Senior Cisco Network & Security Architect

Aspire Technology Partners, LLC.; Eatontown (NJ); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Aspire Technology Partners, LLC. is seeking a Network and Security Engineer to design, implement, and support secure enterprise networks. You will work on Cisco Secure Firewall/FTD, FMC, and ISE across LAN, WAN, data center, wireless, and cloud‑connected environments.

You will engage through discovery, design, implementation, testing, knowledge transfer, and handoff, collaborating with architects, engineers, and project teams to deliver scalable security solutions.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years delivering enterprise network security or infrastructure solutions.
• Experience with Cisco Secure Firewall/FTD and FMC including policies, NAT, VPNs, HA, upgrades, migrations.
• Experience implementing or supporting Cisco ISE for network access control and policy enforcement.
• Strong routing and switching knowledge: VLANs, OSPF, BGP, ACLs, QoS.
• Understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, PKI, RADIUS, TACACS+, and security controls.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, migrate, and support Cisco Secure Firewall/FTD and FMC.
• Implement and support Cisco ISE for 802.1X, profiling, guest access, and device admin.
• Integrate security platforms with AD, PKI, switches, wireless, VPN, endpoints, and logs.
• Configure routing and switching including VLANs, STP, EtherChannel, OSPF, BGP, ACLs, and QoS.
• Develop design/implementation/rollback plans and knowledge-transfer materials.

Skills

Cisco Secure Firewall/FTD

FMC

Cisco ISE

Routing & Switching

TCP/IP / DNS / DHCP

Packet Analysis

Security Research & Remediation

Tools

Cisco Secure Firewall/FTD

FMC

ISE

pxGrid

Nexus/Catalyst

Job description

Aspire Technology Partners, LLC. is seeking a Network and Security Engineer to design, implement, and support secure enterprise networks. You will work on Cisco Secure Firewall/FTD, FMC, and ISE across LAN, WAN, data center, wireless, and cloud‑connected environments.

You will engage through discovery, design, implementation, testing, knowledge transfer, and handoff, collaborating with architects, engineers, and project teams to deliver scalable security solutions.