Hi,

Please let me know your interest in the below position.

Role: Information Security Specialist

Location: Washington, DC

Duration: 12 months contract

Job ID: A214: IA & SS Journeyman - 723526

Client: DC Govt, Agency: OCFO

Interview Process: Phone and/or In person interview

(Must be local and come onsite 4 day a week.)

Duties & Responsibilities::

• As part of the OCFO technology team, the Security Specialist (Infrastructure Group) will be maintaining and monitoring day to day operation of the OCFO IT infrastructure ' Security.
• The IT Consultant will help and performs, monitoring, maintenance, and security IT infrastructure (physical, virtual and cloud).
• IT consultant will perform OS, security and application upgrades of servers and network to keep them up to date.
• IT consultant will develop, implements, maintains and enforces documented standards and procedures for the design, development, installation, modification, and documentation of assigned systems.
• IT consultant will plan, coordinates, and monitors project activities for OCFO Infrastructure group and duties as assigned.
• Log analysis of Firewall, AD, Switches and other deployed security products Knowledge of vulnerability assessment tools to identify and mitigate issues.
• Research, analyze, and patch required systems to comply with OCFO compliance mandates.
• Respond to escalation calls from the Help desk, Desktop support, and other teams to debug and resolve security and perform maintenance.
• Understands security troubleshooting processes and cooperates with another team.
• Assists Service Desk technicians as needed with Tier I and Tier II troubleshooting and patching of desktop systems, software (MS Office, Java, Adobe), printer issues, and server related issues as needed. Provides trouble-shooting assistance on production and non-production supported systems.
• May recommend methods and techniques for obtaining solutions. l. Initiates preventive maintenance for the technical system.
• Determines enterprise information assurance and security standards.
• Develops and implements information assurance/security standards and procedures.
• Coordinates, develops, and evaluates security programs for an organization. Recommends information assurance/security solutions to support customers' requirements.
• Identifies, reports, and resolves security violations.
• Establishes and satisfies information assurance and security requirements based upon the analysis of user, policy, regulatory, and resource demands.
• Supports customers at the highest levels in the development and implementation of doctrine and policies.
• Applies know-how to government and commercial common user systems, as well as to dedicated special purpose systems requiring specialized security features and procedures.
• Performs analysis, design, and development of security features for system architectures.
• Analyzes and defines security requirements for computer systems which may include mainframes, workstations, and personal computers.
• Designs, develops, engineers, and implements solutions that meet security requirements.
• Provides integration and implementation of the computer system security solution.
• Analyzes general information assurance-related technical problems and provides basic engineering and technical support in solving these problems.
• Performs vulnerability/risk analyses of computer systems and applications during all phases of the system development life cycle.
• Ensures that all information systems are functional and secure

Required Experience:

• 6-10 years of experience developing, maintaining, and recommending enhancements to IS policies/requirements (Required)
• 6-10 years of experience performing vulnerability/risk analyses of computer systems/apps (Required)
• 6-10 years of experience identifying, reporting, and resolving security violations (Required)
• Patching Server 2008 / 2012 /2016 (Required)
• Patching Desktop Windows 10 / 7 (Required)
• Firewall management CISCO NGFW (Required)
• VMware 5.5 / 6.0 (Required)
• Production support (Required)
• Server and Desktop troubleshooting (Required)

--Regards

Kanchan Illa

CSZNet, Inc.

Direct: 202-903-0969

Email: kanchan.illa@csznet.com

Job Type: Contract

Pay: Up to $70.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Experience level:

• 11 years

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

• Must be available for 4 days onsite in Washington, DC

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• IS policies/requirements: 10 years (Required)
• vulnerability/risk analyses: 10 years (Required)
• Patching Windows Server: 3 years (Required)
• NIST 800-53 experience and Splunk: 2 years (Required)

Work Location: In person