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SECURITYFOCUS JOBS - NEW OPPORTUNITY
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JOB DESCRIPTION
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Position: Jr. Security Analyst
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Type: Permanent F/T
Closing Date: 2006-11-17
The CERT® Program is part of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), a
federally funded research and development center at Carnegie Mellon University
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. CERT engages in cutting-edge research and
development, helps organizations and individuals protect their systems, and
provides robust training and education programs. Our focus is on ensuring that
software developers, internet security experts, network and system
administrators, and others are able to resist, recognize, and recover from
attacks on networked systems.
This position is responsible for supporting users and maintaining software and
equipment in the CERT/CC Computing Laboratory. This includes helping users of
the lab, conducting research into equipment acquisitions, interacting with
vendors, evaluating equipment and software, configuring and maintaining
equipment, set-up and breakdown of equipment for experiments, assisting in
experiments as needed.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
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Education/Training: BS in Computer Science, Information Science, or equivalent
with three (3) years of applicable experience; MS in Computer Science,
Information Science, with one (1) year of applicable experience; or recent Ph.D
in Computer Science, Information Science, or equivalent.
Experience: System administrator level of knowledge for UNIX and Windows
operating systems, as well as experience with the selection, configuration and
deployment of associated hardware and software. Experience and knowledge in
using system administration tools to manage dozens of machines and
configurations.
Network administrator knowledge of network technologies including: TCP/IP, UDP,
Ethernet, 802.11, 802.1Q, routing protocols, DNS. Knowledge of a scripting
language (e.g. sh, bash, perl …). Understanding of network security
including writing and maintaining of ACLs.
Skills/Abilities:
- Ability to manage heavy workload and effectively manage priorities.
- Strong problem solving skills.
- Excellent oral and written communications skills.
- Ability to work both independently and with teams.
Mobility: Primarily sedentary, long periods of sitting, may have to travel to
other campus locations, as well as, travel to customer sites, some bending,
stretching and lifting up to several reams of paper. Moving and setting up
computer equipment.
Environmental Conditions: Normal office conditions; however close contact with
computer for prolonged periods of time, also includes working in a machine room
environment.
Mental: Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines; ability to
prioritize tasks; strong learning capability; ability to assist users of
varying competency; ability to interact effectively with vendors, managers, and
technical staff. Good technical problem-solving skills; strong information
organization skills; good oral and written communication skills. Maintain
confidentiality of sensitive information.
Other: Candidate must pass a background investigation, be eligible to obtain a
United States DoD Secret Clearance and must be a U.S. 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 2629).
CONTACT
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TO APPLY:
Careers@CarnegieMellon makes it easy for you to search for positions at the SEI
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 2629).
Software Engineering Institute
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