SECURITY ADMINISTRATOR

The Security Administrator will maintain the integrity of the operating system environment; monitor, troubleshoot, and maintain systems; analyze exception-based events and will install, configure, and maintain technical security systems to support business processing requirements. Responsibilities: - Provide Level 2 and 3 technical support as part of the security incident response program - Install and troubleshoot systems and security devices to ensure functional objectives of the business are met. - Implement and maintain system management software, as well as research, analyze, and implement software patches and hardware modifications to resolve deficiencies. - Perform capacity and resource planning by assessing risks and developing contingency plan. - Maintain production change control schedule and, when needed, assist in the change control.. - Support and schedule operating systems installations and upgrades, as well as layered software packages, in accordance with established IT policies and procedures. - Assist with the configuration and maintenance of physical and logical components. - Monitor, analyze, and tune the technical system to achieve optimal performance levels. - Ensure compliance with established standards, policies, and configuration guidelines. - Develop and maintain a comprehensive technical system configuration and database library of all supporting documentation. - Schedules, installs, upgrade and maintain operating systems and software. - Assists development team with modeling, physical design and application tuning. - Assists in the recommendation of strategies for data center and infrastructure management from business continuity, disaster recovery, monitoring, storage, security. - Routinely audits hardware and software to ensure compliance with established security standards, policies, procedures, and configuration guidelines. - Implements and use backup and restore techniques. - Mentors less experienced administrators on an ongoing and often formal basis. - Monitor, lead and facilitate IT security events and/or incidents. - Participate in projects as a security subject matter expert (SME). - Rotating on call support. Qualifications: Prior experience, typically gained with 4 to 7 years, supporting IT operations or IT Security operations. Experience typically gained with 2 to 5 years performing operations roles with security technologies (at least two of the following): - Network Security Platform (IPS). - SIEM. - Vulnerability scanning and remediation tracking Position Requirements: Clearance, etc.. - Security clearance required (secret), client will sponsor for Top Secret . Desired Certifications: CISSP or equivalent experience. GIAC Security Essentials Certification (GSEC) or equivalent experience #J-18808-Ljbffr