Security Research Engineer (Remote)
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, remove boilerplate (application window close date? That's metadata; maybe we can include as short p? The instruction: "Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." The application window close date is metadata; we can include in a short p maybe. Also US Person requirement etc. Should be included as content. We need to parse the posting: - Application window close date: 09/27/2026 (metadata) - Must be US Person (citizen, national, LPR, asylee, refugee) - May also perform work only by US citizen on US soil. - Role can be performed from any location within US. - Meet the Team: description of team. - Your Impact: bullet list of responsibilities. - Minimum Qualifications: list. - Preferred Qualifications: list. - Why Cisco?: description. - Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada: salary range, benefits, PTO details. We need sections: About the role? Could be "About the role" maybe summarizing role description (the impact?). Could use "Responsibilities" for impact bullet list. "Requirements" maybe for minimum qualifications? "Qualifications" maybe for preferred? "Skills" maybe combine? "Benefits" from benefits section. "Pay" from salary range. "Schedule" maybe from PTO/vacation details. We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have actual content for Pay (salary range), Benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401k, etc), Schedule (PTO details). So include those. We must not repeat job title. No headings for Job ID. We need to output only HTML fragment, no /. Use
for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail.
Thus we need to include all details: US Person requirement, location flexibility, team description, impact bullets, minimum qualifications bullets, preferred qualifications bullets, Why Cisco paragraph, salary range and benefits details, PTO details.
We need to decide how to structure sections.
Potential sections:
- About the role: could include US Person requirement, location flexibility, maybe brief role summary? But we have "Your Impact" which is responsibilities. Could treat "About the role" as a short paragraph summarizing the role (maybe from first paragraph: "The successful applicant will be performing work on US Government classified environments..." plus location). That is substantive.
- Responsibilities: the bullet list under "Your Impact".
- Requirements: maybe Minimum Qualifications.
- Qualifications: maybe Preferred Qualifications.
- Skills: maybe combine some skills? Could be omitted if not distinct. But we have skills listed in preferred qualifications (collaborative, communication, adaptability). Could put under Skills.
- Benefits: the benefits paragraph.
- Pay: salary range and location-specific ranges.
- Schedule: PTO/vacation details.
We must not create sections with filler. Ensure each heading has real content.
We need to avoid duplication: The "Why Cisco?" section is descriptive; could be under "About Cisco" but we don't have heading for that; maybe we can include under "About the role"? But better to have a section "About Cisco" but not in allowed headings list? The allowed headings list includes About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. It says use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid other headings, but says use those for section headings. Probably we should stick to those. So we can embed Cisco description under "About the role" or maybe "Why Cisco?" could be under "About the role". But we need to preserve all substantive info; we can include it in a paragraph under About the role.
Thus sections:
- About the role: includes US Person requirement, location flexibility, team description, Cisco description? Might be too much but okay.
- Responsibilities: bullet list from "Your Impact".
- Requirements: bullet list from Minimum Qualifications.
- Qualifications: bullet list from Preferred Qualifications.
- Skills: maybe bullet list for communication, collaboration, adaptability? Could be derived from Preferred Qualifications but we already have Qualifications section for preferred; maybe Skills separate for soft skills. But we could omit Skills if not distinct; but we have content for skills: "Strong ability to work collaboratively within a diverse, high-energy research team.", "Excellent communication skills for multi-functional engagement with engineering teams.", "Adaptability to work with emerging technologies and evolving security landscapes." Those are soft skills. Could put under Skills.
- Benefits: bullet list from benefits paragraph.
- Pay: paragraph with salary ranges.
- Schedule: paragraph with PTO details.
We must not include boilerplate like "Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:" but we can keep the content.
We need to remove duplicated lines, cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. Not present.
Now craft HTML.
We'll start with a short p for application window close date? Could be minor metadata; we can include as a p at top:
Application window expected to close: 09/27/2026
. That's allowed.
Then sections.
Let's draft.
About the role:
Paragraph: "The successful applicant will be performing work on US Government classified environments, and therefore must be a U.S. Person (i.e., U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent resident, asylee, or refugee). This position may also perform work that the U.S. government has specified can only be performed by a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil. The role can be performed from any location within the United States."
Then team description: "Meet the Team Our security team is dynamic, hardworking, fun, and high-energy, but the work is done in a very casual environment that strongly encourages a work/life balance. Not only will you work alongside a team of skilled security researchers with a diverse spectrum of talents and experience levels, but you will also be interacting with a variety of engineering teams across Cisco. Cisco ASIG cultivates an environment where every individual's input and experience is valued. We prioritize training sessions and a mentor program surrounding you with the resources you will need to succeed. The Advanced Security Initiatives Group (ASIG) serves as Cisco’s elite security research unit, dedicated to identifying vulnerabilities and hardening our global products against real-world threats. By adopting an attacker mentality, the team ensures that Cisco’s critical infrastructure remains resilient for global ISPs, Fortune 500 companies, and world governments. This dynamic, high-energy group is composed of skilled researchers with diverse technical backgrounds who thrive in a casual, supportive, and collaborative environment. What makes this team truly exciting is the unique opportunities to research security topics independently or collaboratively to explore and develop tools and ideas as part of our 'Free Friday' innovation and incubation process."
