly co-exist with customer’s existing network topology. You’ll also partner with our AI Software & Platform team to leverage agentic AI for running playbook/automation to simplify migration of workloads and integrations from existing workload platforms to our platform.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years or Master’s degree with 6+ years or PhD with 3+ years of platform software development experience to including programming with GoLang or equivalent experience
• Demonstrated experience using Kubernetes for automating, scaling and managing workload applications.
• Demonstrated experience with open-source operating systems such as Linux
• Demonstrate experience using database management tools such as SQL
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with remote procecure calls (RPCs) like gRPC, Thrift and JSON RPC
• Experience with tools such as Cilium, Kubevirt, KVM and eBPF
• Experience with VMware vSphere and NSX
• Experience with platforms like OpenShift
• Experience with open-source tools like OpenStack

You will use relationships with the broader partner teams, including within the Global Security Sales Organization, Americas Partner Organization, and Americas Sales Organization, to help our strategic partners in a joint go-to-market motion to accelerate Security sales with an emphasis on driving the successful adoption of the partners’ investment in leading with Cisco Security.

You will expand relationships with these strategic partners, at leadership levels to increase awareness and seller participation. You will accomplish this through tight alignment, ongoing enablement, and the creation of sales plays to help remove friction and support partner and Cisco differentiation in portfolio as well as market.

Your Impact

This role requires a growth mindset with an extensive skills - the combination of strategic vision, cross-functional collaboration, sales experience, executive presence, strong execution, and global beneficial reseller discernment specific to cybersecurity and how to combat the competition.

Experience supporting channel sales motions to deliver outstanding experiences yielding in partner growth, profitability, and dedication.

Shown experience working within a matrixed organization with strong communication, interpersonal communication, and polished presentation skills.

Experience building a sales acceleration plan and associated framework with strategic global partners that support a cybersecurity-focused sell thru/with motion, inclusive of enablement, investment execution, and sales campaign leadership.

Minimum Qualifications :

5+ years proven experience in sales execution with strategic partners/customers.

Understanding of Cisco’s field sales organization operational model (roles and responsibilities, regions, segments, theaters, etc.) is required.

Broad high-tech industry and cyber security knowledge, understanding/experience with large OEM resellers preferred

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience

Strong results orientation with a shown ability to complete and achieve goals.

Negotiation skills—the ability to overcome obstacles, resolve differences, and forge win-win agreements.

• High Velocity sales approach targeting Mid-Market Private Sector accounts.
• Partner collaboration to drive accountability and deal closure.
• Leverage AI-powered sales tools such as Cisco AI Assistant for Sales to streamline workflows and improve customer engagement.
• Achieve assigned quota targets for the designated Mid-Market Private Sector account list with a focus on Cloud, AI, and Data Center solutions.
• Develop and maintain deep expertise in Cisco’s Cloud, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Center portfolio, including competitive positioning and sales strategies.
• Manage the full sales cycle for Cloud AI and Data Center opportunities, from qualification through to closure.
• Collaborate with partners and internal teams to attract, develop, and close deals, supporting customer adoption and success.
• Identify and communicate cross-architecture opportunities within the sales Pod to maximize customer value.
• Maintain pipeline excellence and provide accurate forecasting for Cloud AI and Data Center sales.
• Stay informed on industry trends, market dynamics, and competitive insights related to Cloud, AI, and Data Center technologies.
• Utilize Cisco’s Tech Stack, AI-powered sales tools, and sales plays to optimize customer engagement and sales efficiency.
• Participate in quarterly territory planning and reviews in collaboration with the sales Pod.
• Support hybrid work with occasional travel for critical customer and partner engagements.

BS/BA or equivalent

• 2-3 years of channel experience or similar Business-to-business quota-carrying sales. Software (sales, adoption/renewal) or cyber security experience desired.
• Cisco sales, product & technical certifications preferred.
• Consistent achievement of sales quotas.
• Consistent achievement of forecasted revenue targets. (ie. achieving consistent forecast accuracy)

• Demonstrate Cisco’s guiding principles in all interactions and decision-making.
• Exhibit strong collaboration and teamwork within the Pod structure.
• Balance partner engagement with direct customer interaction effectively.
• Convey the “One Cisco Story” by maintaining a comprehensive understanding of Cisco’s full product portfolio.
• Use data-driven decision-making for pipeline management and sales forecasting.
• Build and maintain positive relationships with partners and customers to drive trust and results.

The application window is expected to close on 9/15/2025.

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.