Job Description:
Short Description: Information Assurance and Security Specialist – Journeyman (IA & SS – Jrny)
FT, Hybrid Position - Only DMV-based candidates will be considered
Complete Description:
Duties:
· As part of the Client technology team, the Security Specialist (Infrastructure Group) will be maintaining and monitoring day to day operation of the Client IT infrastructure – Security.
· The IT Consultant will help and performs, monitoring, maintenance, and security IT infrastructure (physical, virtual and cloud).
· IT consultant will perform OS, security and application upgrades of servers and network to keep them up to date.
· IT consultant will develop, implements, maintains and enforces documented standards and procedures for the design, development, installation, modification, and documentation of assigned systems.
· IT consultant will plan, coordinates, and monitors project activities for Client Infrastructure group and duties as assigned.
· Log analysis of Firewall, AD, Switches and other deployed security products Knowledge of vulnerability assessment tools to identify and mitigate issues.
· Research, analyze, and patch required systems to comply with Client compliance mandates.
· Respond to escalation calls from the Help desk, Desktop support, and other teams to debug and resolve security and perform maintenance.
· Understands security troubleshooting processes and cooperates with another team.
· Assists Service Desk technicians as needed with Tier I and Tier II troubleshooting and patching of desktop systems, software (MS Office, Java, Adobe), printer issues, and server related issues as needed. Provides trouble-shooting assistance on production and non-production supported systems.
· May recommend methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
· Initiates preventive maintenance for the technical system.
· Responsibilities:
· Determines enterprise information assurance and security standards.
· Develops and implements information assurance/security standards and procedures.
· Coordinates, develops, and evaluates security programs for an organization. Recommends information assurance/security solutions to support customers’ requirements.
· Identifies, reports, and resolves security violations.
· Establishes and satisfies information assurance and security requirements based upon the analysis of user, policy, regulatory, and resource demands.
· Supports customers at the highest levels in the development and implementation of doctrine and policies.
· Applies know-how to government and commercial common user systems, as well as to dedicated special purpose systems requiring specialized security features and procedures.
· Performs analysis, design, and development of security features for system architectures.
· Analyzes and defines security requirements for computer systems which may include mainframes, workstations, and personal computers.
· Designs, develops, engineers, and implements solutions that meet security requirements.
· Provides integration and implementation of the computer system security solution.
· Analyzes general information assurance-related technical problems and provides basic engineering and technical support in solving these problems.
· Performs vulnerability/risk analyses of computer systems and applications during all phases of the system development life cycle.
· Ensures that all information systems are functional and secure
Qualifications:
· 6-10 years of experience developing, maintaining, and recommending enhancements to IS policies/requirements (Required)
· 6-10 years of experience performing vulnerability/risk analyses of computer systems/apps (Required)
· 6-10 years of experience identifying, reporting, and resolving security violations (Required)
· Patching Server 2008 / 2012 /2016 (Required)
· Patching Desktop Windows 10 / 7 (Required)
· Firewall management CISCO NGFW (Required)
· Vulnerability assessment tools Nessus, Tripwire (Desired)
· VMware 5.5 / 6.0 (Required)
· Production support (Required)
· Server and Desktop troubleshooting (Required)
· NIST 800-53 experience (Desired)
· Splunk (Desired)
· Cloud experience (MS Azure) (Desired)
Education:
a. Bachelor’s Degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience (Required)
b. Security+, CISSP, other security certifications (Preferred)
Skills Matrix:
• 6-10 years of experience developing, maintaining, and recommending enhancements to IS policies/requirements. Required
• 6-10 years of experience performing vulnerability/risk analyses of computer systems/apps. Required
• 6-10 years of experience identifying, reporting, and resolving security violations. Required
• Patching Server 2008 / 2012 /2016. Required
• Patching Desktop Windows 10 / 7. Required
• Firewall management CISCO NGFW. Required
• VMware 5.5 / 6.0. Required
• Production support. Required
• Server and Desktop troubleshooting. Required
• Bachelor’s Degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience. Required
• Security+, CISSP, other security certifications. Desired
Flexible work from home options available.