Job Description
Job Title: Security Analyst Location: Tallahassee, DL
Job Type: Contract
Referral Fee:
Employment Eligibility: Gravity cannot transfer nor sponsor a work visa for this position. Applicants must be eligible to work in the U.S. for any employer directly
Position Overview The Security Analyst will play a key role in assisting the Office of Information Technology in the establishment of new integration methods and standards, along with implementing system integrations, according to those established methods and standards. Duties and Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
- Perform security administration to configure and document firewall infrastructure access rules and work with peripheral network components in the technology environment with Palo Alto, Checkpoint and Global Protect VPNs.
- Firewall deployments, rule migrations, firewall administration and converting existing rule based policies onto new platforms.
- Works with critical core network infrastructure devices like Firewall, VPNs, log collectors and monitors which play a crucial role in security for our IT environment.
- Works with cloud network infrastructure to configure firewall, security policies and monitor network traffic.
- Develop and maintain documentation following NIST guidelines.
- Project Manager;
- Data Administration;
Duties and Responsibilities - Develops and manages security for more than one IT functional area (e.g., data, systems, network and/or Web) across the enterprise.
- Assists in the development and implementation of security policies and procedures (e.g., user log-on and authentication rules, security breach escalation procedures, security auditing procedures and use of firewalls and encryption routines).
- Prepares status reports on security matters to develop security risk analysis scenarios and response procedures.
- Responsible for the tracking and monitoring of software viruses. Enforces security policies and procedures by administering and monitoring security profiles, reviews security violation reports and investigates possible security exceptions, updates, and maintains and documents security controls.
- Involved in the evaluation of products and/or procedures to enhance productivity and effectiveness.
- Provides direct support to the business and IT staff for security related issues. Educates IT and the business about security policies and consults on security issues regarding user built/managed systems.
- Represents the security needs of the organization by providing expertise and assistance in all IT projects with regard to security issues
Required Experience and Skills - Typically has 4 to 6 years of combined IT and security work experience with a broad range of exposure to systems analysis, applications development, database design and administration
- One to two years of experience with information security tools based on NIST standards.
- Requires knowledge of security issues, techniques, and implications across all existing computer platforms. Preference given for experience with Palo Alto or Checkpoint security products.
- Experience using schematic diagramming tools to map infrastructure layouts.
- Must have extensive knowledge in networking, databases, systems and/or Web operations. More junior level position primarily focuses on security administration; a more senior level position is involved in developing enterprise security strategies, management of security projects and the most complicated security issues.
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