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JOB DESCRIPTION
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Position: Security Engineer
Location: Dulles Technology Corridor, Virginia, US
Type: Permanent F/T
Closing Date: 01/06/2005
Job Title: Security Engineer- BGP and OSPF routing
Salary: $ 80-100k plus 5-10% bonus, plus options
Reports to: Chief Technology Officer
Company Overview:
Our Dulles Technology Corridor based Client specializes in hosting secure
intranets, extranets, Web applications and Web sites for clients in the
financial, enterprise, healthcare and government sectors. They are the
top-ranked secure managed hosting provider, according to independent sources
such as Meta Group and Tier One Research. They foster a self-development
atmosphere for customer service bent individuals who want to learn new skills
and put them to practical use, helping clients and growing the organization.
Job Overview:
Responsible for all aspects of network and systems security for our
Client’s network and hosting infrastructure.
Job Description:
§ Responsible for design and implementation of security infrastructure in
both customer solutions and the corporate network. Perform risk assessments and
vulnerability analyses on solutions. Evaluate and recommend security
technologies. Craft security policies and procedures.
§ Perform firewall configuration installations, changes, and system
upgrades. Evaluate and recommend firewall technologies. Understand network
applications and convert customer requirements into effective firewall policy.
§ Perform configuration changes and diagnose failures in local network
and wide-area network environments, including BGP and OSPF routing, VRRP
routing redundancy, spanning-tree Ethernet redundancy, and Ethernet switches.
Familiar with Alcatel, Cisco, Foundry, and Juniper network equipment.
§ Design, build, deploy, and monitor network and host-based intrusion
detection technologies. Craft custom IDS rulesets to detect new attacks.
Investigate IDS reports and follow incidents to resolution. Provide warnings to
operations staff and customers of new attack trends.
§ Work with customer and external sources to resolve security incidents
within our facility. Take detailed case notes and perform thorough forensic
analysis of compromised systems, taking into account legal procedures such as
chain-of-custody, in order to collect sufficient evidence for prosecution of
intruders.
§ Perform external security assessments on corporate and customer
solutions with the intent of discovering vulnerabilities and gaining access to
systems.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
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Requirements:
§ Five years of UNIX administration experience with Linux, BSD, Solaris,
HP-UX, Digital UNIX, IARIX, and AIX.
§ Intimate knowledge of TCPIP/IP networking in LAN and WAN environments
including OSPF, BGP4, VRRP, and spanning-tree. Media layer knowledge of
Ethernet, 802.11b wireless, 802.1q VLANs. Firewalling with NetScreen,
IPFilter, Juniper, Cisco, TIS Firewall Toolkit. Experience with software and
hardware based Ipsec and GRE based VPNs.
§ Proficient in Perl, awk, Expect, UNIX shell scripts.
§ Familiarity with a number of technologies including: Kerberos, ssh,
PGP, SecurID, tcpdump, ethereal, Snort, Network Flight Recorder, SHADOW,
Tripwire, Veracity, EnCase, and TCT.
CONTACT
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Contact:
Michael McCollum
Executive Recruiter
Wood Walters, LLC.
703 359 4830
mike@woodwalters.com
www.woodwalters.com
Michael McCollum
Executive Recruiter
Wood Walters, LLC
mike@woodwalters.com
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