Position Overview:
The Senior Secure Workload Engineer will provide hands-on planning, implementation, operationalization, and knowledge transfer for an enterprise workload visibility and segmentation initiative. The consultant will establish a repeatable, application-aligned Cisco Secure Workload approach, support phased adoption, produce clear documentation, and work collaboratively with the customer team to build sustainable operational capability.
Responsibilities:
- Define and execute a repeatable Cisco Secure Workload implementation roadmap using a controlled pilot and phased, application-aligned rollout.
- Assess the existing Secure Workload deployment across a diverse enterprise environment and recommend practical next steps for broader adoption.
- Map application components, dependencies, and traffic patterns to support workload visibility and segmentation decisions.
- Plan and implement agent deployment across supported enterprise systems while identifying alternative visibility approaches where agents are not appropriate.
- Develop segmentation policies and validate application communications before progressing through staged enforcement.
- Coordinate with infrastructure, security, identity, network, and application stakeholders throughout planning and implementation.
- Create implementation documentation, operational procedures, and a repeatable onboarding approach for future applications.
- Work side by side with customer team members, emphasizing hands-on coaching and sustainable knowledge transfer.
Qualifications:
- Senior-level hands-on experience with Cisco Secure Workload or a comparable workload visibility and microsegmentation platform.
- Experience planning application-based segmentation and mapping application dependencies and traffic patterns.
- Experience implementing workload agents across Windows and Linux enterprise environments.
- Understanding of enterprise networking, identity services, shared services, security policy, and application communication flows.
- Experience developing, validating, and operationalizing segmentation policies in complex environments.
- Ability to produce clear technical documentation and establish repeatable implementation and operating procedures.
- Strong customer-facing communication, facilitation, collaboration, and hands-on knowledge-transfer skills.
Tools and Technologies:
- Cisco Secure Workload
- Cisco Cloud Protection Suite
- Workload visibility and micro segmentation
- Windows and Linux operating systems
- Enterprise networking, identity, and shared services
- Application dependency and traffic-flow analysis
EST time zone, regular business hours 8am to 5pm
Remote - flexibility to travel to Indianapolis, Indiana would be preferred, would be rare and paid expenses
3-month project that can lead into 6-12 month contract - If the pilot is successful, there is potential for the resource to lead or support the broader implementation next year.
We are looking for someone with strong experience with micro-segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, architecture, implementation planning, and execution.
The environment includes approximately 3,000 servers, with the initial pilot covering 250 licenses/servers.