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SECURITYFOCUS JOBS - NEW OPPORTUNITY
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JOB DESCRIPTION
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Position: Manager, Information Security
Location: Doha, , Qatar
Type: Permanent F/T
Closing Date: 2006-11-16
Q-CERT is Qatar’s national computer security incident response team. The
Q-CERT incident response team is responsible for managing daily
operations involving watch, warning, and investigation of security incidents
and cyber threats. The successful candidate will be
responsible for supervising and providing leadership to technical staff on the
incident response team and conducting tasks related to
operational capabilities. Operational capabilities include, but are not limited
to incident coordination, technical analysis of security
threats, and coordination/dissemination of appropriate watch, warning, and
threat information.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading and managing technical tasks, projects, work plans and operational
capabilities.
- Providing senior experience in technical investigations of computer security
incidents and coordinating incident response activities.
- Conducting interviews, making hiring and purchasing decisions, setting goals
and performance objectives, and conducting performance
reviews.
- Contributing to and leading the development of new tools, businesses
process, and services to support the incident response capability.
- Assessing the severity of security threats (e.g., incidents,
vulnerabilities, malicious code) and coordinating broad notifications to
sponsors and customers in a timely manner.
- Corresponding both tactically and strategically with internal analysis
teams, sponsors, customers, and other Computer Security Incident Response Teams
(CSIRTs).
- Contributing to and participating in project reviews and customer/partner
discussions.
- Representing Q-CERT and presenting material in public forums and
conferences.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
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Education/Training: BS in Computer Science or related field with ten (10) years
of applicable experience, or equivalent experience; MS in
Computer Science or related field with eight (8) years of applicable
experience, or equivalent experience; PhD Computer Science or related
field with six (6) years of applicable experience, or equivalent experience.
Experience: Candidates should have experience supervising and leading a group
of technical staff and be able to demonstrate substantial knowledge of:
- Information technology, internet protocols, security technologies and
telecommunication systems.
- Preparing and managing project plans.
- Common classes of software vulnerabilities.
- Performing computer security incident handling.
- Operational details of multiple operating systems.
- System and/or network administration.
- Coordinating and conducting incident response activities.
- Conducting technical analysis of and assessing the threat posed by
vulnerabilities and malicious code (e.g., viruses, worms, rootkits).
- Collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data for current security trends.
- One or more programming languages (e.g., C++, Perl, Java, etc).
Skills/Abilities:
Successful candidates will:
- Have an interest in and have extensive knowledge of network and computer
security issues.
- Have strong planning, communication, and organizational skills.
- Be able to work meticulously with careful attention to detail.
- Be able to identify and set appropriate priorities for technical staff.
- Recognize and deal appropriately with confidential and sensitive information.
- Maintain composure while dealing with difficult people.
- Interact effectively with strategic partners, management, technical and
non-technical audiences via both verbal and written communications (e.g.,
technical writing, user guide development, requirements analysis, project
plans).
- Be able to collaborate effectively and work closely within a coordinated
team environment.
- Communicate and work effectively under normal and stressful situations.
- Meet inflexible deadlines.
Mobility: Job requires international travel; Ability to travel to other
locations in Doha, Qatar and CMU/SEI Pittsburgh office; and frequent
local travel to client sites and workshop venues.
Environmental Conditions: Normal office conditions; however close contact with
computer for prolonged periods of time.
Other: Candidate must be able to pass a background investigation and be
willing to relocate to Doha, Qatar for a minimum of two years. Weekend and
evening hours may be required.
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 2435).
CONTACT
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