Senior Director, Engineering - Quality (Security Business Group)

About this role

The application window is expected to close on: 09/10/2026 Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received .

Meet the Team

Cisco Security is looking for a strategic, hands-on Senior Director of Quality Engineering to define and lead the quality strategy, operating framework, and engineering standards across our Cloud and Network Security product portfolio. You will build a modern, scalable global quality organization that enables secure, resilient, and exceptional customer experiences across cloud-delivered services, network security platforms, and integrated solutions. Our team is at the forefront of the industry, building AI-powered security products that power Cisco’s security portfolio from network security and threat detection to automated response and predictive analytics. We operate at the intersection of cutting-edge research and massive-scale production, ensuring that Cisco remains the leader in proactive, intelligent security.

Your Impact

Success in this role is defined by your ability to create a unified quality engineering vision that empowers Cisco Security teams to ship faster with greater confidence. You will be instrumental in improving overall reliability, security, and customer experience, effectively transforming quality into a measurable, shared responsibility across the entire Cloud and Network Security portfolio.

• Define and implement an enterprise-quality strategy for Cloud and Network Security products, aligned with business priorities, customer outcomes, and Cisco’s security standards.

• Establish a common quality engineering framework spanning development, testing, release readiness, reliability, performance, security validation, and customer experience.

• Lead and grow a high-performing global Quality Engineering organization, developing leaders and fostering a culture of accountability, automation, and continuous improvement.

• Partner closely with Product Management, Engineering, Security, SRE, Support, and Customer Experience teams to embed quality early in the product lifecycle.

• Drive a shift from traditional testing toward modern quality engineering practices, including automated validation, risk-based testing, observability, continuous delivery, and measurable quality outcomes.

• Create consistent release governance and readiness mechanisms for complex cloud and network security offerings.

• Define quality metrics, dashboards, and executive reporting that connect engineering health to customer impact, reliability, and business performance.

• Lead cross-portfolio initiatives to improve defect prevention, scalability, interoperability, performance, resilience, and security assurance.

• Advocate for customer-first quality standards, using field insights, support trends, and telemetry to prioritize improvements.

• Influence architecture and engineering decisions to ensure products are designed for testability, operability, security, and reliability.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or 15+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, quality engineering, reliability engineering, or related technical leadership roles.

• 7+ years of experience leading large, distributed engineering or quality organizations defining quality strategy for cloud-native, SaaS, networking, cybersecurity, or enterprise software products.

• Proven experience with CI/CD, automated testing, test infrastructure, API and UI validation, performance engineering, chaos/resilience testing or production observability.

• Experience with cloud platforms, distributed systems, networking, and security technologies (eg: firewalls, SASE etc.,)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with network security, firewall, SASE, zero trust, identity, cloud security, or threat detection products.

• Experience operating in a large, global technology organization.

• Demonstrated ability to establish scalable operating models and quality frameworks across multiple product teams.

• Proven success influencing senior executives and aligning diverse organizations around shared quality and delivery outcomes.

• Familiarity with secure software development lifecycle (SDLC) practices and compliance-driven quality requirements.

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; an advanced degree is preferred.

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. 

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

The starting salary range posted for this position is $293,900.00 to $406,800.00 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 benefits. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s pla

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