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.