Security Engineer
Cisco
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This role pays less than 90% of similar roles. Most pay $149,500–$205,950 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $132k versus about $178k for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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Cisco Systems is the world''s leading networking technology company, designing and manufacturing networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and cybersecurity solutions for businesses and governments. Industry: Networking Technology & Cybersecurity
Cisco currently has 196 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $167,700–$245,200 across 196 roles with salary data.
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As a Security Engineer on the Acacia IT team, you will drive day-to-day security operations to ensure a resilient posture for global operations. You will manage the end-to-end vulnerability lifecycle, including scanning and remediation, while triaging security alerts to mitigate threats in real-time. Collaborating with Infrastructure and Network teams, you will enhance Privileged Access Management processes and develop technical runbooks to maintain consistent standards. Your work involves protecting high-speed coherent optical transceiver technology by managing identity security and endpoint protection. You will utilize tools such as Active Directory for group policies, SIEM and EDR platforms for incident response, and Tenable or Rapid7 for vulnerability management. Additionally, you will leverage CrowdStrike or SentinelOne for workstation hardening, Cisco Umbrella or Zscaler for DNS security, and Splunk for log analysis to protect critical information across enterprise environments.
What does a Security Engineer earn?
Median $185250 from 84 postings across 39 companies.
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