Then Cisco description: "Why Cisco? At 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. Fueled 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. We are Cisco, and our power starts with you."
We could combine all into About the role section; it's long but okay.
Responsibilities: bullet list from "Your Impact":
- Evaluate global products and services to identify security vulnerabilities, weaknesses, and potential improvements to ensure the integrity of Cisco’s infrastructure.
- Adopt an attacker mentality using specialized tools and techniques to emulate real-world adversaries and proactively secure our systems.
- Partner with industry-leading engineering teams to assess complex architectures and contribute to creative security solutions that protect our customers.
- Research emerging security topics independently or collaboratively to develop new tools and ideas that drive the evolution of our security posture.
- Achieve success by delivering highly secured solutions that meet the rigorous demands of our most critical global clients.
Requirements: Minimum Qualifications bullet list:
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related field (with security research or project-based experience) or a Bachelor’s degree with 2+ years of professional security experience.
- 2+ years of red teaming or penetration testing experience with emphasis on remote access, network penetration, Command and Control development and use, and covert channels in Cloud environments.
- 4+ years of Unix experience, including any applicable academic experience.
- Industry experience with AI/ML frameworks and offensive security tooling.
Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications bullet list:
- Experience as a DevOps engineer
- Experience in offensive security testing of web applications, APIs, user interfaces, mobile devices, and embedded devices.
- Experience with full-spectrum red-team tactics
- Experience in a SOC, SRE, or incident response role.
- Strong ability to work collaboratively within a diverse, high-energy research team.
- Excellent communication skills for multi-functional engagement with engineering teams.
- Adaptability to work with emerging technologies and evolving security landscapes.
Skills: maybe we could put the soft skills here, but they are already in Preferred Qualifications. To avoid duplication, we could omit Skills section. But we need to decide if we want Skills section; we could put soft skills there and remove them from Preferred Qualifications to avoid duplication. However the instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." If we move them, we still preserve. It's okay to reorganize as long as we keep all info. So we can take those three soft skills out of Preferred Qualifications and put under Skills. Then Preferred Qualifications will have the rest.
Thus:
Skills:
- Strong ability to work collaboratively within a diverse, high-energy research team.
- Excellent communication skills for multi-functional engagement with engineering teams.
- Adaptability to work with emerging technologies and evolving security landscapes.
Preferred Qualifications (remaining):
- Experience as a DevOps engineer
- Experience in offensive security testing of web applications, APIs, user interfaces, mobile devices, and embedded devices.
- Experience with full-spectrum red-team tactics
- Experience in a SOC, SRE, or incident response role.
Benefits: bullet list from benefits paragraph:
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
- Paid parental leave
- Short and long-term disability coverage
- Basic life insurance
- Eligibility for grants of Cisco restricted stock units (vesting after continued employment)
- Paid time away: 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees; 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday; paid year-end holiday shutdown; 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco; Non-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; Exempt 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); 80 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; Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. Thus we need to include all details: US Person requirement, location flexibility, team description, impact bullets, minimum qualifications bullets, preferred qualifications bullets, Why Cisco paragraph, salary range and benefits details, PTO details. We need to decide how to structure sections. Potential sections: - About the role: could include US Person requirement, location flexibility, maybe brief role summary? But we have "Your Impact" which is responsibilities. Could treat "About the role" as a short paragraph summarizing the role (maybe from first paragraph: "The successful applicant will be performing work on US Government classified environments..." plus location). That is substantive. - Responsibilities: the bullet list under "Your Impact". - Requirements: maybe Minimum Qualifications. - Qualifications: maybe Preferred Qualifications. - Skills: maybe combine some skills? Could be omitted if not distinct. But we have skills listed in preferred qualifications (collaborative, communication, adaptability). Could put under Skills. - Benefits: the benefits paragraph. - Pay: salary range and location-specific ranges. - Schedule: PTO/vacation details. We must not create sections with filler. Ensure each heading has real content. We need to avoid duplication: The "Why Cisco?" section is descriptive; could be under "About Cisco" but we don't have heading for that; maybe we can include under "About the role"? But better to have a section "About Cisco" but not in allowed headings list? The allowed headings list includes About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. It says use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid other headings, but says use those for section headings. Probably we should stick to those. So we can embed Cisco description under "About the role" or maybe "Why Cisco?" could be under "About the role". But we need to preserve all substantive info; we can include it in a paragraph under About the role. Thus sections: - About the role: includes US Person requirement, location flexibility, team description, Cisco description? Might be too much but okay. - Responsibilities: bullet list from "Your Impact". - Requirements: bullet list from Minimum Qualifications. - Qualifications: bullet list from Preferred Qualifications. - Skills: maybe bullet list for communication, collaboration, adaptability? Could be derived from Preferred Qualifications but we already have Qualifications section for preferred; maybe Skills separate for soft skills. But we could omit Skills if not distinct; but we have content for skills: "Strong ability to work collaboratively within a diverse, high-energy research team.", "Excellent communication skills for multi-functional engagement with engineering teams.", "Adaptability to work with emerging technologies and evolving security landscapes." Those are soft skills. Could put under Skills. - Benefits: bullet list from benefits paragraph. - Pay: paragraph with salary ranges. - Schedule: paragraph with PTO details. We must not include boilerplate like "Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:" but we can keep the content. We need to remove duplicated lines, cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. Not present. Now craft HTML. We'll start with a short p for application window close date? Could be minor metadata; we can include as a p at top:
