Years of experience: 7-10 + years’ experience in the field.

Location:  White Marsh, MD (a little north of Baltimore, MD)

Interviews: Phone and in-person interview will be required. Local candidates strongly preferred.

Visa details: US Citizen, or green card only.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Essential Duties:

• Creates technical and programmatic assessments, evaluates engineering and integration initiatives and provides technical support to assess security policies, standards and guidelines.
• Defines company security requirements and reviews systems to determine if they have been designed to comply with established security standards; develops new standards as necessary.
• Develops, tests and operates firewalls, intrusion detection systems, enterprise anti-virus systems and software deployment tools.
• Participates in the planning, design, installation, and maintenance of security systems (Perimeter, IPS, DLP, AV, Malware, Patching, DDoS) in support of security policies; works with IT staff and business units to assess risk and address security issues.
• Implements, enforces and communicates security policies and/or plans for data, software applications, hardware and telecommunications.
• Validates and tests security architecture and design solutions to produce detailed engineering specifications with recommended vendor technologies.
• Monitors compliance with IT security policy, and coordinates investigations and reporting of security incidents.
• Reviews and recommends the installation, modification or replacement of hardware or software components and any configuration change(s) that affects security.
• Leads development, testing and QA functions to ensure that projects are securely delivered and fulfill expectations.
• Ensures the system support team receives and maintains security awareness and training.
• Builds and maintains relationships with teams and third parties on security development and support issues.
• Provides highest level of technical consultancy to ensure problem resolution is achieved in the shortest possible timeframe. Additional duties and responsibility may apply.

Education/Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline (Computer Science, Information Systems Management, Engineering, or similar).
• CISSP certification required.
• Seven (7) to Ten (10) years of security engineering experience, specifically in database security and security design and development; extensive expertise in developing complex security solutions is required.
• Previous Network Engineering or Systems Engineering background preferred.
• Experience using scripting languages to automate tasks and manipulate data; programming experience is a plus.
• System administration experience in a Windows and Unix environment.
• Experience securing web applications and a strong understanding of web application design, function, and Secure Software Development Lifecycle.
• Experience developing technical diagrams with tools such as Microsoft Visio.
• In depth understanding and working knowledge of OWASP top 10.
• Experience with all aspects of high availability fault tolerant architectures.
• Ability to explain complex ideas and concepts to both a technical and nontechnical audience, in English verbally and in writing.
• Passion for providing excellent customer service.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment; ability to multi-task, change direction, effectively prioritize, and meet deadlines.
• Ability to occasionally adjust work schedule to meet business needs (standard forty (40) hour week, with occasional after hours and weekend requirements).
• Ability to work effectively with both local and remote staff, teammates and managers.