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# Software Engineering Technical Leader (remote) - 2025538

- **Company:** Cisco Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $151,600.0 - $222,400.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Information Systems Security Architecture Professional, Systems Development Life Cycle, Release Management, Software Engineering, Software Security, Devsecops, Cisco
- **Published:** October 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/career/18651671/Software-Engineering-Technical-Leader-Remote-2025538-North-Carolina-Research-Triangle-Park

## About the Role

*Bachelors + 8 years of related experience, or Masters + 6 years of related experience, or PhD + 3 years of related experience, or equivalent related work experience.

*Extensive experience in Secure SDLC Methodology, including defining and governing software security requirements and release management.

*Proven track record in Security Requirements Engineering, transforming static policies into actionable, machine-readable requirements for engineering workflows.

*Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional transformation initiatives, coordinating across subject matter experts, developers, and product operations.

*Strong background in DevSecOps and Build Environment Security strategy, including designing agentic workflows and automation to support security governance, verification, and reporting.

Preferred Qualifications

*Advanced knowledge of Threat Modeling and Secure Architecture & Design principles to proactively identify and mitigate security risks.

*Experience supporting strategic SDLC governance initiatives, such as requirements development and maintenance, automated evidence collection, and quantitative risk calculations.

*Exceptional communication skills to build consensus among stakeholders with competing priorities and explain complex security topics clearly.

*Demonstrated ability to establish durable, repeatable processes for requirements intake and release management that scale across the organization
Why Cisco?

## Description

As a Software Engineering Technical Leader, you will support the day-to-day operations of Software Security Requirements (SSR) governance and the SSR transformation initiative. You will manage the intake of improvement requests, coordinate regularly scheduled requirements releases, and drive strategic SDLC governance initiatives. You will participate in transforming software security requirements from static policy documents into structured, machine-readable requirements, partnering on the authoring and refinement of requirements from a developer's perspective. Additionally, you will design, build, and maintain agentic workflows that support security requirements governance, verification, and reporting, while supporting critical initiatives such as thread modeling and build environment security.