IT Security-Marlborough, Massachusetts

IT Security

Location: Marlborough, Massachusetts

Position Type: 6+ months Contract

Rate: DOE W2/1099

Interview mode: Phone then F2F

US Citizen, Green Card and GC EAD Preferred

Overview

Assists in providing the safekeeping and integrity of information assets by maintaining systems and controls that prevent unauthorized access, modification, disclosure, and/or deletion of information from production systems networks and resources.

Assist in securing, managing and tracking the use of privileged credentials whether on premise or in the cloud, across operating systems, databases, applications, hypervisors and various network devices.

Consults with business units and applications teams regarding their changing business and technical plans to ensure that information security issues are addressed early in the project life cycle.

Provides advocacy during the design and development of network security focusing on Privileged Users, Firewalls, Intrusion Prevention Systems, Endpoint Protection, Key Management and Access Controls.

Monitors changes in hardware, software and user requirements for all sites to ensure security is not compromised or degraded.

Leads the design and further establishment of system security, and defense in depth.

Assists with forensic/security investigations.

Ability to analyze a changing threat landscape by refining and updating Security Policies and Procedures.

Ability to work in a global cross-functional team.

Assist in defining and validating systems against security requirements.

Technologies

CyberArk

Antivirus

Akamai Kona / Site Defender

Amazon Web Services

Sandboxing Technologies

Firewalls Palo Alto

Juniper SSL/VPN

Blue Coat SSG and

Symantec End Point Protection

ADFS/SAML

PKI

Entrust 2 Factor Authentication

Keys to the Position:

5 or more years of IT Security Experience

Must have at least 5 years of Firewall experience with Palo Alto being a big +

3+ years of Web Proxy experience is a must – Blue Coat is a big +

Must have general networking experience including a strong foundation with TCP/IP

Candidate must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and be able to manage several initiatives at one time

CISSP would be a big +

Experience in Securing Amazon Virtual Private Cloud Infrastructure is a huge plus