Application window expected to close: 09/27/2026
. That's allowed. Then sections. Let's draft. About the role: Paragraph: "The successful applicant will be performing work on US Government classified environments, and therefore must be a U.S. Person (i.e., U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent resident, asylee, or refugee). This position may also perform work that the U.S. government has specified can only be performed by a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil. The role can be performed from any location within the United States." Then team description: "Meet the Team Our security team is dynamic, hardworking, fun, and high-energy, but the work is done in a very casual environment that strongly encourages a work/life balance. Not only will you work alongside a team of skilled security researchers with a diverse spectrum of talents and experience levels, but you will also be interacting with a variety of engineering teams across Cisco. Cisco ASIG cultivates an environment where every individual's input and experience is valued. We prioritize training sessions and a mentor program surrounding you with the resources you will need to succeed. The Advanced Security Initiatives Group (ASIG) serves as Cisco’s elite security research unit, dedicated to identifying vulnerabilities and hardening our global products against real-world threats. By adopting an attacker mentality, the team ensures that Cisco’s critical infrastructure remains resilient for global ISPs, Fortune 500 companies, and world governments. This dynamic, high-energy group is composed of skilled researchers with diverse technical backgrounds who thrive in a casual, supportive, and collaborative environment. What makes this team truly exciting is the unique opportunities to research security topics independently or collaboratively to explore and develop tools and ideas as part of our 'Free Friday' innovation and incubation process." Then Cisco description: "Why Cisco? At 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. Fueled 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. We are Cisco, and our power starts with you." We could combine all into About the role section; it's long but okay. Responsibilities: bullet list from "Your Impact": - Evaluate global products and services to identify security vulnerabilities, weaknesses, and potential improvements to ensure the integrity of Cisco’s infrastructure. - Adopt an attacker mentality using specialized tools and techniques to emulate real-world adversaries and proactively secure our systems. - Partner with industry-leading engineering teams to assess complex architectures and contribute to creative security solutions that protect our customers. - Research emerging security topics independently or collaboratively to develop new tools and ideas that drive the evolution of our security posture. - Achieve success by delivering highly secured solutions that meet the rigorous demands of our most critical global clients. Requirements: Minimum Qualifications bullet list: - Master’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related field (with security research or project-based experience) or a Bachelor’s degree with 2+ years of professional security experience. - 2+ years of red teaming or penetration testing experience with emphasis on remote access, network penetration, Command and Control development and use, and covert channels in Cloud environments. - 4+ years of Unix experience, including any applicable academic experience. - Industry experience with AI/ML frameworks and offensive security tooling. Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications bullet list: - Experience as a DevOps engineer - Experience in offensive security testing of web applications, APIs, user interfaces, mobile devices, and embedded devices. - Experience with full-spectrum red-team tactics - Experience in a SOC, SRE, or incident response role. - Strong ability to work collaboratively within a diverse, high-energy research team. - Excellent communication skills for multi-functional engagement with engineering teams. - Adaptability to work with emerging technologies and evolving security landscapes. Skills: maybe we could put the soft skills here, but they are already in Preferred Qualifications. To avoid duplication, we could omit Skills section. But we need to decide if we want Skills section; we could put soft skills there and remove them from Preferred Qualifications to avoid duplication. However the instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." If we move them, we still preserve. It's okay to reorganize as long as we keep all info. So we can take those three soft skills out of Preferred Qualifications and put under Skills. Then Preferred Qualifications will have the rest. Thus: Skills: - Strong ability to work collaboratively within a diverse, high-energy research team. - Excellent communication skills for multi-functional engagement with engineering teams. - Adaptability to work with emerging technologies and evolving security landscapes. Preferred Qualifications (remaining): - Experience as a DevOps engineer - Experience in offensive security testing of web applications, APIs, user interfaces, mobile devices, and embedded devices. - Experience with full-spectrum red-team tactics - Experience in a SOC, SRE, or incident response role. Benefits: bullet list from benefits paragraph: - Medical, dental and vision insurance - 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution - Paid parental leave - Short and long-term disability coverage - Basic life insurance - Eligibility for grants of Cisco restricted stock units (vesting after continued employment) - Paid time away: 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees; 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday; paid year-end holiday shutdown; 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco; Non-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; Exempt 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); 80 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; Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency