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JOB DESCRIPTION
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Position: Security Architect
Location: San Jose (open), California, United States
Type: Permanent F/T
Closing Date: 2007-05-21
***Open on location - prefer major metropolitan areas. Security Solutions
Architect must provide consulting expertise to CSO/CIO level customers in the
areas of security architecture and network operations. Candidate will hold
frequent C-level discussions about corporate security concerns, industry
security trends, regulatory compliance issues, and bring innovative security
solutions into large, strategic accounts. Candidate is seen by customer
executives and Cisco executives as being able to articulate the security
vision, consider key corporate business drivers, and drive network wide change
were appropriate.
Seen as a thought leader within Cisco. Leads the technical direction on the
creation of methodologies and procedures, best practices, and thought
leadership. Responsible for thought leadership with new security ideas on white
papers, industry event presentations, and mentoring peers and managers on the
security systems architectures across technologies.
Drives the solution level view in the development and incubation of new
services. Leads efforts to successfully bring new security services to large
strategic customer accounts (Fortune 150). Works with customers to document
network wide IT requirements and provides a complete technical solution for
large, global customers or equivalent sized business unit of moderate to high
complexity.
Successful candidate:
1. Will have held CSO/CIO level positions in medium to large corporations.
2. Will have worked with business and security consulting companies in similar
architectural roles
3. Will have demonstrated experience in security operations for large network
environments
4. Must have complete understanding of information security domains
5. Must have excellent business acumen, effective communication and
presentation skills, and ability to build rapport with C-level and customer
decision makers.
6. Must have complete understanding of network architecture.
7. Must have deep expertise in security domains, plus two or more technology
domains: datacenter, voice, wireless, infrastructure, applications - but
fluency in all technology domains.
8. Must have expertise in network / security operations, systems management,
change management, security policy.
9. Must be fluent in key IT business architecture areas including business
process design and governance.
10. Must be able to influence and lead system level consulting projects
leveraging design teams, sales, delivery teams and partners to build strategic
and complex network security solutions
11. Must have the ability to lead cross-functional teams to drive change with
our partners, multiple product business units, and delivery teams leveraging
multiple technologies to create specific solutions for customers
12. Must lead the process in correlating business issues around technology and
processes to create security architectural solutions specific to a given
customer or segment
13. Must have proven ability to lead technical team of subject matter experts
14. Must demonstrate proven project implementation skills including planning,
reporting, directing the work of others
15. 50% regional travel requirement probable
JOB REQUIREMENTS
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Education and Experience:
Typically requires a technical or business undergraduate degree or equivalent.
MS or MBA preferred. Requires nine (9) years working experience in a
combination of IT consulting and systems integration and IT roles. CCIE, CISSP
or CCSP are a plus.
CONTACT
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www.cisco.com/jobs - search jobs and look under preferred locations.
or send a resume to:
warobert@cisco.com
Cisco Systems
walt robertson
Recruiter
warobert@cisco.com
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