Act as primary engineering support to network security operations for the testing and evaluation of new Security products and services.
Supervise the technical work of junior security engineers to perform systems engineering design, testing, and implementation of network security infrastructure and services.
Perform lifecycle testing and operational support on Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)-based security architectures to maintain compliance with customer-tailored National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) security controls.
Perform enterprise security gateway access control, baseline configuration management, and system performance testing to ensure requirements compliance.
Manage and maintain enterprise configuration and provide internal and external (customer) tier 2/3 technical support for the following major systems: Develop, maintain, and publish network security technical documentation in accordance with client's Systems Engineering processes.
Web Application Firewall (WAF).
Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS).
Global and Local Load Balancer.
Next-generation firewall.
API Gateway.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, IT Security or related field, and minimum 2 years related experience; or a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, IT Security, or related field.
0 to 2 years of experience in the network security engineering field performing the specification, selection, evaluation, testing, deployment, and operation of security devices including but not limited to Firewalls, Routers, Switches, IDS, WAF, VPN technologies, etc.
Skills:
Experience in the application and compliance of customer-tailored NIST and FISMA controls and policies.
Experience collecting system logs and event data and performing engineering analysis to determine system security function, performance, and compliance.
Experience developing, configuring, and maintaining Linux and Windows Operating Systems (OS).
Prior federal telecommunications and network security experience is a plus.
CompTIA Security+ certification.
CCNA or CISSP certification.
Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
Contract
Job function
Information Technology
Industries
Information Technology & Services
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