Sr. information security engineer

Job Title:

Sr. Information Security Engineer

Location:

Alpharetta, GA

Duration: 6 months

The successful Information Security Engineer performs a wide variety of duties in support of technical or administrative assignments using established procedures. The engineer will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of all security technologies, development and enforcement of security practices, and address all security-related incidents. The engineer will be vendor agnostic and well-versed in methodologies as not all customers use the same solutions.

Interacts daily with peer groups and customers.

• Perform computer and/or network security vulnerability assessments to identify, evaluate and mitigate security risks, threats and vulnerabilities.
• Maintain security compliance operations and infrastructure.
• Understand industry best practices for security architecture frameworks, tools, standards and guidelines.
• Assess and validate compliance to acknowledged security standards through routine self-audits.
• Test and report on new security technologies.
• Develop technical and programmatic assessments.
• Evaluate engineering and integration initiatives and provide technical support to assess security policies, standards and guidelines.
• Implement, enforce and communicate security policies and/or plans for data, software applications, hardware and telecommunications.
• Perform product evaluations, recommend and implement products/services for network security.
• Monitor security audit and intrusion detection system logs for system and network anomalies across all layers and define actionable items through correlation of events.
• Manage, develop and implement MDM environment.
• Provide enforcement of security directives, standards, plans and procedures.
• Convey, document, and remediate security incidents effectively and timely.
• Design and develop Security Information and Event Manager.

• 8-10 years of combined IT and Security work experience with broad exposure to infrastructure/network, host, data and/or application security, and multi-platform environments.
• 5 or more years of experience designing solutions for large-scale data center environments.
• 5 years of strong experience in Firewall Design and Administration.
• Architecting and engineering experience in all required technologies listed below.
• Working knowledge of Cisco Routers/Switches/VPN.
• Working knowledge of IDS/IPS management.
• Proven track record designing, building, and maintaining highly available fault‑tolerant systems.
• Advanced or expert level knowledge and understanding of Security Infrastructure Architecture.
• Expert understanding of defense‑in‑depth designs and security layers.
• Experience with IP networking, networking protocols and security related technologies including encryption, IPsec, PKI, VPNs, firewalls, proxy services, DNS, electronic mail and ACL’s.
• Experience with internet, web, application and network security techniques.
• Experience with operating system security (Windows, Linux, etc.).
• Experience with leading firewall, network scanning and intrusion detection products and authentication technologies.
• SIEM Design and Administration.

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related discipline or equivalent experience is required.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer M/F/V/D.