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Howard Hughes Medical Institute · 2 days ago

Senior Security Engineer

Chevy Chase, MD

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$100K/yr - $163K/yr

6+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Lead incident response and remediation on suspected infected host systems.

Develop security hardening policies and procedures for servers and desktops which run operating systems, including Linux, Mac OSX and Windows.

Develop and implement standard process firewall policies.

Analyze traffic flows and patterns to identify malware, viruses and denial of service attacks impacting users and/or network resources.

Administrate the F5 BigIP LTM

Administrate the Palo Alto Networks firewalls

Administrate the FortiNet FortiNAC system.

Administrate the Splunk logging server and develop HHMI’s alerting and automated response capabilities.

Respond to alerts from information security tools.

Report, investigate, and resolve security incidents.

Develop and refine systematic processes for testing, managing, monitoring, and logging upgrades, patches, and security enhancements all workstation systems and servers.

Monitor, analyze, and maintain systems and procedures to safeguard internal information systems, network, databases, and Web-based security.

Lead projects/processes.

Proactively research emerging cybersecurity threats and advise on how to best protect HHMI’s assets.

Proactively identify security gaps and work with both management and other staff members to address the gaps through processes, policies, or technology.

Serve as the point of contact to assist and coordinate with outside vendors to accomplish needed work in our facilities.

Assist network engineers to support the wireless, wired and VOIP networks.as needed.

Qualification

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CISSP certificationEnterprise network securityFirewall devicesIntrusion detection devicesF5 BigIP LTMF5 APMF5 ASMNetwork supportVoIP supportThreat mitigationInformation gatheringThreat classificationSecurity policiesProblem-solvingHard-workingCommunicationCustomer serviceTeamworkLeadershipOrganizational skillsTime managementGIAC GSOCGIAC GCEDPalo Alto Networks PCNSECisco CCNP SecurityCisco CCNP EnterpriseCisco CCNP CollaborationCisco CCNP Data Center

Required

Bachelor’s degree in information technology or cybersecurity or equivalent education and experience.

CISSP certification preferred.

Minimum of 6 years of experience working as a security professional in an enterprise network

Six+ years of industry experience in an implementation and support role of Enterprise level Firewall devices

Six+ years of industry experience in an implementation and support role of Intrusion detection devices

Experience with F5 BigIP LTM

Experience in supporting network and VoIP in Lab research environment.

Ability and experience in finding creative solutions for threats to data and networks.

Skilled in researching both commercial and open-source options. Skilled in gleaning relevant information from several sources and mediums.

Proven skill and experience in monitoring several sources of information and properly classifying threats.

Refined ability to communicate security requirements to project teams based on understanding of approved security policies, standards, and baselines.

Must be results oriented with strong customer service skill in dealing with end-users and co-workers.

Ability to effectively work in a team environment, as well as lead team initiatives.

Excellent organizational, time management, and service delivery skills.

Preferred

Other industry certifications such as GIAC GSOC, GIAC GCED, Palo Alto Networks PCNSE or Cisco CCNP Security, Enterprise, Collaboration or Data Center a plus