Data Science Engineer II (Full Time) - United States
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Meet the Team
We are looking for an early in career Data Science Analyst to help turn product, customer, operational, and business data into clear insights that support better decision-making across Enterprise Security. This is an opportunity to work with multi-functional teams, learn about cybersecurity and SaaS product analytics, and contribute to data-driven decisions that improve product quality, customer outcomes, operational efficiency, and business visibility.
Your Impact
As a Data Science Analyst, you will partner with Product, Engineering, Quality, Finance, and Operations teams to collect, analyze, and interpret data from multiple sources. You will help build dashboards, prepare recurring reports, identify trends, and translate findings into clear insights for technical and non-technical collaborators. In this role, you will gain exposure to cybersecurity, enterprise SaaS, product analytics, financial and operational metrics, and cross-functional decision-making. Your work will help teams better understand product usage, customer adoption, operational performance, cost trends, and opportunities to improve how we deliver value to customers. You will have the opportunity to grow your analytical, technical, and business skills while contributing to high-impact initiatives across the Enterprise Security organization.
Key Responsibilities
Collect, clean, validate, and analyze data from multiple sources, including product telemetry, usage data, customer data, operational metrics, and business reports.
Build and maintain dashboards, reports, and recurring analyses to track key product, quality, adoption, financial, and operational metrics.
Support analysis of COGS and gross margin across customer cohorts and the overall business, helping identify trends, drivers, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
Partner with Product, Engineering, Quality, Finance, and Operations teams to understand business questions and translate them into data-driven analysis.
Help define and track metrics that measure product usage, customer adoption, quality, operational efficiency, and business outcomes.
Analyze trends and summarize findings to support planning, forecasting, roadmap discussions, and business-impact measurement.
Translate data findings into clear insights, summaries, and recommendations for both technical and non-technical audiences.
Automate recurring reporting and data-analysis workflows using SQL, Python, R, or similar tools.
Identify data-quality issues and work with partners to improve data accuracy, consistency, and usability.
Maintain documentation of data sources, assumptions, calculations, dashboards, and analysis methods.
Use AI-assisted tools responsibly to improve data analysis, summarization, automation, and reporting workflows.
Minimum Qualifications
Meet one of the following (completed within the past 3 years or expected to be completed within the next 12 months):
A Master's degree with 0 years of work experience; or
A Bachelor's degree with 2 years of work experience.
Qualifying education and work experience should be in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, Business Analytics, Economics, or a related field.
Experience using SQL for querying and validation, alongside competency in an analytical scripting language like Python or R.
Experience designing dashboards and reports using industry-standard platforms such as Tableau, Power BI, or Splunk.
Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills required to navigate sophisticated data
Preferred Qualifications
Previous internship, research, or work experience in data/business analytics, with exposure to product, SaaS, or operational data environments.
Familiarity with statistical modeling, forecasting, and machine learning, combined with the ability to lead large, sophisticated datasets and ensure data integrity.
Proven success partnering with cross-functional teams and translating sophisticated technical analyses into clear, stakeholder-ready recommendations.
Strong curiosity about the cybersecurity landscape, including enterprise security, AI, and modern data platforms.
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 $137,500.00 to $174,300.00 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 plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:
10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.
Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:
.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;
1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;
1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and
Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.
For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.
The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:
New York City Metro Area:
$137,500.00 - $200,500.00Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:
$122,600.00 - $178,400.00* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.
** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.