Position Summary:

Responsible for ensuring that designated security standards are implemented on IT managed systems, and networks. Work with Systems team to design and maintain secure network configurations.  Maintain disaster recovery and business continuity plans and support backup infrastructure.

Essential Duties and Accountabilities:

1. Planning, implementing, managing, monitoring, and upgrading security measures for the protection of the organization’s data, systems, and networks
2. Troubleshooting security and network problems
3. Responding to all system and/or network security breaches
4. Ensuring that the organization’s data and infrastructure are protected by enabling the appropriate security controls
5. Participating in the change management process
6. Testing and identifying network and system vulnerabilities
7. Daily administrative tasks, reporting, and communication with the relevant departments in the organization
8. Evaluating the organization’s security needs and establish best practices and standards accordingly
9. Designing, implementing, maintaining, overseeing, and upgrading all security measures needed to protect organizations’ data, systems, and networks
10. Responding to all security breaches to the network and associated systems
11. Troubleshooting all network and security issues and incidents
12. Routinely conduct penetration testing
13. Taking appropriate security measures to ensure that the organization’s infrastructure and existing data are kept safe
14. Conducting testing and scans to identify any vulnerabilities in the network and system
15. Taking an active role in the change management process

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BS) or its equivalent formal training/certifications.
• Minimum three (3) to six (6) years in the Information Technology (IT) industry with an admin and security focus. 
• Firewall and routing experience, backup and restoration experience within an enterprise environment (Symantec Backup Exec, etc.), Virtual machine/server experience.
• Active Directory and Windows Server experience, patching, auditing, and securing.
• VOIP Administration, MSO365 Administration, TCP/IP networking, VLANs and Data Encryption.
• Experience implementing, maintaining and using Security tools: IPS, IDS, SIEM.
• Desired Experience with Regulatory compliance such as PCI, SOX, NIST, NERC etc.
• Desired Certifications (or similar): Security+, CySA+, CISSP, GSEC, GCIH, CEH
• Incident handling, SOC experience a plus.
• Bonus: IT-related tasks for DoD contracts.
• Must read, write and understand English.
• Regular and predictable attendance is an essential function for this position.
• Must be authorized to work in the USA.
• Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills, customer service skills, analytical and troubleshooting skills.
  

Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

• Requires sitting for a prolonged period of time. 
• Requires dexterity and coordination to handle files and paper. 
• Requires climbing on ladders when needed to accomplish tasks. 
• Requires occasional lifting of files, stacks of paper, reference and other materials up to 25 lbs. 
• Requires minimum reaching for items above and below desk level. 
• Moving from place to place within the building to accomplish tasks. 
• Requires strength, coordination and vision to use keyboard and video display terminal for prolonged periods.
• Requires traveling when needed.