System Security Engineer
Manages firewalls, IP, vulnerabilities, and compliance for NCBI systems at NIH. Performs log analysis, incident response, threat hunting, and network security troubleshooting with 2+ years experience in firewalls and vulnerabilities.
About the job
Duties & Responsibilities
- Firewall management.
- IP management.
- Vulnerability/System compliance management.
- Analyze architecture and system functionality for a broad range of technologies.
- Log analysis for incident remediation/threat hunting.
- Troubleshooting security and network problems.
- Provide support in the areas of information assurance, vulnerability assessment, enterprise protection planning, security monitoring, incident response, cyber security, and cyber threat analysis.
- Participate in formal incident response efforts coordinating responses to major intrusions or exploits. Incident investigations include intrusions, illegal software usage, etc.
- Determine Security Incident Event Management (SIEM) pattern analysis based on threat intelligence feeds.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or 4 yrs of equivalent experience.
- Minimum 2+ years hands on firewall management experience.
- Minimum 2+ years hands on vulnerability management experience.
- Working knowledge and demonstrated experience in network design, network security, and firewall technologies. Experience with Fortinet, Symantec endpoint protection, and Arista/Cisco ACLs preferred.
- Experience with testing and identifying network and system vulnerabilities using tools such as Tenable.SC and BigFix.
- Experience with log analysis.
- Experience with Splunk preferred.
- Good understanding of computing security, authentication techniques, operation procedures and general practices in an enterprise IT infrastructure.
- Demonstrated self-initiated ability for analyzing, debugging, and tracking security issues.
Skills
Fortinet, Symantec, Arista, Cisco Acls, Tenable.Sc, Bigfix, Splunk, SIEM, Firewall Management, Vulnerability Management
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