Software Engineering Architect

Cisco
Chennai
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication"]

Lead the design, implementation, and production ownership of scalable software for Cisco’s Vulnerability Scanning and Attack Surface Management platforms. Partner with security, platform, infrastructure, and operations teams to translate requirements into technical scope, create high- and low-level architectures, and deliver automation workflows integrating scanning tools, APIs, and operational systems. Own reliability through monitoring, incident response, troubleshooting, and continuous improvements.

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Software Engineering Architect

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Job Summary

Lead the design, implementation, and production ownership of scalable software for Cisco’s Vulnerability Scanning and Attack Surface Management platforms. Partner with security, platform, infrastructure, and operations teams to translate requirements into technical scope, create high- and low-level architectures, and deliver automation workflows integrating scanning tools, APIs, and operational systems. Own reliability through monitoring, incident response, troubleshooting, and continuous improvements.
Location: Chennai
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead requirement-gathering sessions with stakeholders and translate business needs into technical scope and deliverables.
  • •Create system and feature architecture, evaluate technical options, and make decisions based on scalability, security, reliability, maintainability, and cost.
  • •Design and implement production-quality software solutions and automation workflows integrating vulnerability-scanning tools, APIs, data sources, and operational systems.
  • •Provide technical direction through design/code reviews and hands-on guidance; establish development standards including secure coding, automated testing, and observability.
  • •Own production operations including monitoring, incident response, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and operational efficiency improvements.

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience.
  • •Significant software engineering experience as a software architect, technical lead, or principal engineer.
  • •Strong hands-on programming with Golang and Python.
  • •Experience designing distributed, service-oriented, API-driven, or event-driven systems with high-level and low-level designs.
  • •Experience building automation workflows for vulnerability-scanning or security-management tools, including working knowledge of vulnerability management concepts.
Experience:SecurityVulnerability managementAttack surface managementSecurity automation
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Communication
Tech Stack:GolangPythonREST APIsAPIsAuthentication mechanismsAsynchronous processingContainersCloud infrastructureCI/CD pipelinesInfrastructure-as-codeKubernetesDockerMessage queuesWorkflow enginesRelational databasesNoSQLTenableQualysRapid7

Company Brief

Cisco
Global technology company that designs, manufactures, and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and high-technology services and products for enterprises, service providers, and governments worldwide.
Industry: Networking Equipment
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Jose, United States
Founded: 1984
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