# Principal Software Engineer – Application Security & AI Trust Architecture

The application window is expected to close on: 12/12/2026Meet the Team At Cisco, we are redefining how our customers experience technology through the power of Cisco IQ Services and Applications. Our mission is to transform CX delivery by building intelligent, scalable platforms that anticipate needs rather than just reacting to them. As a member of our global, diverse, and AI-spec driven team, you will operate at the absolute frontier of innovation. We are deeply committed to leveraging the latest advancements in AI to build robust solutions that solve complex technical challenges for our enterprise customers, fostering a culture of curiosity, collaboration, and rapid iteration. Your Impact As a Principal Engineer leading software security, you will be a primary technical authority responsible for defining and driving the security architecture across our software platforms and services. You will bridge the gap between high-level security strategy and hands-on engineering execution, ensuring that our products are secure from the cloud to the box. You will lead cross-functional initiatives, mentor engineering team members, engage with our customers and leverage AI to revolutionize

- **Id**: 4324404
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/cisco-systems-principal-software-engineer-application-security-ai-trust-architecture>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Jose, United States, Richardson, United States, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 15
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T23:03:14Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 9679
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Annual bonuses, Equity, Life insurance, Parental leave, Restricted stock units, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Application Security, Unified Communications, Endpoint Security, Observability & APM

## Company

- **Id**: 90
- **Name**: Cisco Systems
- **Domain**: cisco.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/cisco-systems>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 83
- **Open postings**: 284
- **Ghost share**: 0.063
- **Stale share**: 0.447
- **Repost share**: 0.106
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 26
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 233900
- **Max**: 380000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 380000

## Technologies

- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **Azure** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **CWE** — Optional: no
- **GCP** — Optional: no
- **Go** — Optional: no
- **gRPC** — Optional: no
- **Java** — Optional: no
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: no
- **Least Privilege** — Optional: no
- **LLM** — Optional: no
- **LLM Guardrails** — Optional: no
- **Model Context Protocol** — Optional: no
- **Node JS** — Optional: no
- **OWASP** — Optional: no
- **OWASP Top 10** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Rust** — Optional: no
- **SBOM** — Optional: no
- **Threat Modeling** — Optional: no
- **TypeScript** — Optional: no
- **Zero Trust** — Optional: no
- **CodeQL** — Optional: yes
- **CVE** — Optional: yes
- **JavaScript** — Optional: yes
- **Open Policy Agent** — Optional: yes
- **RAG** — Optional: yes
- **Semgrep** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 15
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-14T23:03:14Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 1,384 · green card filings: 608; Filings 12m: 1384

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 26
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T01:08:33Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 380000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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