Security Solutions Architect - Cisco Systems, Inc.

What You’ll Do

Cisco Security Advanced Services provides full life cycle services for Cisco’s top customers through delivery of advisory, integration, and managed services. Complementing the strongest portfolio of security products, Cisco is in a unique position to deliver enhanced security outcomes for its customers. Integrated within Cisco’s Advanced Services delivery model, Security Advanced Services seeks to solve the most critical challenges of our global customers through high-value services.

The Security Architect is responsible for executing and leading Cisco's vision of accelerating the relevance of the network as a security platform. Security Architect are expected to lead and affect customer change through architectural and thought leadership as well as managing delivery engagements. The Security Architect is also expected to help identify and pursue business opportunities as they lead delivery as well as support sales in the pursuit of new customers and opportunities. Finally, the Security Architect is expected to act as technical and business leaders, mentoring security consulting engineers and supporting the development and improvement of security offers within Advanced Services.

Who You’ll Work With

Reporting into Security organization of Cisco Customer Experience, the Security Architect will work with a high-performing team of security advisors and Cisco implementation specialists who have a deep focus on delivering valuable solutions to our customers. Additionally, Security Architect must have a strong working relationship with our Business Development teams to bring the right technical expertise, delivery experience, and “know how” to drive growth in our business.
Security Architect will also align with Cisco’s product development and technical marketing teams to understand product capabilities and feature sets, product roadmaps, and integrations between multiple Cisco platforms.

Who You Are

Applicants should have significant knowledge of Enterprise Networking, Security, Cloud and Automation/Orchestration, a proven track record in architecting security solutions, preferably in a consulting capacity, and a strong understand across a breadth of networking, operations, security, and compliance topics.
Applicants must demonstrate the ability to deliver on the following responsibilities:

Security Services Delivery

• Lead, monitor, and report on security services engagements at key Cisco customers, interacting with customer technical and executive personnel
• Support customers to securely transform their businesses by defining the security vision and developing a long-term solution evolution roadmap
• Correlate business issues around technology and processes, and create an architectural solution specific to a given customer or segment
• Position, architect, deliver and improve Cisco security solutions
• Evaluate and present alternative solutions, effectively influencing outcomes
• Deliver security solutions independently as well as through leading a team of engineers across multiple technical disciplines
• Provide deep technical expertise on Cisco security technologies, while also being able to build and communicate the architectural context and big picture security solution
• Integrate security solutions into existing infrastructure on premises or in the Cloud, driving systems integration and implementation approaches including the identification and integration of third-party products and services into a cohesive solution design
• Identify and lead the development of automation and orchestration capabilities to help customers to improve operational efficiency and decrease operational costs.
• Lead, participate, and support worldwide collaboration within the security practice and cross-functionally with other Cisco groups
• Troubleshoot, identify the root cause, and help to recover customers from technical and security issues
• Create and adhere to standards, templates, methodologies, best practices, and delivery frameworks

Business Development

• Build trusted advisor relationships with customers throughout business development and engagement activities
• While engaging with customers, identify and support the pursuit of business opportunities aligning to customer needs and their requirements as they transform and digitize their businesses
• Support Cisco Account Teams and Services Business Development Managers in the identification and development of new security services businesses
• Assist in the development of customer proposals and statements of work, accurately scope engagements as required

Skills

This is a senior technical role, requiring a minimum of 10 years working experience in IT Security, IT Consulting, and systems integration working with large Enterprise entities.

Required Skills:

• Ability to consult with customers and to leverage security principles (confidentiality, integrity, availability) and technologies to help them to create end-to-end architectures that translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Deep technical expertise in two or more of the following knowledge domains: Network and Cloud Security, Network Detection and Response, Zero Trust, Endpoint and User Security, Threat Management, and Cloud-based Security Solutions, that translates into specific knowledge in multiple Cisco Security on premises and cloud based technologies including: Cisco Secure Firewall including management platforms (Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center and Cisco Defense Orchestrator), Cisco Identity Services Engine, Cisco Hypershield, TrustSec, Cisco Network Analytics, Cisco Secure Workload, Cisco ThousandEyes, Cisco Secure Endpoint/Client, Cisco Secure Web and Email Security Appliance, Cisco Cloud Analytics, Cisco Secure Access, Cisco XDR, Cisco Umbrella, Cisco Multicloud Defense, Cisco Duo, Cisco Cloudlock, Cisco Vulnerability Management, Cisco Attack Surface Management and Meraki MX.
• Experience with Solutions lifecycle management (Planning, Designing, Deploying, Maintaining, Optimizing and Retiring), Project delivery methodologies (Waterfall and Agile) and Continuous Improvement Strategies (Management, Monitoring, Automation and Orchestration)
• Ability to use strong written and verbal communication skills to communicate effectively with technical staff and executives and influence their decision-making processes, becoming a valuable Trusted advisor.
• Bachelor of Science, or equivalent

Preferred skills:

• Candidates with Fluency in non-security technologies such as routing and switching, infrastructure applications, voice, content networking, wireless, Software Defined Access and Software Defined WAN are preferred.
• CISSP preferred
• CCIE Security preferred

Why Cisco?

#WeAreCisco. We are all unique, but collectively we bring our talents to work as a team, to develop innovative technology and power a more inclusive, digital future for everyone. How do we do it? Well, for starters – with people like you!
Nearly every internet connection around the world touches Cisco. We’re the Internet’s optimists. Our technology makes sure the data traveling at light speed across connections does so securely, yet it’s not what we make but what we make happen which marks us out. We’re helping those who work in the health service to connect with patients and each other; schools, colleges, and universities to teach in even the most challenging of times. We’re helping businesses of all shapes and sizes to connect with their employees and customers in new ways, providing people with access to the digital skills they need and connecting the most remote parts of the world – whether through 5G, or otherwise.
We tackle whatever challenges come our way. We have each other’s backs, we recognize our accomplishments, and we grow together. We celebrate and support one another – from big and small things in life to big career moments. And giving back is in our DNA (we get 10 days off each year to do just that).
We know that powering an inclusive future starts with us. Because without diversity and a dedication to equality, there is no moving forward. Our 30 Inclusive Communities, that bring people together around commonalities or passions, are leading the way. Together we’re committed to learning, listening, caring for our communities, whilst supporting the most vulnerable with a collective effort to make this world a better place either with technology, or through our actions.
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