Security Specialist I - job 2 of 2

Reporting directly to Security Engineering Management and under the general supervision by Information Security Office Leadership, this role will be responsible for building, maintaining, and leading a secure network & engineering lifecycle, with continuous improvement to meet evolving security and compliance requirements including:

• Design, build, deploy and maintain network, endpoint, and server security infrastructure.
• Create and maintain security tool documentation
• Collaborate with infrastructure, operations, and product teams to architect, advise, and assist in security design.
• Manage and maintain security infrastructure on a daily basis.
• Assist with the implementation of new security

• Provides quality internal and external customer service aligning with Company values.
• Architect, implement, and operate security technologies.
• Provide subject matter expertise on firewalls, DDoS infrastructure, IDS/IPS, UTM/NGFW, endpoint protection, system hardening, and security best practices.
• Evaluate new network security technologies and products for internal use.
• Serve as a Tier 3 escalation for our security operations team.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Strong understanding of BGP, routing, and networking
• Experience with IDS and IPS
• Experience with enterprise level DDoS mitigation infrastructure
• Experience with UTM and NGFW capabilities
• Experience with Cloud, Virtualization, and Container technologies

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1 of the following:

• Bachelors in technical field
• 1+ years of related experience preferably within the information technology or managed services provider industry
• Industry certifications such as CISSP, GOSI, GWEB, GCSA…

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in a technical field
• 1+ years of industry experience
• Industry certificates such as CySA+, CEH, GSEC…

Preferred Experience

• Network Engineering
• Fortinet/Cisco Firewalls
• Suricata/Zeek
• Radware/Imperva
• Cisco Routing/Switching Infrastructure
• Netflow Monitoring
• Systems Administration
• Active Directory
• Window and Linux Servers.

• Signatured based detections
• Deep packet inspection
• DDoS attack methodologies
• Security Automation
• Defense in depth/Zero Trust
• Compliance requirements (NIST/PCI/HIPAA/etc.)

• Agile/project management
• Documentation/Learning management
• Process management

Working Condition Requirements

• Remote Office environment
• Ability to prioritize and organize effectively
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to work both independently and with others
• Ability to operate in a fast moving, team-oriented, collaborative environment with tight deadlines