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SECURITYFOCUS JOBS - NEW OPPORTUNITY
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JOB DESCRIPTION
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Position: Sr. Security Analyst
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Type: Permanent F/T
Closing Date: 2006-11-13
The CERT® Program is part of the SEI, a federally funded research and
development center at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The CERT® Program engages in cutting-edge research and development and
develops and transitions disciplined approaches to improve the survivability
and resiliency of the DoD, federal civilian agencies, private sector
organizations and their networked information systems.
The CERT Network Situational Awareness (NetSA) group’s analysis team
supports internal and external customers by developing cutting-edge analysis
techniques for regular operational use in high-impact environments. The
analyst will develop new analysis techniques and prototype their software
implementation, support customers by preparing analytic reports, prototype new
analysis approaches, and participate in preparing research for publication.
The successful candidate will have some combination of academic training and
real world network or network security experience.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
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Education/Training: Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or
scientific/technical field with 8 years experience, or equivalent; Masters
Degree in Computer Science or scientific/technical field with 5 years
experience, or equivalent.
Experience: Professional experience listed above is in operational network
security or other TCP/IP network operations in a production environment,
including analysis of security incident information.
Skills/Abilities:
- Theoretical knowledge of and practical experience with various internet
protocols (e.g., DNS, SMTP, BGP, TLS)
- Ability to function in the role of a consultant
- Capable of conducting analytical studies and investigations, including
quantitative data nalysis
- Experience delivering concrete, high quality results on projects while under
time pressure
- Planning and organizational skills
- Strong problem solving skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to work both independently and with teams.
- Informal light development experience in a high-level language such as Java,
Perl or Python
- User or implementation level experience with a subset of the following
technologies: IDS (e.g., Snort, RealSecure), IPS, SIM/SEM (e.g, ArcSight,
eSecurity), network mapping, vulnerability scanners (e.g., Nessus), firewalls,
and routers (Cisco)
- Deep knowledge of multiple modern operating system (e.g., Linux, Solaris,
Windows 2000+, BSD, OSX)
- Unix shell scripting experience
- Experience using SQL databases
Mobility: Primarily sedentary in an office setting with some mobility. Ability
to travel to various locations within the SEI and CMU community, sponsor sites,
conferences, and offsite meetings potentially with routine frequency.
Environmental Conditions: Normal office conditions; close contact with computer
display for extended periods of time
Mental:
The ability to:
- work meticulously with careful attention to detail;
- meet deadlines while working on multiple tasks – sometimes under
pressure and with shifting priorities;
- deal collaboratively, diplomatically, and successfully with customers,
co-workers and other professional colleagues, managers, and staff; ability to
grasp the big picture, direction, and goals of an effort;
- develop and communicate innovative ideas;
- take leadership role in technical projects; and
- quickly learn new procedures, techniques, and approaches.
Other: Candidates must be able to pass a background investigation, obtain a
security clearance, and be a US citizen.
Please visit the Careers@CarnegieMellon web site
(https://secured.kenexa.com/cmu/cc/MyProfileAction.ss?command=MyProfile) to
create a profile and apply to this position (job number 2603).
CONTACT
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that match your interests, apply for positions electronically,
and create a Job Agent that will notify you by email when jobs that meet your
criteria become available.
Please visit the Careers@CarnegieMellon web site
(https://secured.kenexa.com/cmu/cc/MyProfileAction.ss?command=MyProfile) to
create a profile and apply to this position (job number 2603).
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