Lead Security Engineer

Local Candidates Preferred. Non-local candidates must be willing to pay for your own interview travel expenses and relocation costs.

Job Description

Role: Lead Security Engineer

Duration: 6+ months

Rate: $55/hr on C2C (Max)

Due to eventual conversion, US Citizens and Permanent Residents only.

We are seeking a Team Lead - Senior Security Engineer who is innovative, dedicated, and highly-motivated in order to solve challenging problems for our client, a large scientific and medical research agency. You will serve as a subject matter expert in systems and network security vulnerability management on a large network and systems security team. You will provide technical guidance and response to system and network security incidents.

The ideal candidate enjoys managing a team and will find the challenges and opportunities provided by a fast-paced customer-oriented environment satisfying. If you want to work with a dynamic group of dedicated, technical professionals on a collaborative team that supports a life-saving mission of global importance, we encourage you to apply.

Position is for full-time employment and will be based at our client's office in Rockville, MD.

Responsibilities:

• Interface with both contract and government personnel at all levels.
• Prepare and present budgets, plans, ideas, and/or concepts.
• Plan and implement projects, programs, and/or initiatives.
• Operate, manage and maintain security systems.
• Manage day-to-day operations flow.
• Mentor junior level security engineers.
• Firewalls.
• Security Information and Event Management (SIEM).
• Patch Management.
• Vulnerability Scanners.
• Network Access Control (NAC).
• Penetration Testing.
• Traffic Visibility Management.
• Network Traffic Full Packet Capture.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree or work experience equivalent and 10+ years total information technology experience.
• 10 years of general information technology experience in one or more of the following areas: Systems Administration, Network Administration, Systems Engineering, Network Engineering or additional Information Security experience.
• 5+ years of dedicated information security experience, where responsibilities include planning, deploying, managing and maintaining enterprise security systems such as firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems, anti-virus systems, vulnerability scanning, etc.
• Experience leading and/or managing a team.
• Demonstrates excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working in a team-oriented and collaborative environment.
• Strong organizational, problem solving, analytical, written and communication skills.

Desired Skills:

• CISSP, CISA, CISM, or RHCE Certification.
• Hands-on experience with Windows Server, WorkStation, and Linux operating environment.
• Hands-on experience with Networking (TCP/IP).
• Hands-on experience with Firewalls (CheckPoint, Cisco ASA, etc.).
• Hands-on experience with Network Access Control (ForeScout, etc.).
• Hands-on experience with Vulnerability Scanning management (Nessus, etc.).
• Hands-on experience with Enterprise Anti-Virus solutions (McAfee, etc.).
• Hands-on experience with Patching management (BigFix, etc.).
• Hands-on experience with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM).
• Hands-on experience with intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS).
• Hands-on experience with Penetration Testing (Core Impact, etc.).
• Hands-on experience with Traffic Visibility management (Gigamon, etc.).
• Hands-on experience with Network Full Traffic Capture (NetScout, etc.).

Equal Opportunity Employer

Cloud Big Data Technologies is an equal opportunity employer inclusive of female, minority, disability and veterans, (M/F/D/V). Hiring, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination and all other employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, national origin, citizenship/immigration status, veteran status or any other protected status. Cloud Big Data Technologies will not make any posting or employment decision that does not comply with applicable laws relating to labor and employment, equal opportunity, employment eligibility requirements or related matters. Nor will Cloud Big Data Technologies require in a posting or otherwise U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency in the U.S. as a condition of employment except as necessary to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or federal, state, or local government contract.