Senior Endpoint Engineer (12 month contract)

Recruit-It; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 640,000; Full time

Job summary

Recruit-It is seeking an IT specialist to support Cisco Secure Client deployments and identity-related configurations in a Microsoft enterprise environment. You will troubleshoot endpoint deployment issues, assist with Entra ID/AD/MFA integrations, and collaborate on secure access architectures.

Experience with Cisco Secure Client or Cisco Secure Access is highly advantageous, with responsibilities spanning testing, production-readiness and knowledge transfer to client teams.

Qualifications

• Experience with Microsoft enterprise desktop environments and identity services (Entra ID, AD, MFA).
• Knowledge of certificate-based authentication and endpoint management tooling.
• Ability to troubleshoot enterprise software deployments and security client configurations.
• Experience with Cisco Secure Client or Cisco Secure Access is highly advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Support deployment, configuration and troubleshooting of Cisco Secure Client across the client endpoint estate.
• Investigate endpoint-related installation, upgrade, connectivity and authentication issues; perform root cause analysis.
• Assist with integration and troubleshooting across Microsoft Entra ID, AD, MFA and certificates.
• Support endpoint configuration and software distribution using existing tooling.
• Coordinate with CSA Lead Engineer to align deployments with Cisco Secure Access, SASE and Zero Trust architecture.
• Support testing, remediation and production-readiness for new users/devices/access scenarios.
• Maintain operational procedures and runbooks; provide knowledge transfer to client teams.

Skills

Microsoft Entra ID

Active Directory

MFA

Certificate-based authentication

Endpoint management

Troubleshooting

Tools

Cisco Secure Client

Cisco Secure Access

Microsoft Entra ID

Job description

Key responsibilities will include:

• Support the deployment, configuration and troubleshooting of Cisco Secure Client across the Client endpoint estate.
• Investigate endpoint-related installation, upgrade, connectivity and authentication issues, including root cause analysis of failed or inconsistent deployments.
• Support integration and troubleshooting across Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, MFA and certificate-based authentication.
• Assist with identity, device and authentication dependencies affecting Cisco Secure Access onboarding and user connectivity.
• Support endpoint configuration and software distribution using Client’s existing endpoint management tooling, where applicable.
• Work with the CSA Lead Engineer to ensure endpoint configurations and deployment methods remain aligned with the overall Cisco Secure Access, SASE and Zero Trust architecture.
• Support testing, remediation and production-readiness activities for new users, devices and access scenarios.
• Maintain operational procedures, troubleshooting guides and relevant runbook content.
• Provide ongoing technical support and knowledge transfer to Client operational teams.

Experience and qualifications:

The resource should have strong practical experience supporting Microsoft enterprise desktop environments, Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, MFA, certificates and endpoint management, together with experience troubleshooting enterprise software and security-client deployments. Experience with Cisco Secure Client, Cisco Secure Access or comparable enterprise secure-access technologies would be highly advantageous.