IT Security Specialist
Location: Laconia, New Hampshire
Date Posted: 14 Jul, 2018
Date Posted: 14 Jul, 2018
Job Description:
Join the team! We have a client in Laconia, New Hampshire that strives to cultivate a culture of trust through effective collaboration, based on understanding and open communication so that they can produce high performing teams and nurture personal and professional growth. Their employees are a top priority.
Are you the one?
Primary Responsibilities:
• Analyzing, planning, configuring, and implementing security best practices throughout all layers of the organization’s infrastructure.
• Updating, implementing and maintaining a variety of security technologies and configurations to meet the organization’s short and long term objectives, and ensure all infrastructure security controls and configurations that meet or exceed industry standards.
• Understand the cyber security threat landscape and how to adapt security strategies to mitigate current and future possible threats to the organizations’ infrastructure.
• Work closely with the VP of Information Technology and the Cyber Security Analyst, you are responsible for keeping the organization's’ infrastructure security methodology and configurations current and cost effective.
• Responsible for advising and recommending additional security resources necessary to support and achieve the organization's’ overall goals and mission.
• Assume leadership role during security events in the absence of the VP Information Technology
Must haves:
• 2+ years experience implementing security industry standards within a Banking/Financial systems environment
• Network pen testing tools
• Cisco routers, switches, firewalls
• Configuring Proxy firewall and web filter rules;
• Developing and implementing infrastructure security controls
• Analyzing networking, wireless, and communication security controls and alerts
• Reviewing networking topologies and platform integrations
• Hacker techniques and mitigation countermeasures.
• XSS, Phishing, Bot, DDoS, injection, hijacking, social engineering, and so on.
• VPN and ACL configurations
• HTTPS, SMTP, DNS, OSPF, TCP/IP/ BGP, SIP
• Content Delivery Networks
• Must be able to analyze controls, configurations, and interfaces for a variety of platforms, services, and networks such as Wireless, VoIP, Cisco IOS,VMWare,Windows,Firewalls,Proxies, Storage, Apple, Email, and so on.
Nice to have:
• CCNP, GSEC, CEH, ECSA, CISSP, CompTIA Security+, SSCP, CCS
• VMWare, EMC, and audio / video technologies
• BS / BA in applicable field
Benefits:
• Health, dental, and life insurance
• Supplemental benefits
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Long-Term Disability Insurance
• 401K and Defined Benefit retirement plans
• Vacation, sick, and personal time
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Free personal checking account
• Specialized training programs, professional development, and career growth opportunities
• Bonus plan
• Wellness programs