Network Security Engineer -NSE23-01135

Position: Network Security Engineer
Duration: 12-18 Months
Location: Austin, TX

Job Responsibilities:

In this role of a Network Security Engineer, you will be conducting and documenting highly complex information security risk assessments and maintaining, configuring, developing, and implementing security tools, software, and processes. You will be responsible for reviewing various security findings and ensuring findings are not false positives by performing further analysis to increase the accuracy and quality of your reports. You will also be responsible for planning, developing, and documenting processes while interacting with a variety of teams across our organization. You are comfortable with ambiguity and thinking outside of the box.

Main Deliverables:

• Enhance monitoring, logging, and threat identification systems with open-source software (via YARA, SIGMA, etc.).
• Advanced network security analysis (ACLs, VLANs, ciphers, etc.).
• Firewall and VPN assistance where needed.
• Security assessments, recommendations and testing for network systems and network protocols.
• Vulnerability scanning administration and inspection.
• Multifactored authentication system administration.
• Multifactored authentication enrolment assistance, issue resolution.
• Endpoint protection system administration, testing, and implementation.
• Endpoint protection incident response.
• Security assessments for operating systems (server or device), databases, or other expertise as assigned.
• Assistance to server or endpoint implementation.
• Implementation and administration of future information security systems.

Education:

None required

Experience and Qualifications:

• 4-7 years of work experience or comparable demonstrated/demonstrable expertise in info security or networking.
• Preferred certifications are OSCP, AWS Architect, AWS Security, CCNA/CCNP/CCIE.
• Understanding of network security, Windows, Linux, ChromeOS, MacOS, and iOS operating systems and related security.
• Capability for vulnerability scanning, analysis, and remediation using light enterprise-level systems such as Tenable or InsightVM.
• Understanding of Active Directory, AWS, Azure and related security.
• Capability for anti-malware software administration, installation, and configuration.
• Capability for info security incident response and containment.
• Understanding of info security laws, standards, requirements, and frameworks such as NIST guidance, CIS controls and benchmarks, PCI-DSS, FERPA, HIPAA, SOC-1, etc.
• Critical thinking, independent work ethic, and little supervision necessary for tasks
• Able to commit for 12-18 months.
• Professional cooperation and the ability to work in-office or remotely.