Information Assurance & Security Specialist – Journeyman

Information Assurance And Security Specialist
- Journeyman (IA & SS
- Jrny)

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Description:

Information Assurance and Security Specialist
- Journeyman (IA & SS
- Jrny) FT, Hybrid Position
- Only DMV-based candidates will be considered

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:

• Bachelor's Degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience (Required)
• Security+, CISSP, other security certifications (Preferred)

Skills Matrix:

• 6-10 years of experience developing, maintaining, and recommending enhancements to IS policies/requirements.
• 6-10 years of experience performing vulnerability/risk analyses of computer systems/apps.
• 6-10 years of experience identifying, reporting, and resolving security…