Location: National Capital Region
Security Clearance: Secret Security Clearance
Core Responsibilities:
The responsibilities for the IT Security VA Specialist include, but not be limited to the following tasks:
-Review, analyze, and/or apply:
- Threat agents analysis tools and other emerging technologies including privacy, enhancement, predictive analysis, VoIP, data visualization and fusion, wireless security devices, PBX and telephony firewall;
- War dialers, password crackers;
- Public Domain IT vulnerability advisory services;
- Network scanners and vulnerability analysis tools such as SATAN, ISS, Portscan & Nmap;
- Networking Protocols (HTTP, FTP, Telnet);
- Internet security protocols such as SSL, S-HTTP, S-MIME, IPSec, SSH, TCP/IP, UDP, DNS, SMTP, SNMP;
- Wireless Security;
- Intrusion detection systems, firewalls and content checkers and;
- Host and network intrusion detection and prevention systems – Anti-virus management.
-Identify threats to, and technical vulnerabilities of, networks;
-Conduct on-site reviews and analysis of system security logs;
-Collect, collate, analyze and disseminate public domain information related to networked; computer threats and vulnerabilities, security incidents and incident responses;
-Prepare and/or deliver IT Security threat, vulnerability and/or risk briefings;
-Completed tasks directly supporting the departmental IT Security and Cyber Protection Program;
-Develop and deliver training material relevant to the resource category; and
-Develop and implement monitoring activities and performance management.
Specialties could include but are not limited to: SSL, S-HTTP, HTTP, FTP, Telnet, S-MIME, IPSec, X.400/X.500 Directory Standards, X.509 Certificate Protocols, TCP/IP, UDP, DNS, SMTP, and SNTP.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:
-A minimum of five years of cumulative experience in the last 10 years in conducting IT Security VAs.
-Possess one of the following professional certifications:
- CISSP from (ISC)
- CISSP / ISSEP from (ISC)
- CISSP / ISSAP from (ISC)
- CISSP / ISSMP from (ISC)
- CISM from ISACA
- Technical Certifications such as MCSE, Sun certified system
- Administrator for Solaris
- GIAC / Any Silver audit certification
- GIAC / Any Gold audit certification
- GIAC / Any Silver Sec. adm. certification
- GIAC / Any Gold Sec. adm. Certification
- CEH
- GWAPT
- CRISC
- CISA
If you are interested in this opportunity, please submit your résumé.
