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Meet the Team

At Cisco, we value your new ideas and your energy, your safety and health, and we provide an environment that allows your creativity to become a reality.  Explore countless possibilities as you begin your career with us!Our Cisco Secure Access is a cloud-delivered security service edge (SSE) platform that provides secure access to the internet, cloud applications, and private resources based on Zero Trust principles. The team in London is focused on building the next generation Data Loss Prevention (DLP) for this platform. We need smart creative people who can think across technology boundaries and develop world-class solutions.


Our industry leading software is breaking new ground in Security.  This is your opportunity to join our development team and help craft the future of DLP for Cisco Secure Access. 


Your Impact

  • Self-motivated with a strong desire to learn 
  • Analytical skills across multiple technologies
  • Software development across multiple operating systems, environments and platforms. 
  • Experience in GIT.
  • Coding skills in some of these languages: Java, Go or Python.
  • Good understanding of network protocols and web-based technologies (HTTP, HTTPS, TCP/IP, REST, TLS)
  • Understanding of object-oriented design methodologies and software design principles
  • Emphasis on test driven development, continuous integration & delivery and automated testing
  • Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills, in a highly collaborative environment


Nice to have

  • Experience of working in framework like Spring.
  • Experience with AWS and Containers technology


You will participate fully in an agile and scrum software development team where you will experience first-hand what it is like to work in a work in a world class software development group and you will demonstrate the practical application of these attributes via project work in real-work applications.


Minimum Qualifications

  • Students in the areas of Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Software Development, Computer Networking, Electronics or other equivalent disciplines with an emphasis on Software Design practices. 
  • Available for a 6 month internship to start in April or May 2026 
  • Must be a penultimate year student


Preferred Qualifications

  • Enrolled in a relevant technology undergraduate or postgraduate program 
  • Legally entitled to live and work in the United Kingdom
  • Fluent in English