Vulnerability & Patch Management Engineer - Active Top-Secret Clearance

Job Description

Job Description

Selected candidate is eligible for a one-time sign-on bonus of $4,000.00.
DESCRIPTION OF RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for supporting the personnel, applications, and appliances employed to maintain compliance with all regulatory requirements. This includes but is not limited to extensive engineering of Windows and Linux operating systems.
• Installing, configuring, and tuning operating systems, third-party applications, and operating system security patches.
• Troubleshooting operating systems, applications, and databases.
• Working with systems hosted in a complex, multi-layered network.
• Cybersecurity control implementation, IT infrastructure management, resource monitoring, and alerting.
• Working with SAN, enterprise backup solutions, and fault-tolerant technologies.
• Other duties as assigned.

REQUIRED DEGREE/EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION:

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or related field or four to seven (4-7) years of experience in the information technology field.
• Must be IAT or IAM level III certified (CASP, CCNP, CISA, CISM, CISSP).

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Working knowledge of multi-platform engineering, planning, coordinating, and executing patch management operations, creating baselines, and configuring hardened systems.
• Strong experience with centrally managed Linux and Windows systems patched through automated processes or manually if required to bring the systems into compliance.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager.
• Ability to work closely with and clearly articulate to the customer and technical team leads the scope of solutions and remediation plans.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, comfortable with most aspects of operating system administration; for example, system installation and configuration, fundamentals of security, and installing third-party software.
• Understands end-user operating systems, server operating systems, virtualization, and middleware.
• Familiarity with fundamental networking/distributed computing environment concepts; understanding basic routing concepts.
• Ability to write scripts in some administrative language (TK, Perl, VBScript, PowerShell, etc.).
• Knowledge of cybersecurity control implementation, IT infrastructure management, resource monitoring, and alerting.
• Knowledgeable with SAN, enterprise backup solutions, and fault-tolerant technologies.

NON-NEGOTIABLE REQUIREMENTS:

• Hands-on experience of at least 3-4 years in-depth working with MECM or SCCM.
• At least one of the following certifications: CASP, CCNP, CISA, CISM, CISSP.
• Active Top-Secret clearance.
• Someone with 5-7 years of experience would be even better.