Security Consulting Engineer

For our client – worldwide leader in innovative IT and networking technologies – we are currently looking for a Security Consulting Engineer.

The Business Entity

Working as part of the Global Security Services organization, the role of Security CE involves delivery of both transactional and subscription projects to strategic customers throughout the EMEAR theatre. Projects vary considerably between security reviews; design and implementation of Cisco security products; and involvement as part of virtual multi-discipline teams as the security lead in large-scale design and implementation projects.

The Team

With a varied workload and travel schedule, working as part of a dynamic and highly skilled team, the position offers interesting work for knowledgeable and experienced consulting engineers with strong network security expertise and developed customer-facing consulting skills.

Role & Responsibilities

  • Security CEs are expected to be able to take the lead role in customer support activities, possibly managing less experienced engineers or partner resources to ensure a successful outcome to the support activity.
  • Responsibility for delivery of subscription activities (direct support at the customer premises) with direct engagement with the end customer.
  • Lead implementation of recommendations based on best practice on large infrastructure, and develop procedures to minimize service impact.
  • Work as part of a team of highly skilled engineers working daily at the end customer premises to support its network infrastructure and representing Cisco.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Minimum of 10 years of security experience is mandatory of which at least 8 must be on network security as deep and primary technical focus.
  • The candidate will possess expert level internetworking troubleshooting in a large-scale network environment using security products from Cisco and ideally, other vendors.
  • Very strong technical account liaison and customer management / consulting skills are mandatory.
  • The candidate must have a deep technical knowledge on supporting, troubleshooting and managing the following Cisco security solutions:
  • Cisco ISE (migration from ACS to ISE, Wireless and Wired environments, profiling, posturing and integrations with other security solutions via pxgrid)
  • Cisco NGFW (FTD and ASA software) for network Firewall and VPN.
  • Other technologies such Stealthwatch are desirable.
  • Expert level knowledge in network security including design and configuration of Cisco routers, firewalls and a wide range of security products is required.

Desirable Skills

University/college degree equivalent is expected and an advanced degree is strongly preferred.
Other beneficial qualifications are PNSE, Fortinet NSE, CISSP, TOGAF, CCDE, CEH, CISA and CISM, or other relevant security qualifications such as those from Check Point, Netscreen, Symantec etc.

TechnologyIdeal ProfileAcceptable
FTDExpertExpert
ISEExpertExpert
StealthwatchExpertVery Good
ESAExpertVery Good
WSAExpertVery Good
UmbrellaExpertVery Good

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