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# Senior Software Engineer - Splunk Platform Authorization

- **Company:** Cisco Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** Hartford, CT, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** User Authentication, C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Software Quality, Distributed Systems, Identity and Access Management, Software Architecture, Role-Based Access Control, Cloud Platform System, Backend, Kubernetes, Splunk, Golang, Microservices
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/28_25303_4100898f8e954599f0e47f4af70b4805

## About the Role

Requires a bachelor's degree and at least 7 years of relevant experience, a master's degree and at least 4 years, or a PhD and at least 1 year. Candidates need C++ experience, production distributed-systems or backend-service experience, architectural and technical-design expertise, and a record of leading initiatives through delivery; Go, Kubernetes, cloud-native systems, and authorization experience are preferred., * C++

 * Go
 * Distributed Systems
 * Backend Services
 * Software Architecture
 * Technical Design
 * Kubernetes
 * Cloud-Native Infrastructure
 * Microservices
 * Identity and Access Management
 * Authentication
 * Authorization
 * RBAC
 * ABAC
 * System Scalability
 * Production Reliability

## Description

Architect, design, and develop high-performance authorization services, primarily in C++, while contributing to Go-based services and modernization of the platform. Lead complex engineering initiatives and architectural decisions, coordinate work across teams, and support code quality, reliability, troubleshooting, and operations.