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Information Assurance & Security Specialist – Journeyman Hybrid - US

Information Assurance & Security Specialist – Journeyman

Full Time • Hybrid - US
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.

Compensation: $58.00 - $65.00 per hour




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