Responsible for helping to design, plan, install, and maintain security systems in support of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This role is accountable for reviewing/implementing security configurations on systems and networking infrastructure components, providing guidance on availability and integrity, and monitoring compliance with regulatory requirements, and security standards.
KEY RESPONSIBILTIES:
• Ensure the efficient operations of integrated components within the environment such as VPNs, routers, firewalls, switches, etc.
• Install, administer, and troubleshoot network security solutions.
• Maintain network performance by performing network monitoring and analysis, and performance tuning; troubleshooting network problems; escalating problems to vendor.
• Configure security systems, analyze security requirements, and recommend improvements
• Maintain existing documentation of procedures, operations and network topology.
• Develop and update business continuity and disaster recovery protocols.
• Develop Service Desk Technicians and other staff through mentoring and training.
• Appropriately prioritize both IT projects and day‐to‐day operations.
• Understand business needs, educate staff on technology and how to use it as a strategic asset.
• Stay up to date with key technology development/issues within the technology and accounting industry.
• Deploy firewall rules on the enterprise firewalls per security best practices.
• Support business initiatives with network and security best practices while implementing Network solutions.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES
• Decision Making – Able to make independent decisions that are more complex in nature using provided information, and some research, with consultation from others. Scope at team level. Able to provide input into decisions impacting Piedmont services.
• Analysis and Problem Solving – Able to analyze more complex situations and determine solutions based on individual research and some provided information. Scope at individual or team level.
• Communication – Able to communicate ideas and information to team and customers using a variety of media. Good written, verbal, and presentation skills at peer, customer, and leadership level. Able to work within ITIL and PMI frameworks.
• Fiscal Responsibility - Utilizes Piedmont resources responsibly and cost efficiently. Able to offer suggestions for improved costs savings.
• Process Adherence – Adheres to all defined organizational processes.
• Time Management – Able to make effective use of time under little supervision and setting own priorities.
• Mentoring – Effectively mentors junior team members on specific projects or in specific areas of job.
• Broad experience across Information Security domains such as governance, risk & compliance, incident response, identity & access management, penetration testing, e-discovery & forensics, etc.
• Strong analytical aptitude and ability to learn modern/new technologies quickly.
• Insatiable desire to help teammates win.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
Qualifications
MINIMUM EDUCATION REQUIRED:
Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Network Engineering, Information Security or a closely related field is required. In lieu of degree, two (2) years of relevant work experience will be accepted in addition to the experience requirement.
MINIMUM EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Two (2) years of work experience including hands-on knowledge of the installation, design, routing troubleshooting enterprise firewalls (supporting multiple data centers), Cloud data centers, and network security architecture expertise. (If no degree, a total of Five (5) years of experience required.)
MINIMUM LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION REQUIRED: None.
ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
Security +, CCSP, or CISSP, AWS certifications, and/or CCNP is preferred.
Working knowledge in one or more of the following areas: Understands/implemented HIPAA network requirements, Firewalls in Cloud data centers, Understands/implemented VPN connectivity (B2B & B2U).
The design and configuration of a network DMZ is a plus.
Computer security experience combined with risk analysis, audit, and compliance objectives is desired. Working with information security practices, networks, software, and hardware is preferred.
Penetration methodologies, network security and design, configuration, protocols, routers, network management, systems administration, vulnerability management and firewall rules experience is preferred.
SOA/Microservices, API Development, AWS is desired.
Experience working within Agile/Scrum development teams.
Knowledge of key governance frameworks, including ISO 27001, NIST, COBIT and ITIL.
Hands on experience with web-based systems architectures, service-based architectures including microservices & enterprise application architecture.
Hands-on experience with AWS Platform and Services.
Extensive skills with TCP/IP protocol stack and associated applications including Telnet / SSH.
Extensive skills with Microsoft Windows domain networks; firewall management; active directory federation services; multi-factor authentication and VPN.