Title: Cisco Security Architect (ONLY W2)
Duration: 6 Months
Location: Columbia, SC - Onsite from Day 1
Hours/Week: 38 hrs/week
Position Overview
For an upcoming project, the organization seeks an engineer with experience using Cisco Secure Internet Gateway / Cisco Web Secure Access (Umbrella) and Cisco's SSE suite. This person will be responsible for migration of existing Secure Internet Gateway policies, users, and devices into SSE while maintaining support for existing systems and their business requirements.
The Cisco Security Engineer will design, implement, and manage secure access policies to support enterprise security strategies and serve as a subject matter expert on Cisco Web Secure Access, including Secure Internet Gateway and Secure Internet Access. This role requires collaboration with Security, IT, and business stakeholders to test and validate migrated policies to ensure that existing security protections are maintained on the new platform.
Responsibilities
- Deploy, administer, and support Cisco ASA, Cisco Secure Firewall, and Cisco Secure Access products to document existing policies and migrate existing policies.
- Migrate existing Umbrella Secure Internet Gateway (SIG) policy to Secure Access.
- Deploy web filtering rules to replicate currently permitted access.
- Assist in deployment of remote access VPN and ZTNA-based access for end users.
Required Skills
- 3+ years of experience monitoring and analyzing existing rules and converting them into least-privilege rules for both private and web policies.
- 3+ years of experience deploying and administering Cisco Secure Firewall for remote access and IPSEC-based VPN.
- 3+ years of experience with Cisco endpoint web filtering technologies or similar technologies (Palo Alto, Checkpoint, Fortinet).
- 2+ years of experience deploying ZTNA or SASE tools.
Preferred Skills (Not Mandatory)
- Previous deployment experience with Cisco SSE and ZTNA architecture and products, or similar experience with other vendors.
- Experience with Cisco SecureX, Secure Endpoint, and the Cisco Secure Client.
- Experience administering Cisco Secure Access.
- Experience administering Cisco Umbrella including Secure Internet Gateway products.
- Experience designing, implementing, and managing Secure Access to support enterprise security strategies.
- Experience deploying Cisco Remote Access VPN solutions on Cisco's ASA platform.
- Experience administering and interfacing with Check Point firewalls.
Preferred Education and/or Certifications
- CCNP Security
- CCNP Routing and Switching
- CCSP
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