ISE & Enterprise Identity Networking Specialist

University of Connecticut; Storrs (CT); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement options

Health care options

Vacation and holidays

Merit increase

Tuition waivers

Hybrid-work arrangement

Job summary

University of Connecticut’s Information Technology Services seeks an experienced professional to administer and evolve the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) deployment. The role ensures highly available RADIUS and TACACS+ services and leads identity-aware networking through integration with multiple identity and security platforms.

The successful candidate will manage authentication for campus networks, provide technical leadership, and develop automation to improve operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field and four (4) years of progressively responsible experience supporting enterprise network infrastructure; or eight (8) years of equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated experience administering production enterprise network infrastructure including routing, switching, wireless networking, or network security technologies.
• Demonstrated experience supporting enterprise authentication services utilizing RADIUS, TACACS+, IEEE 802.1X, or comparable authentication technologies.
• Experience troubleshooting authentication issues between ISE and Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, LDAP, certificate services, or other enterprise identity providers.
• Experience administering systems on dedicated appliances and/or hosted on virtualization platforms such as VMWare.
• Experience using enterprise network monitoring, logging, and management systems.
• Experience preparing technical documentation, operational procedures, and change management documentation.
• Demonstrated written communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain a highly available Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) deployment across multiple data centers.
• Manage enterprise RADIUS authentication supporting secure wireless services for campus users and devices.
• Administer Cisco ISE TACACS+ for authN, authorization, and accounting across devices.
• Lead lifecycle management of the Cisco ISE environment including upgrades, patches, licensing, backup, and DR testing.
• Design, implement, and improve authentication/authorization policies for wired, wireless, VPN, and admin services.
• Integrate Cisco ISE with Entra ID, Active Directory, PKI, Catalyst Center, wireless controllers, and network infrastructure.
• Diagnose complex authentication issues involving 802.1X, EAP-TLS, PEAP, RADIUS, certificate services, and AD.
• Produce and maintain operational docs, DR procedures, diagrams, standards, and knowledge bases.
• Participate in after-hours maintenance, emergency response, and on-call support for authentication and network services.
• Other related duties as required.

Skills

Enterprise networking

Auth troubleshooting

RADIUS/TACACS+/802.1X

VMware

Network monitoring

Documentation

Communication

Scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Cisco ISE

Job description

University of Connecticut’s Information Technology Services seeks an experienced professional to administer and evolve the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) deployment. The role ensures highly available RADIUS and TACACS+ services and leads identity-aware networking through integration with multiple identity and security platforms.

The successful candidate will manage authentication for campus networks, provide technical leadership, and develop automation to improve operations.