Cisco

Senior Software Engineering Manager (Hybrid)

San Jose, California, US · Senior · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$211k-$305kDetected 7 days ago

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About the role

The application window is expected to close on: 07/31/2026 Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.
This position is a hybrid role, requiring the employee to work both onsite at our San Jose, CA office and remotely.
Candidates should be comfortable with a flexible work arrangement that balances in-office collaboration and remote work.

Lead engineering teams responsible for delivering secure, scalable Automation and Response capabilities across cloud and enterprise environments.
Own execution across feature planning, release readiness, production operations, customer escalations, security response work, and long-term product quality.
Drive high standards for customer trust by ensuring features are observable, supportable, reliable, safely deployable, and designed to minimize customer impact.
Use AI-assisted workflows, shared skills, and automation to reduce management overhead, improve engineering judgment, accelerate triage, strengthen planning, and expand the team's ability to deliver.
Build and develop a high-accountability engineering culture where managers and engineers understand customer impact, communicate clearly, close work reliably, and continuously improve how the team operates.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
5+ years of engineering management experience leading teams through planning, delivery, operations, customer escalations, and performance management.
Experience with cloud-native development, CI/CD, test automation, observability, production operations, and secure software delivery.
Experience using AI-assisted development, automation, agentic workflows, prompts, or custom skills to improve engineering planning, execution, triage, review, testing, operations, or management workflows.

Experience with security automation, response workflows, orchestration platforms, case triage, or enterprise security products.
Strong technical judgment across architecture, roadmap planning, release readiness, operational risk, observability, customer escalation handling, and root-cause prevention.
Track record of hiring, coaching, and growing engineering managers, senior engineers, and technical leaders in a fast-moving environment.
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.
Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:
U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco's policies:

The starting salary range posted for this position is $210,600.00 to $305,100.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benef

Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks.
Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
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, and 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
Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training.

Join the Automation and Response team at Splunk, a Cisco company, as we help customers respond to security events faster, more consistently, and with greater confidence.
We build the automation and response capabilities that let security teams orchestrate workflows, reduce manual toil, and take action on behalf of their organizations at machine speed.

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