Cisco Network Engineer/ISE Administrator

Please send your resume in WORD format should you be interested in the followingCisco Network Engineer/ISE Administrator position located in Raleigh, NC. There are 2 positions available. This is a Contract to Perm position with a salary range that will be dependent upon years of experience ($50-$90/HR W2, $60-$95/HR 1099/IC, OR $119K to $160K/year + benefits). If you are not interested in this position, please pass onto colleagues/associates as we do offer referral fees should they be hired.

There are 2 positions available

Job Title: Cisco Network Engineer/ISE Administrator

Work Environment: Raleigh, NC (Hybrid work permitted after orientation, 2 days a week remote)

Pay Rate: Dependent upon years of experience - $50-$90/HR W2, $60-$95/HR 1099/IC, OR $119K to $160K/year + benefits

Term:Temp to Perm

3rd Party C2C/Transfer:No

Referral Fee: $500 -Refer qualified colleague, friends, or family.

***Due to the required clearance with our government client, only US Citizens, Green Card and Green Card EAD holders may be considered. Clearance requires that the candidates have resided in the US for the past five years. The selected candidate cannot have left the country for longer than 90 consecutive days and no more than 180 cumulative days***

This individual will be responsible for performing the following activities:

• Administer CISCO ISE
• Configure, administer, document custom policies for Network Access Controls
• High level troubleshooting of network and application issues
• Adhere to strict Information Systems security guidelines in all cases.
• Working as Network Access Controls (NAC) ISE Engineer in managing, planning, and designing a framework for authenticating and authorizing national clients via various methods: to include dot1x and profiling; and to enforce compliance across remote VPN, wireless, and wired networks.
• Manage and build Cisco ISE VMWare servers: to include certificate management, licensing, and Integration with 3rd party application servers.
• Manage Cisco ISE Guest Network environment and users accounts.
• Assist in the onboarding and introduction of new endpoints onto the network via investigative testing and probing of endpoint attributes, protocols, and behavior; to culminate in the creation and/or assignment of appropriate policy.
• Utilize Splunk to drive reporting and search for data collected from Cisco ISE.
• Perform packet captures and TCP dumps to analyze application traffic to troubleshoot issues related.
• Provide support for ISE related issues, including off-shift and weekend support functions.
• Utilize ServiceNow application to monitor troubleshoot and track all ISE related tickets.

Required Skills:

• Cisco ISE
• Security device management
• Traffic and log analysis
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP, UDP/IP, DNS, DHCP
• Knowledge of TCP, understanding network, protocol, and application traffic flows
• Ability to troubleshoot basic network issues including IPv6.
• Proven ability to multi-task
• Knowledge of best practices and IT operations in an always-up, always-available service
• Manages time effectively
• Creative thinking skills
• Detail-oriented personality
• Ability to maintain effective communication and working relationships with co-workers

Desired Skills:

• Firewalls
• Proxy
• Switches/routers (Juniper Mist/Fortinet/Aruba)
• Cyber Security Skills
• Network and Log Analytics
• Proficient with application layer protocols HTTP, SSH, SSL, etc.