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# Senior Director - Software Engineering (Cisco Duo)

- **Company:** Cisco Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** Austin, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $267,200 - $337,900
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Software as a Service, Cyber Security, Computer Engineering, Continuous Delivery, Distributed Systems, Identity and Access Management, OAuth, Operational Data Store, OpenID, Cloud Services, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Single Sign-On, Software Construction, Software Engineering, Enterprise Software Applications, Information Technology, Cisco
- **Published:** November 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/0516761E84E4490F85D0E9708838B6E7/job/

## About the Role

* 15+ years of software engineering experience, including significant experience leading multi-team engineering organizations and developing engineering managers.
 * Proven technical leadership experience in identity and access management (IAM), cybersecurity, enterprise cloud security, or a closely related enterprise software domain.
 * Experience leading distributed engineering organizations that develop, scale, and operate high-availability customer-facing software products or cloud services.
 * Proven track record of delivering complex product capabilities from strategy through launch and continuous live operations, leveraging operational data, telemetry, and customer feedback to drive reliability and execution excellence., * Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
 * Demonstrated ability to attract, hire, and retain top-tier engineering talent and cultivate an inclusive environment grounded in accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
 * Experience guiding architecture for secure, highly available SaaS or distributed systems.
 * Experience building software across public cloud, on-premises, and mobile environments.
 * Fluency with modern authentication and identity standards, including SAML, OIDC, OAuth, and FIDO2/WebAuthn.
 * Proven success evolving an engineering organization's structure, operating model, or development methodologies while sustaining continuous delivery, high team engagement, and positive engineering culture.
 * Strong ability to translate complex architectural tradeoffs, reliability risks, and security investments into strategic business terms for executive leadership.
 * Proven experience collaborating closely with Product Management, User Experience/Design, and other cross-functional partners to shape product roadmaps and deliver exceptional user experiences.

## Description

As Senior Director of Engineering, you will lead the engineering team responsible for Duo, Cisco's security-first identity and access management product. Duo helps organizations make access safer without making work harder. It brings together authentication, single sign-on, device trust, and adaptive access controls to verify who is connecting, from which device, and under what conditions.

Your Impact

 * You will align technical priorities and architecture across these areas while strengthening operational practices and reliability across the stack.
 * Your work will help protect organizations and critical infrastructure around the world by delivering secure, easy-to-use identity capabilities.
 * Guide teams on evolving engineering practices to build and operate high-quality software at scale.
 * Partner closely with Product and Design and collaborate with other Cisco product teams to create integrated customer experiences.
 * Develop engineering leaders and build strong, empowered teams that translate product strategy into resilient, scalable, and reliable services.
 * Set technical direction and operational strategy for a flagship product at the intersection of identity, security, and everyday user experience.