Job Description: Cisco ISE Platform SME

Organization Name – NEC Corporation India Pvt. Ltd.

Reporting Relationship – To Report to Senior Manager

Role Summary:

•  Act as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) platform.
•  Responsible for designing, configuring, optimizing & maintaining Cisco ISE solutions to enforce identity-based network access control.
•  Lead the design and implementation of authentication, authorization & accounting (AAA) policies across wired, wireless, SDA & VPN infra.
•  Work closely with the network and security teams to ensure the ISE infra. is integrated, secured & aligned with enterprise access control policies.
•  Proactively monitor and optimize Cisco ISE to enhance performance, scalability, and reliability.
•  Ensure continuous compliance with security standards and best practices through identity policy enforcement.
•  Support troubleshooting of complex ISE-related issues and ensure timely resolution of access and policy problems.
•  Develop and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and standard operating procedures for ISE operations.

Responsibilities:

•  Design and configure Cisco ISE policies including 802.1X, MAC authentication bypass (MAB), posture assessment, guest access & BYOD.
•  Integrate ISE with external identity providers (e.g., Active Directory, LDAP, PKI).
•  Implement and maintain TACACS+ / Radius policies for network device administration.
•  Conduct regular ISE patching, upgrades, backup management, and system health monitoring.
•  Manage profiling policies, network device groups, and authentication/authorization rules.
•  Coordinate with network teams to implement segmentation and dynamic VLAN assignment based on user/device identity.
•  Support troubleshooting of authentication failures, endpoint classification issues, and policy mismatches.
•  Analyze logs and reports from ISE, Syslog servers, or SIEM tools for incident detection and forensic analysis.
•  Participate in audit and compliance efforts related to access control enforcement.
•  Provide technical leadership in ISE project rollouts, migrations, and tuning efforts.

Pre-requisite:

•  Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Electronics, or related field.
•  Experience: 7–10 years of experience in Network Security, with 5+ years of dedicated experience in Cisco ISE implementation and operations.

Certification- CCNP- Security (Good to have)

Desirable Qualities:

•  Deep understanding of Cisco ISE architecture, policy sets, and endpoint profiling.
•  Experience with 802.1X authentication, PEAP/EAP-TLS, digital certificates, and device posture validation.
•  Familiarity with TACACS+, RADIUS, Active Directory, and certificate-based authentication.
•  Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills for complex policy and access issues.
•  Knowledge of wireless/wired infrastructure integrations with ISE (Cisco WLC, Catalyst switches, etc.).
•  Exposure to TrustSec, ISE-PxGrid, and ISE-SIEM integrations.
•  Excellent communication skills for documentation, reporting, and team collaboration.
•  Self-driven and capable of leading projects or tasks independently.

Base Location:

Noida (must be open to travel as per business requirements)

Other Inputs by Business:

N/A

Headquartered in Japan, NEC is a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies. With over 123 years of expertise in providing solutions for empowering people, businesses, and society, NEC stands tall as a champion in enabling change and transformation across the globe. Present in India since 1950, NEC has been instrumental in burgeoning India’s digitization journey continually for the past 70 years.

NEC India has proved its commitment to orchestrating a bright future through its diverse businesses from Telecommunications to Public Safety, Logistics, Transportation, Retail, Finance, Unified Communication and IT platforms, serving across the public and private sectors. NEC India, through the deployment of cutting-edge technology, has been powering India in seminal ways, making lives easier, safer, and more productive for all.

With its Centre of Excellence for verticals like Analytics platform solutions, Big Data, Biometrics, Mobile and Retail, NEC India brings to the table, innovative, seamless solutions for India and across the world.

NEC India is headquartered in New Delhi and has its offices panned across the country. It has branches in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai, Noida and Surat.

Specialties:

IT & Networking Solutions, Unified Communication Solutions, Safety and Security Solutions, Integrated Retail Solutions, Data Centre Solutions, Safe and Smart City Solutions, Transportation Solutions, SDN Solutions, Carrier Telecom Solutions, and Solutions for Society.

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