Job Listing ID:

4590392

Job Title:

Security Operations Engineer

Application Deadline:

Open Until Filled

Job Location:

Portland

Date Posted:

10/14/2026

Hours Worked Per Week:

Not Provided

Shift:

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Duration of Job:

Either Full or Part Time, more than 6 months

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Job Summary The application window is expected to close on: 11/11/2026 Meet the Team We believe that world-class security starts with great people. The SBG Security Operations (SecOps) Team is the frontline defense for Cisco's Security Business Group. At Cisco SBG we build solutions that defend the world's most critical infrastructure. Our mission is to instill absolute confidence in our engineering partners and global customers that Cisco security solutions are designed, built, and operated securely. In this role, you won't just be a gear in the machine, you will be an empowered collaborator, working alongside world-class security engineers, researchers, and developers in an inclusive, high-impact environment that fosters continuous learning, mentorship, and career growth. Your Impact As a core member of the SBG SecOps team, your responsibilities span five critical operational pillars:

Full-Stack Vulnerability Management & Posture Governance:

Manage, triage, and validate container, host, and cloud infrastructure findings across enterprise scanners. Drive vulnerability prioritization, validate false positives, and enforce remediation SLAs across product engineering queues.

Incident Command & Response:

Serve as an Incident Commander (IC) during critical-severity SBG security incidents. Lead cross-functional triage calls, direct containment and eradication strategies, coordinate forensics, and facilitate postmortem retrospectives.

Detection Engineering, Threat Hunting & Intelligence:

Analyze multi-source telemetry in enterprise SIEMs and endpoint auditing tools to detect adversary tactics mapped to

MITRE ATT& CK

framework. Formulate and execute hypothesis-driven threat hunts, converting hunt findings into permanent automated detections and alerting rules.

Audit, Compliance & Security Assurance:

Partner with governance teams to collect, validate, and orchestrate technical control evidence for compliance audits.

Operational Excellence & Security Automation:

Eliminate operational bottlenecks and technical debt by engineering automated workflows, runbooks, and scripts (Python). Leverage AI/LLM tooling and REST APIs to accelerate triage workflows, enhance threat analysis. Required Qualifications 4+ years of hands-on experience in a dedicated Security Operations Center (SOC), Cloud Security, or Incident Response role within a modern enterprise environment. Experience with cloud architecture like AWS, Azure and GCP Experience with vulnerability lifecycle management, operating and tuning vulnerability management pipelines, understanding

CVSS/EPSS

scoring, and driving remediation across complex microservice environments. Experience in incident response managing high-pressure security incident response workflows following

NIST SP 800-61 / ISO

standards. Experience with log & telemetry analysis, querying, correlating, and interpreting security logs within enterprise SIEM platforms (Splunk) and Linux system logs. Experience authoring postmortems and SOPs, showcasing effective written and verbal communication skills Experience leveraging AI/LLMs for alert enrichment, ticket classification, or routine operational automation. Preferred Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or equivalent experience. Experience with Python automation and scripting Experience with Physical Data Center Security Experience consuming REST APIs (Jira, GitHub, cloud APIs) to automate security workflows. Familiari... Information Security Analysts

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Compensation

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Job Requirements

Experience Required:

See Job Summary

Education Required:

None

Minimum Age:

N/A