Level 1 Security Engineer (Job #2765) Job in New York 10119, New York US

Job Description:
Planit Technology Group is currently seeking 4 Level 1 Security Engineers for contract opportunities in New York.

Description:

This is an opportunity for a highly motivated individual to join a high energy team of security administrators responsible for managing global security infrastructure.

The diversity of products technologies under management, ranging from firewalls, IDS to entitlement/authentication systems provides for a learning experience that will satisfy even the ones the most eager to learn.

The position is fast paced, dynamic and challenging and the varied combination of technical skills and soft skills allows for the development of a well-rounded individual. This position is to be part of a global team with global responsibilities reporting to the Security Operations Manager in NY.

Responsibilities:

The technical aspects of the position include:

•1st level of operational support for all IT Security Products Services (Firewalls, Authentication systems, Anti-Spam technologies, Intrusion Detection Systems)
•Linux system administration
•Customer Service
•Firewall deployment/administration (Cisco, Juniper, IPFilter) and Blue Coat

Security policy administration:

•Systems, network and application troubleshooting
•Working knowledge of script tools (Perl and shell) for managing, analyzing and reporting on the security infrastructure
•The non-technical aspects of the position include
-Coordinating and leading the response to technology problems
-Customer service. Including off hour coverage via cell phone/pager (oncall system, ~every 6-8 weeks):
-Creation/supplementation of Operational Runbooks
-Aligning global strategies with regional needs and demands
-Training teammates
-Interacting with service members of the networking, e-business, UNIX, and PC groups in four major metropolitan regions across the globe.

Required Technical skills:

•Comfortable with most aspects of operating system administration; for example, configuration of mail systems, system installation and configuration, printer systems, fundamentals of security, installing third-party software.
•Has a working knowledge off a UNIX-based operating system; understands paging and swapping, inter-process communication, devices and what device drivers do, filesystem concepts (inode, clustering, logical partitions).
•Experience with host security (e.g., passwords, uids/gids, SIDs, file permissions, ACLs, filesystem integrity, use of security packages).
•Fundamental knowledge of networking/distributed computing environment concepts; routing, switching, VLANs, NIS, NFS;
•Basic to intermediate experience with network security (e.g., configuring firewalls, deploying authentication systems- Kerberos, or applying cryptography to network applications).
•Basic understanding of packet filtering and stateful packet inspection and the differences between them
•Fundamental understanding of packet capture and analysis using snoop, tcpdumps and Ethereal or similar tools
•Ability to write/debug administrative and reporting tools in some programming language (Perl/Shell or Python desired; Java, C++, Ruby or other experience acceptable).

Soft skills:

•Active interest in IT Security and general knowledge of Information Security
•Excellent written and oral communication skills. Fluent English is required
•Strong interpersonal and communication skills;
•Independent problem-solving, highly motivated and self-directing
•Comfortable working in an operations and support team with heavy end user interaction
•Ability to handle constantly changing flow of traffic; remain productive during slow times, be able to multitask effectively during busy times, exercise patience and professionalism during stressful situations.

Desired Skills:

Having skills and experience in the areas below is a major plus and will help the candidate integrate with the team and environment:

•Experience with any of the following firewalls:
-Cisco Pix o Juniper Netscreen o IPFilter or iptables o Checkpoint Firewall-1, Firewall-1 GX
•Experience with any of the following load balancing devices
-Cisco LocalDirector o Cisco CSS o F5 BIG-IP
-Understanding of routing protocols (RIP, BGP, OSPF…)
•Experience with any of the following Internet services
-DNS – BIND and/or djbdns o E-mail – Sendmail and/or Postfix
•Experience with any of the following systems management and monitoring
-Micromuse Netcool
-Computer Associates Spectrum
-Empire Sysedge
-SNMP
•Experience deploying IPSec or SSL VPNs
•Experience using intrusion detection software
•Experience with MIT Kerberos and RSA SecurID
•Experience in customer support and experience in interacting with business units

Experience:

•Three to five years of UNIX system or network administration experience in an environment of more than 100 servers, more than 100 users and more than 1 operating system (i.e. Solaris and Linux, Solaris and Windows, Linux and Windows or other combinations); preferably in the Financial Services sector.
•This is an 8-hour shift

For consideration, please submit your resume today! Visit us at www.planittech.com

PLANIT Technology Group
4405 Cox Road
Suite 100
Glen Allen, VA 23060
Main: (804) 270-4900
Fax: (804) 279-1091

PLANIT Technology Group, headquartered in Virginia Beach, VA, is a premier provider of information technology services, infrastructure and business solutions to a broad range of commercial clients within the United States. PLANIT is an EOE.

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Minimum Education Required: Bachelor

Years of Experience Required: At Least 3 Years

Expected Travel Time: None