Senior Network Security Engineer

Senior Network Security Engineer

Immediate need for a talented Senior Network Security Engineer with experience in the Telecom Industry. This is a 06+ months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Cary, NC.

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

• Security incident handling involves investigating issues to determine if there is a real security incident or a false positive, notifying customers as needed, and sending customers standardized emails specifying the steps they need to take to fix the problems.
• Device and health monitoring involves troubleshooting network connectivity problems concerning managed security devices, often time working with Advanced Support Team engineers and/or vendors/partner technology teams on device replacement/reconfiguration.
• Focus on SLA attainment for your shift by ensuring ticket buckets have been scrubbed and that issues are followed through until completion or escalation.
• Prepare Shift turnover and Shift Report to ensure continuous smooth continuous workflows between shifts.
• Support USARC Customer Audits.
• Update and Maintain process documents as needed.
• Respond to security threats raised through the correlation and analysis of security events from sources such as firewalls, IDS/IPS devices, packet captures and security logs to include blocking IP addresses at the perimeter firewalls with near real-time response.
• Interpret and explain PCAP data and firewall logs
• Work with a USARC customer supporting STIG, POAM, ATO and CTO Certification and remediation plans. Assess network changes for vulnerabilities. Address Incidents/Scenarios dealing with PII, Information Spills and Stolen Assets. Address Insider Threat, Malware and Policy Violations following USARC Policy.
• Special Projects from Management.
• Active technical certifications in the Security field
• College degree (two or four year).
• Experience with Sourcefire, Checkpoint, Tripwire, Bluecoat Proxy
• Knowledge of ITIL and/or previous work in an ISO operating environment.
• Payload analysis (packet analysis).
• Health/alert monitoring (HM/AM).
• Arcsight.
• Splunk.
• Sourcefire.
• BlueCoat.
• FireEye.

Our client is a leading Telecom Industry and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.