Information Security Specialist Job in Irving 75234, Texas Us
Large fortune 100 financial company has a perm opening for an IT security professional. Qualified candidate should be very familiar with security audits. A current CISSP is highly desirable but not required. Candidate should have a desire to obtain a CISSP in their first year of employment. Along with an IT security audit background, candidates should be very experienced with Distributive Systems architecture. High level of experience with any combinations of Middleware, Linux, UNIX, Windows, Cloud or VMware will be required. This group is responsible for 65,000 servers on a global system. Currently, they are working on a mass implementation of virtualization.
Please only US Citizens and Green Card holders, we are unable to utilize H-1 visa or other foreign nationals.
The ideal candidate for this position would be a strong UNIX systems administrator or MS Exchange Engineer with a desire to work in the security space. The position will be very heavily involved in either the virtualization of the current boxes or working with the global Exchange systems. This is a very technical position.
Description
Information Security is a primary area of focus for Client. This key position reports to global information security GISO (Group Information Security Officer). This position is a key member global structure and supports the business to achieve its shared responsibility for meeting Global Technology Infrastructure strategic goals.
Provide a single point of contact for all business units on Information Security.
Provide technical advice to operations staff to help meet information security requirements.
Provide oversight of business unit issue remediation activities
Manage and support the completion of regular business unit IS actions, including Enterprise Entitlement Review System, Third Party IS Assessments, System Inventory Annual Data Quality Review and Information Security Risk Assessments.
Support business units with their disclosure, recognition of control issues, including the review of all evidence to ensure that issues are managed to consistently high standards.
Apply knowledge of standards, best practices, position papers and general process areas to coordinate the effective review of the entities operating processes and process control manuals commensurate with published risk methodologies and business strategies.
Work with various risk teams in presenting recommendations for improvement to technology subject matter experts and management.
Interface and engage with external parties reviewing the entities seeking external certifications or undergoing audits.
Engage with cross sector, global and risk teams in the review and reengineering of key controls and processes to effectively and efficiently manage IS issues.
Contribute to, interpret and disseminate IS policy, standards and awareness throughout the business units.
Contribute to Merger and Acquisition Due Diligence activities
Lead Global IS forums, such as BISO Working Group, Functional ID requirements or other as and when initiatives / programs are assigned by GISO
Additional ad-hoc IS and Risk related initiatives and projects
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline (Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline)
Certifications (CISSP, CISA, CISM, CEH, GIAC, CCNA/CCNP/CCVP, Redhat, Solaris, MCSE)
Technical expertise and hands-on experience (5-10 years) with two or more of the following technologies:
o Windows Server 2003, Active Directory, Exchange 2003/2007, Sendmail
o Linux, Solaris, and other Unix based operating systems
o Routers, Switches, Load Balancers.
o Voice and Unified Communication (Cisco, Avaya)
o Collaboration Technologies (Sharepoint, Conferencing, enterprise social software )
o Programming languages (Java, Perl, C/C++, VB.NET)
o Thorough understanding of network architectures and protocols.
o Experience with vulnerability assessments and/or penetration testing of web applications and/or infrastructure.