Cisco Engineer

Job description

Position Overview:

The Senior Secure Workload Engineer will provide hands-on planning, implementation, operationalization, and knowledge transfer for an enterprise workload visibility and segmentation initiative. The consultant will establish a repeatable, application-aligned Cisco Secure Workload approach, support phased adoption, produce clear documentation, and work collaboratively with the customer team to build sustainable operational capability.

Responsibilities:

- Define and execute a repeatable Cisco Secure Workload implementation roadmap using a controlled pilot and phased, application-aligned rollout.

- Assess the existing Secure Workload deployment across a diverse enterprise environment and recommend practical next steps for broader adoption.

- Map application components, dependencies, and traffic patterns to support workload visibility and segmentation decisions.

- Plan and implement agent deployment across supported enterprise systems while identifying alternative visibility approaches where agents are not appropriate.

- Develop segmentation policies and validate application communications before progressing through staged enforcement.

- Coordinate with infrastructure, security, identity, network, and application stakeholders throughout planning and implementation.

- Create implementation documentation, operational procedures, and a repeatable onboarding approach for future applications.

- Work side by side with customer team members, emphasizing hands-on coaching and sustainable knowledge transfer.

Qualifications:

- Senior-level hands-on experience with Cisco Secure Workload or a comparable workload visibility and microsegmentation platform.

- Experience planning application-based segmentation and mapping application dependencies and traffic patterns.

- Experience implementing workload agents across Windows and Linux enterprise environments.

- Understanding of enterprise networking, identity services, shared services, security policy, and application communication flows.

- Experience developing, validating, and operationalizing segmentation policies in complex environments.

- Ability to produce clear technical documentation and establish repeatable implementation and operating procedures.

- Strong customer-facing communication, facilitation, collaboration, and hands-on knowledge-transfer skills.

Tools and Technologies:

- Cisco Secure Workload

- Cisco Cloud Protection Suite

- Workload visibility and micro segmentation

- Windows and Linux operating systems

- Enterprise networking, identity, and shared services

- Application dependency and traffic-flow analysis

EST time zone, regular business hours 8am to 5pm

Remote - flexibility to travel to Indianapolis, Indiana would be preferred, would be rare and paid expenses

3-month project that can lead into 6-12 month contract - If the pilot is successful, there is potential for the resource to lead or support the broader implementation next year.

We are looking for someone with strong experience with micro-segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, architecture, implementation planning, and execution.

The environment includes approximately 3,000 servers, with the initial pilot covering 250 licenses/servers.