Sec Ops Automation Engineer

Meet the Team

Cisco Intersight is transforming how organizations manage infrastructure by delivering intelligent automation and unified control across cloud, data center, and edge environments. Delivered as a cloud‑native platform, it simplifies full lifecycle management, ensures consistent and secure configuration, and enables agile IT delivery with scalable operations across diverse environments.

We are seeking an experienced engineer to design, develop, and maintain the automation platform that drives Intersight's software supply chain security and compliance. This role plays a key part in ensuring that all open‑source and third‑party components used across Intersight's SaaS and on‑premises offerings meet corporate and industry security standards. You'll join a team of engineers building and maintaining automation and services that integrate vulnerability scanning, open‑source validation, and compliance enforcement into every release.

Your work will have a direct impact on how we build, scan, and deliver software, enabling development teams to move faster without compromising security.

• Design and implement automation frameworks and backend services that enable software supply chain security and compliance.
• Maintain and extend platform capabilities for generation and management of SBOMs, vulnerability reporting, and open‑source artifacts.
• Support and improve automated build pipelines for minimal, hardened OS and application container images and add support for new platforms and applications.
• Continuously evaluate and integrate new tools and emerging technologies, including AI/ML, to expand capabilities and improve efficiency.
• Collaborate with other engineering and security teams to ensure Intersight meets Cisco's compliance and industry standards.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins and deploy and manage containerized services on Kubernetes (Docker, Helm). Ensure high availability, performance, observability, and data integrity.
• Document system design, workflows, and operational processes; create runbooks and onboarding guides.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across the security automation platform and supporting infrastructure.
• Participate in code and design reviews.

• Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field with 7+ years of relevant experience or Master's with 5+ years of experience.
• 5+ years of development experience in Python.
• Experience with SQL databases, preferably Postgre
  
  SQL and SQLite.
• Proficiency in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins.
• In-depth knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes, including Helm for package management.
• Solid understanding of Linux operating systems and hands‑on Linux administration experience.

• Expertise in software supply chain security, including vulnerability management, secure development practices, and compliance with industry standards.
• Experience in declarative and scripted Groovy pipelines.
• Hands‑on experience with monitoring and observability tools including Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, and ELK.
• Proficient in using object‑relational mapping (ORM) tools, such as SQL Alchemy.
• Hands‑on experience with orchestration tools including Ansible and Packer.
• Solid understanding of first‑boot configuration such as Ubuntu/Debian image boot process, Subiquity, and cloud‑init config.
• Knowledge of Python AI libraries such as Langchain and FastMCP.
• Practical experience in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and related services.
• Experience in designing and/or coding medium‑sized web applications.
• Strong communication and problem‑solving skills; ability to work effectively independently and in a collaborative environment.

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