Information Assurance and Security Specialist

Washington, DC

Hybrid- Required to be onsite every Thursday

Duties:

• Identify network problems and recommend improvements to ensure optional performance.
• Ability to monitor and analyze data traffic patterns within the Network infrastructure
• Ability to enhance security and knowledge of the latest security threats, worms, and malware and advise on how to deter them.
• Ability to reliability of the network through the above actions.
• Extensive experience in developing strategic systems architecture plans
• Experience with Storage infrastructure (NetApp Storage) and technologies include virtualization/arrays, FC/FCOE, NFS, ISCSI.
• Design, administration of VMware Infrastructure including full integration with SAN for VMotion and VMware SRM multi-site administration
• Advance knowledge of disaster recovery and business continuity processes and tools needed.
• Active Directory service management and operational stability and maintenance
• Design and build solutions utilizing on-premises computer, networking, and storage technologies using Azure cloud. Cloud Engineer leads the design and support of large-scale projects.
• Configure routers, switches, firewalls, and other appliances in compliance with security standards.
• Monitor security measures in place within network perimeter, ensuring security breaches do not occur and information is safeguarded

Responsibilities:

• Determines enterprise information assurance and security standards.
• Develops and implements information assurance/security standards and procedures.
• Coordinates, develops, and evaluates security programs for an organization. Recommends information assurance/security solutions to support customers' requirements.
• Identifies, reports, and resolves security violations.
• Establishes and satisfies information assurance and security requirements based upon the analysis of user, policy, regulatory, and resource demands.
• Supports customers at the highest levels in the development and implementation of doctrine and policies.
• Applies know-how to government and commercial common user systems, as well as to dedicated special purpose systems requiring specialized security features and procedures.
• Performs analysis, design, and development of security features for system architectures.
• Analyzes and defines security requirements for computer systems which may include mainframes, workstations, and personal computers.
• Designs, develops, engineers, and implements solutions that meet security requirements.
• Provides integration and implementation of the computer system security solution.
• Analyzes general information assurance-related technical problems and provides basic engineering and technical support in solving these problems.
• Performs vulnerability/risk analyses of computer systems and applications during all phases of the system development life cycle.
• Ensures that all information systems are functional and secure

Qualifications:

• 16+ years of experience developing, maintaining and recommending enhancements to IS policies/requirements
• 16+years of experience performing vulnerability/risk analyses of computer systems/apps
• 16+ years of experience identifying, reporting and resolving security violations
• Cloud-Azure
• Experience in complex Enterprise-level projects
• Expert understanding of Windows server operating systems
• Knowledge of on-premises and cloud security productions
• Thorough understanding of IP Networks/Security
• Extensive experience troubleshooting NetApp SAN
• In-depth knowledge of SAN replication/Disaster Recovery
• Hands-on experience managing storage on VMware ESXi
• Thorough understanding of server/endpoint operating system
• Windows 2016 AD Enterprise troubleshooting experience
• In-depth experience with Disaster Recovery & Avoidance planning
• VMware Site Recovery Manager experience
• Excellent understanding of troubleshooting IT infrastructure

Education:
a. Bachelor's Degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience (20 years)
b. Master's Degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience
c. Security CISSP, Security+, CEH