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SECURITYFOCUS JOBS - NEW OPPORTUNITY
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JOB DESCRIPTION
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Position: Security Engineer
Location: Manhattan, New York, US
Type: Contract
Closing Date: 11/25/2004
Security Event Management Engineer (Consultant) – New York, NY
PRINCIPALS ONLY – MUST LIVE WITHIN 30 MINUTES OF NYC
Job Description
All candidates must have strong background in insurance and/or financial
services in an enterprise level environment.
Vigilant is looking for an experienced security engineer to work on a contract
basis delivering Vigilant’s suite of productized security services.
This individual will be responsible for the design and implementation of
security event management systems (such as Intellitactics, eSecurity,
OpenService etc…) for Vigilant’s customer base. Responsibilities
include engineering, developing and documenting network architectures and
producing detailed designs. Responsibilities also include procuring,
configuring, installing and monitoring critical production and Wide Area
Networks for security related incidents.
Candidate must have extensive experience with security event management
products specifically in the areas of custom rule creation, building custom
listeners, applying practical logic data warehousing and management, and
security transporting log data.
Additionally, the candidate should have detailed knowledge of, switches, VPNs,
firewalls, content scanners and intrusion detection devices conducting network
vulnerability assessments developing test concepts and methodologies developing
test plans, procedures and reports leading and participating in technical
meetings and design reviews presenting proposed designs to customers and other
contractors supporting security certification and accreditation and developing
trade-off studies, proposals and cost estimates.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
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Detailed knowledge of:
• Security Event Management products (eSecurity, OpenService,
Intellitactics, Network Intelligence, etc…)
• Network Security appliances (IDS, Firewall, VPN, Intrusion Prevention)
• Network and Application Protocols (IP, TCP, UDP, FTP, HTTP, DNS,
routing, etc.)
• IT security practices, trends and markets
• Unix/Linux/Windows Logging
• Regulatory mandates such as HIPPA, Sarbanes Oxley, and GLBA
Ability to:
• Understand how security is implemented in a business focused enviroment.
• Secure mission-critical networks for large enterprise environments.
• Write policy and procedure documents pertaining to security event
management.
• Perform “hands-on” deployment of IDS, Firewalls, and other
security technologies.
Aptitude and Education:
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Savvy market awareness
• Security Certification (e.g. CISSP, SANS Training) desired
• BS/MS degree in engineering or computer science preferred
Experience Required:
3-5 years in the following:
• Scripting/Programming Experience (PERL, shell scripting, C, use of
Regular Expressions.
• Security data handling as it relates to security event management tools.
(Correlation of disparate data types, consolidation of logs, report generation)
• Intrusion Detection (Deployment, log handling, writing signatures)
• Firewall (Deployment, management)
• Scripting/Programming Experience (C, PERL, use of RegEx, and Unix
Scripting)
Additional Experience in the following areas:
• Network Systems Management (Open platforms such as Tivoli and Openview)
Location/Travel:
Travel should be expected.
Immediate positions are available in or around the New York City Metro area.
When replying to this job posting please list the area that you are interested
in working in the subject line.
About Vigilant:
Vigilant is a professional services firm specialized in delivering integrated
security management solutions to the fortune 1000, financial services, banking,
healthcare, and large enterprise customers. The firm is headquartered in New
York City with satellite offices in Boston and Chicago.
Vigilant takes pride in its focus on the people that make up the organization.
We are building and will maintain an enjoyable and profitable place for
talented people to work, share ideas, and grow professionally.
CONTACT
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Position is available in Mid November.
Please send your resume to jobs[at]thevigilant.com
(replace [at] with @)
Thanks,
Vigilant’s Recruiting Team
Human Resources
Technology Recruiting
Vigilant, LLC.
jobs@thevigilant.com
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