Cisco ISE Engineer

We're Apogee. Nice to meet you. At our core, we're an IT-services organization that happens to focus on higher education. We touch the lives of binge-watching, music-loving, game-playing, finals-taking, seminar-attending, class-selecting students by providing IT infrastructure that meets today's needs technology-savvy generation.

We work hard, celebrate success, and challenge everyone in our organization to be a problem solver. If you are as passionate as we are about the intersection of technology and education, join us today.

We are looking for a Cisco ISE specialist who wants to get involved with a medium sized, fast paced, and dynamic company.

You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting Cisco-based security solutions, as well as other providers. In this role, you will serve as the security specialist within the Network Engineering department.

Apogee is an Austin, TX based company and the person in this role can work from home anywhere in the continental US. Apogee is not able to provide US sponsorship at this time.

Here's the job:

• Projects vary according to customer requirements, but in general, you will be a lead security engineer resource focused on Cisco Firepower©NGFW firewalls and Identity Services Engine (ISE) ©, along with a variety of vendor security solutions, including Palo Alto©, Meraki©, and Sonicwall©, among others
• Perform a combination of security engineering design and deployment as well as routing/switching
• Maintain dedication to doing quality work and continuously improving
• Develop and drive local and global policies
• Assist in troubleshooting connectivity through firewall log analysis and network traces

Requirements

• Minimum six years of post-academic experience designing and/or deploying security architectures
• Strong Cisco Firepower(FTD, FPS) experience
• Minimum four years Cisco ISE©/ACS © experience; CCNP Security © level knowledge required; will be assessed with hands-on evaluation during the interview process
• Minimum four years Cisco-based routing and switching experience; CCNP Enterprise © level knowledge required; will be assessed with hands-on evaluation during the interview process
• Experience with security compliance standards like PCI, HIPAA, etc.
• Experience with site to site VPN, remote access VPN (i.e., Cisco AnyConnect©)
• Ability to work both independently and with a team of highly skilled professionals
• High-level technical knowledge of systems engineering, networking, and software architectures

Benefits

Our employees enjoy benefits that make them more productive and contribute directly to the development of their professional skills. We want to be able to attract the best of the best and make sure they keep getting better so here is what we are offering:

• An attractive salary
• Health insurance plan including Health Savings Account matching program
• Monthly technology stipend
• Engineering and Technical teams receive cash bonuses for obtaining certifications
• Maternity and Paternity leave
• Peer recognition program
• Career development programs

At Apogee, we believe education is a doorway to a fair and just society. Within our own walls, we stand committed to creating a healthy culture of diversity and inclusion, empowering one another as advocates for an inclusive workplace, and doing so transparently. Apogee employees founded three employee-led groups in 2020 including Diversity and Inclusion, Civic Awareness, and Apogee Veterans.

Accommodations:

If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to Human Resources, [email protected].