US-VA Network Security Engineer

From: rbraudy (rbraudy_at_setonsearch.com)
Date: 04/21/04 

Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 10:20:50 -0400

Security Network Engineer

Full Time

Mclean Virginia

Summary/Overview

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Networking and Telecommunications, the
Network Engineer will be responsible for planning, design, implementation,
IT audit, and support of all MicroStrategy data networks. (S)he will be
responsible for planning, design, implementation and support for information
security solutions. (S)he will also support IS management by coordinating
key projects to upgrade and/or maintain the data infrastructure,
communicating operations status and assisting in establishing priorities and
stakeholder expectations regarding project delivery schedules.

Primary Responsibilities
Once familiar with the infrastructure and ongoing operations, the incumbent
will be given a high degree of autonomy in establishing daily priorities and
activities. The incumbent will participate in developing goals and plans for
managing/securing the corporate data network infrastructure. This
responsibility includes participation in the development of project plans
and network documentation, proposing solution design and verifiable
controls, and improving change management coordination. This is a "hands-on"
position requiring strong technical and communications skills. Consulting
skills helpful.

Job Duties (include but not limited to):

· Full life-cycle management (define, design, develop, deploy) for
various projects relating to the upgrade and ongoing maintenance of the
corporate data network infrastructure.

· Serve as a liaison with other IS teams and other company
departments to define requirements for and carry out various inter-team
projects.

· Daily general support for all routers, switches, firewalls and
other network systems, serving as a key escalation point for troubleshooting
complex network/systems/security issues.

· Provide regular management reports to direct supervisor relating
to network health/maintenance/uptime/etc.

· Serve as the on-call engineer, sharing duty on a rotating basis.

· Develop options, recommendations and analysis for avoiding/solving
problems

· Document engineering standards and proposals or recommendations
for network designs / engineering changes.

· Work with network engineers, technical staff, and vendors to
develop/implement network projects.

· Research, evaluate, and recommend new tools and technologies.

· Assess emerging network technologies and make recommendations to
information technology management.

· Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

· Education: College degree preferred, ideally in computer science
or a related field.

· Strong and highly relevant experience may be considered in lieu of
education.

· Certifications (or equivalent training/experience) required:
MCSE(2k) & CCNA

· Professional Certification (or equivalent training/experience)
preferred: CCNE, CCIE, CISSP, GIAC

· Experience:

· At least four years experience in a corporate (or large dot.com)
IT/IS environment

· 2 - 4 years experience building and supporting complex corporate
data networks.

· Required Skills:

· Microsoft security solutions (ISA server, Exchange & AD security,
etc.)

· Cisco router and switch installation, configuration and operation,
including 2000, 3000, 5000, 5000 and 7000 series.

· Cisco firewall installation, configuration and operation,
including PIX 520, 515, 501.

· Cisco VPN installation, configuration and operation, including VPN
3030.

· Thorough understanding of Cisco proprietary routing protocols,
access lists, filters.

· Must be proficient in the use of protocol analyzers and network
test equipment.

· Must have in-depth knowledge debugging problems related to
communications protocols

· Must have superior troubleshooting skills.

· Should have working knowledge of Network Monitoring, admin tools,
& sniffers.

· Deploying and utilizing Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS)

· Audit/assessment skills: security vulnerability analysis, logfile
analysis and forensics.

· Creative problem solving abilities

· Ability to work independently

· Strong customer support skills

· Time management

· Strong written and oral communications

· Ability to properly prioritize multiple simultaneous tasks

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be
met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this
job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally
required to sit for long periods of time. The employee may occasionally be
required to lift heavy computers/servers/network devices. Specific vision
abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color
vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust
focus.

Work Environment:

Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those
that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential
functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable
individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to weather
conditions prevalent at the time. The noise level in the work environment is
usually moderate. The incumbent will periodically spend time in Data Center
or equipment room environments where the nose level tends to be louder. The
temperature in these areas may be very warm, or colder than the office
environment. When in offices outside the US, the incumbent may be exposed
to cigarette smoke in the work area.

Critical features of this job are described under the headings above. These
features may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable
accommodation or other reason.

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