- Location
- Santa Clara, CA, CA
- Workplace
- Remote, Onsite
- Type
- Contract
- Department
- Engineering
- Seniority
- Senior
- Education
- Bachelor
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- ApplyToJob
Description
Hello,
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Job Title: Senior Network Engineer
- Duration: Not specified — confirm with account team
- Location: Santa Clara, CA — local candidates only
- Work Arrangement: Onsite 5 days/week
- Rate: C2C — pending confirmation
- Work Authorization - USC and GC
- Interview Process: Onsite, face-to-face interview mandatory at the Santa Clara office — no remote interviews
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Design, deploy, and maintain Cisco ISE solutions for authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA)
- Implement and support NAC policies using 802.1X, MAB, posture assessment, profiling, and guest access
- Integrate Cisco ISE with Active Directory, PKI, MDM, SIEM, and other security platforms
- Troubleshoot complex authentication/authorization issues across wired and wireless networks
- Design, implement, and optimize enterprise wireless networks using Cisco Catalyst and Wireless LAN Controllers
- Configure and troubleshoot WPA2/WPA3, RF optimization, roaming, QoS, and high-density deployments
- Conduct wireless surveys, capacity planning, and performance tuning
- Design, implement, and support enterprise LAN/WAN infrastructure, including VLANs, STP/RSTP/MST, EtherChannel, HSRP/VRRP, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, and multicast
- Lead network infrastructure projects from design through deployment
- Create and maintain network architecture diagrams, operational procedures, and technical documentation
- Participate in incident response and root cause analysis for critical network outages
- Collaborate with security, systems, cloud, and application teams to support business initiatives
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or equivalent experience
- 8+ years of enterprise network engineering experience
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with Cisco ISE and NAC deployments
- Strong expertise in Cisco Catalyst switching and routing platforms
- Extensive experience with enterprise wireless technologies
- Deep understanding of 802.1X, RADIUS, TACACS+, AAA services, DHCP, DNS, TCP/IP
- Experience integrating ISE with Active Directory and certificate services
- Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and communication skills
- Preferred: CCNP Enterprise, CCNP Security, or CCIE certification
- Preferred: Cisco DNA Center and Software Defined Access (SDA) experience
- Preferred: network automation experience with Python, Ansible, REST APIs, or Terraform
- Preferred: cloud networking knowledge (Azure, AWS, or GCP); Zero Trust and modern security architecture understanding
- Desired skills: Cisco ISE, NAC, Cisco Wireless, Catalyst 9K Series, OSPF/BGP/EIGRP, SDA Fabric, Cisco DNA Center, 802.1X Authentication, Network Security, Python Automation, Enterprise LAN/WAN
Skills
PythonAWSAzureGCPTerraformAnsibleSIEMRESTTCP/IP
