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The team’s role is to enhance SOC efficiency by delivering consistent, comprehensive, and high-quality threat analysis, helping organizations detect, investigate, and respond to cyber threats more effectively and rapidly.\nYour Impact\nAs a Senior Staff Software Engineer, you'll spearhead the optimization of backend code and detection capabilities, focusing on automated URL analysis and web navigation. You'll architect innovative solutions to overcome challenges in automated web interactions, including CAPTCHA bypassing and anti-bot measures. Your role as a Senior Staff Software Engineer is crucial in revolutionizing cyber threat defense, particularly against phishing and malware distributed through malicious URLs. Your expertise will directly enhance our customers' security posture!\nLead the design and implementation of advanced website analysis algorithms to improve threat detection accuracy and efficiency. \nDevelop innovative solutions to overcome challenges in browser automation, including CAPTCHA bypassing and anti-bot measures. \nArchitect scalable systems for processing and analyzing large volumes of potentially malicious URLs. \nCollaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate URL analysis improvements into the broader Attack Analyzer workflow. \nMentor and guide senior engineers in best practices for security-focused web automation. \nDrive technical decision-making and set architectural direction for the URL analysis component of Attack Analyzer. \nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, or related field; or equivalent work experience with 8+ years' experience in Software Engineering focused on cybersecurity and web technologies \n5+ years of experience with Python OR Go AND JavaScript, Typescript OR React. \n3+ years of experience in web scraping and analysis, cloud technology and containerization (AWS, Docker etc.) \nExperience with web technologies, web protocols, browser automation, and common web security measures. (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and various web frameworks) \nExperience with anti-bot techniques and developing countermeasures. \nExperience in browser automation and Chromium source code. \nExperience designing and implementing large-scale, distributed systems. \nExperience with threat analysis and malware detection. \nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience with machine learning techniques for anomaly detection or classification in security contexts. \nFamiliarity with CAPTCHA solving techniques and ethical considerations in automated web interactions. \nKnowledge of common phishing techniques and experience in developing automated detection systems. \nContributions to open-source projects related to web automation or security. \nWhy Cisco?\nAt Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.\nFueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.\nWe are Cisco, and our power starts with you.\nMessage to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:\nThe starting salary range posted for this position is $192,400.00 to $275,800.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.\nU.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.\nU.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:\n10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees\n\n1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco\n\nNon-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees\n\nExempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)\n\n80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next\n\nAdditional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members\n\nOptional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer\n\nFor non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.\nEmployees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:\n.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;\n\n1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;\n\n1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and\n\nOnce performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.\n\nFor non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. 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