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SECURITYFOCUS JOBS - NEW OPPORTUNITY
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JOB DESCRIPTION
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Position: Security Architect
Location: Rosslyn, Virginia, United States
Type: Permanent F/T
Closing Date: 2007-09-24
IT Security Architect
Position Status: Full Time Employee
Work Location: Rosslyn, VA
Citizenship:U.S. Citizen
Security Clearance?:Clearable
Required Skills:
Successful candidates will possess a mix of the following knowledge, skills,
and abilities:
•Experience with Information Security Architecture, as well as Process,
Audit/Compliance, and Risk Management •Solid understanding of security
concepts, goals, and technologies •Knowledge of Government Certification
and Accreditation process and government security requirements and standards
(e.g., FIPS, NIST 800 series, OMB 130, etc.) •Infrastructure security
(e.g., intrusion detection/monitoring tools, VPN, anti-virus, LAN/WAN security
issues, server hardening, etc.) •Security architectures: understanding of
how multiple technologies interoperate •Encryption / Authentication
fundamentals (e.g., PKI/CA, Radius, smartcards, etc.) •Application level
security •Experience with all phases of product development lifecycle
•Exposure to UNIX and/or Microsoft environments •Abilit! y to de
velop technical/application architecture as new requirements arise
•Ability to define a comprehensive security environment •Ability to
cre
ate security architecture scope, definition, construction, and execution
•Experience in designing and developing cost-effective solutions that meet
functional, technical, and performance requirements •Experience in mapping
business requirements to security technologies •Ability to review
technical documentation to verify compliance with security requirements,
security standards, and guidelines •Ability to identify, clarify, and
resolve system development and maintenance activity issues and risks,
escalating them as needed •Express ideas clearly and effectively both
verbally and in writing •Ability to understand the business impact of
security issues and communicate these to senior management
Educational Qualifications:
Bachelors degree in related field, 10+ years of experience, and ability to
obtain a DHS security clearance.
Daily Duties:
The IT Security Architect will support our client's information security
program by:
•facilitating input from the customer and end users to identify functional
and technical security and privacy requirements; •reporting progress and
issues to the security team, managing stakeholder expectations, and identifying
methods for dealing with challenges; •helping to define functional and
technical security requirements; •helping to define the security
architecture, and ensuring that it meets business requirements and government
security standards; •working with other architects to ensure the products
and components work together to meet security objectives as defined in the
requirements; •participating in all recommendations regarding hardware,
network products, and system software to ensure security compliance;
•participating in security architecture analysis, design, and impleme!
ntation , and ensuring that the product fulfills the requirements;
•working with the support unit to determine how operational security
requirement
s are satisfied; •developing security process documentation (e.g.,
incident response, patch management, etc.); and •reviewing security design
deliverables throughout the development process to ensure quality and
requirement traceability.
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CONTACT
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Kforce
wes brin
wbrin@kforce.com
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