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Senior Security Engineer - 2010865 (remote)
Remote role with location preference in Raleigh Durham NC, Austin TX, or Richardson TX areas

Cisco is transforming to become the world's leading security company. As part of this initiative, our Security Operations & Technology organization is adopting best-in-class tools, standards, and practices. Identity is at the heart of this transformation, making this an exciting time to join our team as a Senior Security Engineer focused on Directory Services and Identity Security.

Who You'll Work With:

You will work with our innovative Directory Services and Authentication team as part of Security Operations & Technology at Cisco, collaborating with other teams within IT and our Security & Trust organization. You will provide solutions and support for Directory Services and Authentication capabilities and will grow into other areas in a cross-functional team setup.

Who You Are:

You are passionate about learning new technologies, communicate clearly and effectively with distributed teams, possess strong critical thinking and analytical skills, and can stay focused while working under pressure. You demonstrate strong operational discipline, have a security mindset, are committed to change management and incident response, and thrive in a global, distributed team environment. You are adaptable to new technologies and evolving security threats.

What You'll Do:

• Operate, troubleshoot, and optimize large-scale, complex Active Directory environments (multi-forest, multi-site, hybrid).

• Maintain and enhance Entra ID (Azure AD) multi-tenant environments, integrating with on-premises and cloud services.

• Collaborate in the design and rollout of security guardrails for directory services and privileged access, both on-prem and in the cloud.

• Develop, implement, and manage automation/scripts (PowerShell, Python, etc.) for routine operations and self-service enablement, leveraging generative and agentic AI technologies when appropriate.

• Participate in a rotating On-Call schedule to ensure 24/7 operational coverage.

• Partner with cross-functional teams to support incident response, change management, and audits.

• Drive adoption of modern security frameworks, including Zero Trust and least privilege principles.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience with security guardrails: enforcing LDAPS, disabling legacy protocols, implementing modern encryption and experience with cloud security controls: Conditional Access, risk-based authentication, privileged role management.

• Proficient in scripting (PowerShell, Python, etc.) for automation.

• Familiarity with SIEM platforms (Splunk or similar) and security monitoring and understanding of Zero Trust and identity-centric security architecture with Deep expertise with multi-forest, multi-site Active Directory operations, troubleshooting, and replication.

• Proficient in authentication, authorization, and access control concepts.

• Strong knowledge of core networking, virtualization, and cloud concepts (Azure, AWS, GCP) and experience with Entra ID (Azure AD) administration and integration

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience) or equivalent 8+ years of enterprise IT experience, including directory services and privileged access management.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Relevant certifications: CISSP, Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator, Azure Security Engineer, Cyber Ark Guardian, etc.

• Experience supporting application migrations from on-prem to cloud-native environments and supporting large-scale, hybrid or cloud-native environments.

• Hands-on experience with attack path analysis frameworks (e.g., Bloodhound Enterprise).

• Experience with System Center (SCOM, SCCM, SCO).

• Experience with other identity and access management platforms (Okta, Sail Point, Ping).

• Familiarity with Zero Trust, SSO, FIDO2/Web Authn implementations.

• Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible) for identity solutions.

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

The starting salary range posted for this position is $137,000.00 to $200,500.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation, equity, or benefits.

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees

• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco

• Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees

• Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)

• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next

• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members

• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

• .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

• 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

• 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and

• Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:

$165,000.00 - $277,600.00

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

$146,700.00 - $247,000.00

• For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.