The application window is expected to close on January 3, 2025 Who We Are The Cisco Security AI team delivers AI products and platform for all Cisco secure products and portfolios so businesses around the world defend against threats and safeguard the most vital aspects of business with security resilience. We are passionate about making businesses secure and simplify security with zero compromise using AI and Machine Learning. We are dedicated to harnessing data both at rest and in streaming, to drive innovation and empower organizations to make informed decisions about security. What You Will Do As an AI Researcher Technical Lead for our Security AI team, you will be responsible for leading an innovative team focused on the following: * Model Training, Optimization, and Evaluation: This encompasses the complete cycle of training, fine-tuning, and validating language models. You will be designing and adapting LLMs for use in virtual assistants, automated chatbots, content recommendation systems, etc. * Algorithm Development for Enhanced Language Understanding: Focusing on the development or refinement of algorithms to improve the efficiency and accuracy of language models and understanding and generation tasks. * Applying LLMs to Cybersecurity: Tailoring language models for cybersecurity purposes, such as analyzing threat intelligence, detecting cyber threats, and automating responses to security incidents. * Experimentation with Emerging Technologies and Methods: Actively exploring new technologies and methodologies in language model development, including experimental frameworks and software tools. * Mentoring and Collaboration: Providing mentorship to team members and working collaboratively with disparate teams to ensure cohesive development and implementation of language model projects. Basic Qualifications * Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years or Master’s degree with 6+ years or PhD with 3+ years of software development experience to include industry experience in machine learning and AI research. * 4+ years of experience in natural language processing tools to include experience with large language models (LLMs), text classification, sentiment analysis and natural language generation. * 2+ years of experience in Generative AI (GenAI) to include experience with prompt engineering, fine tuning of LLMs, and reasoning-based systems. * 2+ years of experience leading, coaching and mentoring engineering teams in a direct or indirect capacity Preferred Qualifications * Experience in security focused Saas providers * Experience scaling cloud based solutions at an enterprise level * Experience in applied science/research * Skilled in data preprocessing, cleaning, and analysis, with the ability to work with large datasets and extract meaningful insights. * Bbackground in conducting research, designing experiments, publishing papers, and keeping current with the latest advancements in LLMs. * The capacity to think critically and tackle complex, innovative problems in the field. * A willingness to continuously learn and adapt, crucial in the ever-evolving field of AI. Why Cisco Secure We're global, we're adaptable, we're diverse, and our security portfolio is as extensive as it is groundbreaking. Have you heard of Threat, Detection & Response, Zero Trust by Duo, Common Services Engineering, or Cloud & Network Security? Those are only a few of our product teams! The only thing we're missing is YOU. Join an enterprise security leader with a start-up culture, committed to driving innovation and giving you the opportunity to make an impact. We #InnovateToWin and we know we're better together, that's why we're dedicated to inclusivity, collaboration, and diversity in everything we do. We're proud to be the Best Small and Mid-Size Enterprises Security Solution Cisco Secure continues to grow and evolve year after year with 100% of Fortune 100 Companies using our products, and we're excited to see the new heights we'll reach with your passion for security, your customer focus, and your desire to change things up! There are so many amazing reasons to join Cisco. Learn more [1] here! References Visible links 1. https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/careers/we-are-cisco.html Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.