# Senior Software Engineer, Network Platform Security

The application window is expected to close on: 12/30/2026Meet the Team The Network Engineering group is at the forefront of building the software platforms that power some of the largest networks in the world. The networking industry is undergoing a major transformation as next-generation infrastructure is developed to support rapidly growing AI/ML workloads and the ever-increasing number of internet users, applications, and services. Our team helps redefine how networking and platform security problems are solved. You will develop security solutions for next-generation networking platforms while creating AI-powered systems that can reason, troubleshoot, and resolve complex infrastructure challenges. This is an opportunity to work at the intersection of software engineering, platform security, networking, and AI/ML to deliver transformative tools for large-scale systems. You will work alongside engineers who are passionate about solving complex technical challenges and building large-scale distributed systems. The team operates in a fast-paced, collaborative environment where engineers take ownership across the full product lifecycle - from development and testing through producti

- **Id**: 3921001
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/cisco-systems-senior-software-engineer-network-platform-security>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Milpitas, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-07T15:01:01Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-07
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T00:12:53Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7933
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Annual bonuses, Equity, Life insurance, Parental leave, Restricted stock units, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Network 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**: 84
- **Open postings**: 289
- **Ghost share**: 0.048
- **Stale share**: 0.464
- **Repost share**: 0.097
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 25
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 167700
- **Max**: 282000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 282000

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Claude Code** — Optional: no
- **Cursor** — Optional: no
- **Devin** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **OpenAI Codex** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **BGP** — Optional: yes
- **DHCP** — Optional: yes
- **DNS** — Optional: yes
- **TCP/IP** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-07T15:01:01Z

## 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**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 25
- **Reasons**: conf:3, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T03:23:13Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 282000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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