Senior Cisco Network Engineer

Santa Clara County, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 4 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

MatchPoint Solutions is a fast-growing young energetic global IT-Engineering services company with clients across the US. We provide technology solutions to various clients like Uber Robinhood Netflix Airbnb Google Sephora and more! More recently we have expanded to working internationally in Canada China Ireland UK Brazil and India. Through our culture of innovation we inspire build and deliver business results from idea to outcome. We keep our clients on the cutting edge of the latest technologies and provide solutions by using industry-specific best practices and expertise.

We are excited to be continuously expanding our team. If you are interested in this position please send over your updated resume. We look forward to hearing from you!

Job Description

Position: Senior Cisco Network Engineer

Location: On site - Santa Clara CA

Contract: 6 months - possible contract extension

Rate : $80 to $85 /hr

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Cisco Network Engineer with deep expertise in Network Access Control (NAC) and Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE). This role will be responsible for designing implementing optimizing and supporting secure enterprise network infrastructures with a strong emphasis on identity-based access segmentation and compliance.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on technical leader with extensive experience in Cisco enterprise environments zero-trust architecture principles and complex multi-site deployments.

Key Responsibilities

Design implement and support enterprise-wide Cisco ISE/NAC solutions
Lead architecture and deployment of secure wired and wireless access controls
Integrate ISE with:
- Active Directory / LDAP
- PKI and certificate services
- MDM / endpoint compliance platforms
- SIEM / security monitoring tools
Implement and manage:
- 802.1X authentication (EAP-TLS PEAP)
- Guest access portals
- BYOD workflows
- Posture assessment and remediation
Deploy and manage Cisco TrustSec and segmentation policies
Provide advanced troubleshooting for complex authentication and authorization issues
Perform upgrades patching and lifecycle management of Cisco infrastructure
Collaborate with security teams to align network access with zero-trust strategy
Create technical documentation diagrams and operational runbooks
Provide mentorship to junior network engineers
Participate in on-call escalation support as needed

Required Qualifications

7 years of enterprise network engineering experience
3 years of hands-on experience with Cisco ISE/NAC implementations
Strong expertise in:
- Cisco Catalyst switches
- Cisco wireless LAN controllers
- 802.1X authentication protocols
- RADIUS/TACACS
- VLAN segmentation and policy-based access control
Experience with:
- Cisco DNA Center
- Cisco TrustSec
- Multi-site ISE deployments
- High availability and distributed node architecture
Deep understanding of:
- TCP/IP routing (BGP OSPF EIGRP)
- Switching technologies
- Firewall integration
Strong troubleshooting and packet analysis skills (Wireshark preferred)

Preferred Certifications

CCNP Enterprise (required or equivalent experience)
CCIE (preferred)
Cisco Certified Specialist Security Identity Management
CISSP (a plus)

Preferred Experience

Experience in large enterprise or global environments
Zero-trust architecture implementation
Cloud integration (Azure/AWS identity integration)
Experience with Cisco Secure Access or SASE solutions
Automation/scripting (Python Ansible REST APIs)

Soft Skills

Strong communication and documentation skills
Ability to work cross-functionally with security and infrastructure teams
Leadership and mentoring capability
Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset
Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment

MatchPoint Solutions provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.

MatchPoint Solutions is a fast-growing young energetic global IT-Engineering services company with clients across the US. We provide technology solutions to various clients like Uber Robinhood Netflix Airbnb Google Sephora and more! More recently we have expanded to working internationally in Canada...