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From the employer's careers site First seen 27 Oct 2026

IT Security Engineer

Salary

$116,600 to $147,900 per year

Apply on Acacia (part of Cisco)

Description

As a Security Engineer on the Acacia IT Operations team, you will drive day-to-day security operations to ensure a resilient security posture for our global operations.

You will manage the vulnerability lifecycle and triage security alerts to mitigate threats in real-time.

By partnering with Infrastructure and Network teams, you will enhance Privileged Access Management (PAM) processes to protect our sensitive data.

You will also develop and refine security runbooks and operational procedures to ensure consistent, repeatable security standards across all sites.

This role is critical in safeguarding our technology at the forefront of our business, ensuring that our security measures evolve alongside our rapid business growth.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

  • Bachelor's degree and 5 years of professional experience in security operations, infrastructure security, or identity management.
  • Management of the end-to-end vulnerability lifecycle, including scanning, tracking, and verifying remediation.
  • Administration of Active Directory environments, including the management of group policies and access control hygiene.
  • Triage and response to security incidents using SIEM, EDR, or similar monitoring platforms.
  • Creation and maintenance of technical security runbooks or operational procedures.

Preferred Qualifications & Experience

  • Use endpoint security platforms (e.g., CrowdStrike, SentinelOne) to monitor, harden, and maintain the security health of servers and workstations.
  • Implement vulnerability management campaigns using tools like Tenable or Rapid7 to track, report, and drive remediation progress across cross-functional teams.
  • Implement and manage DNS security strategies using platforms like Cisco Umbrella or Zscaler to mitigate network-level threats.
  • Analyze logs and security events within platforms like Splunk to identify, triage, and escalate potential security incidents effectively.
  • Apply data classification and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) strategies to identify and protect critical information across enterprise environments.

The starting salary range posted for this position is $116,600.00 to $147,900.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation, equity, or benefits.

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • endpoint security
  • vulnerability management campaigns
  • DNS security
  • log analysis
  • Data Loss Prevention

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://cisco.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Cisco_Careers/job/Maynard-Massachusetts-US/IT-Security-Engineer_2025722

Apply on Acacia (part of Cisco)