Network Security Engineer

Simple Technology Solutions is looking for a Network Security Engineer to add to our team. Please Note: This position is contingent upon contract award.

Quick Position Overview:

• US Citizenship is required
• Bachelor's Degree is required
• Minimum of 10 years' position related experience is required
• Required Certification - CCIE/CCNP Security

The Role:

We are looking for a Network Security Engineer to work closely with the customer leadership team to achieve business objectives. The Network Security Engineer will work within a team of engineers in an agile environment. Aside from technical qualifications, application should have effective communication skills, both written and verbal. The applicant must have extensive network engineering, design, implementation, optimization and maintenance experience. A passion for innovation, performance, strong desire for quality conformance, and attention to detail are prerequisites for this position.

The Senior Network Engineer at STS will:

• Day-to-day triage, investigation, and mitigation of security threats, network incidents as well as short-notice ad hoc work, and see them through to completion.
• Implementing recommendations for remediation actions and suggestions for implementing best practices, you'll improve standard processes and procedures.
• Conducting advanced security event detection and threat analysis for complex events.
• Providing log/network/device analysis and making recommendations for remediation of problematic conditions.
• Assist in the developing internal and external documentation, such as detailed procedures, playbooks, and operational metrics reports.
• Staying abreast of the newest technologies and security vulnerabilities enables you to use your knowledge in real time to solve problems.

Education and Experience:

Required

• Bachelor's degree
• US Citizenship
• A minimum of ten (10) years of experience in Network Security with infrastructure and software.
• Experience designing, engineering and designing solutions with a security mindset.
• Ability and readiness to work in a fast-paced, rapidly changing, collaborative environment.
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills required.
• Must have strong critical thinking, complex problem solving, appropriate judgment, and decision-making skills.
• Experience with major cloud providers mandatory.
• Possess superior technical aptitude and effective written and verbal communications skills.
• Proven experience with managing and using DevOps concepts.
• Certification: CCIE/CCNP Security.
• Must be able to work the hours of 8am-5pm Eastern Time regardless of your home location

Desired Skills

• Experience working at a DHS federal agency program.
• Hands-on experience with SIEM platforms, such as Security Analytics, Splunk, or ArcSight, Firewalls, Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems, Proxies, Web Applications, and/or Penetration Testing.
• Hands-on experience implementing Tenable Nessus Security Center, creating customer scans and reviewing findings.
• Must be familiar with using a network management system to monitor network devices and conduct incident response as needed to rectify issues.
• Strong network, TCP/IP and endpoint skills.
• Solid understanding of attack vectors and how systems are compromised.

Thank you for your interest in becoming a part of our team. Please note that the availability of this position is contingent upon the successful win of a contract.

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