Job Description:

Information Assurance and Security Specialist - Master

Complete Description:

Employment Type: 1099/ W2

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Identify network problems, and recommend improvements to ensure optimal performance;
• Ability to monitor and analyze data traffic patterns within the Client Network infrastructure;
• Ability to enhance security and knowledge of the latest security threats, worms, and malware and advise on how to deter them;
• Ability to ensure reliability of the network through the above actions;
• Extensive experience in developing strategic systems architecture plans;
• Experience with Storage infrastructure (NetApp Storage) and technologies including virtualization/arrays, FC/FCOE, NFS, ISCSI;
• Design, administration of VMware Infrastructure including full integration with SAN for VMotion and VMware SRM multi-site administration;
• Advanced knowledge of disaster recovery and business continuity processes and tools needed;
• Active Directory service management and operational stability and maintenance;
• Design and build solutions utilizing on-premises computer, networking, and storage technologies using Azure cloud;
• Cloud Engineer leads the design and support of large-scale projects;
• Configure routers, switches, firewalls, and other appliances in compliance with Client security standards;
• Monitor security measures in place within network perimeter, ensuring security breaches do not occur and information is safeguarded.

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:

• 16+ years of experience developing, maintaining and recommending enhancements to IS policies/requirements (Required);
• 16+ years of experience performing vulnerability/risk analyses of computer systems/apps (Required);
• 16+ years of experience identifying, reporting and resolving security violations (Required);
• Cloud-Azure (Highly Desired);
• Experience in complex Enterprise-level projects (Required);
• Expert understanding of Windows server operating systems (Required);
• Knowledge of on-premises and cloud security productions (Required);
• Good understanding of IP Networks/Security (Required);
• Extensive experience troubleshooting NetApp SAN (Required);
• In-depth knowledge of SAN replication/Disaster Recovery (Highly Desired);
• Hands-on experience managing storage on VMware ESXi (Required);
• Good understanding of server/endpoint operating system (Required);
• Windows 2016 AD Enterprise troubleshooting experience (Required);
• In-depth experience with Disaster Recovery & Avoidance planning (Required);
• VMWare Site Recovery Manager experience (Highly Desired);
• Excellent understanding of troubleshooting IT infrastructure (Highly Desired).

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience (20 years) (Required);
• Master’s Degree in IT or related field (Highly desired);
• Security CISSP, Security+, CEH (Required).

Flexible work from home options available.