Associate, IT Security

About the job

Job Title: Associate, IT Security Analyst

Job ID: 46097

Job Location:  Melbourne, FL

Job Schedule: 4/10: Employees work 8 out of every 10 days – totaling 80 hours worked, and have every Friday off

Job Description:

• Provide guidance and oversight in assessing security infrastructure and network and systems design to ensure system/network security

• Identify security risks, threats and vulnerabilities of networks, systems, applications and new technology initiatives

• Provide oversight in the development, testing and operation of firewalls, intrusion detection systems, enterprise anti-virus systems and software deployment tools

• Develop policies and procedures for securing the system infrastructure and applications

• Develop complex technical and programmatic assessments, evaluate engineering and integration initiatives and provide technical support to assess security policies, standards and guidelines

• Perform product evaluations, recommend and implement products/services for network security

• Interact with clients and provide recommendations on information assurance engineering standards, implementation dependencies and changing information assurance related technologies

Qualifications:

• To be eligible, applicants must be pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology/Computer Information Systems with Network Focus or Communications Focus, Electrical Engineering or related field or have completed their Bachelor's degree within the last 12 months, regardless of age.

Preferred Skills:

• Solid understanding of TCP/IP and routing protocols

• Knowledge of LAN/WAN networking and security infrastructure (Firewalls, IDS/IPS, IPSec, VPNs)

• Knowledge of Computer/System Security topics such as Antivirus, Authentication, Authorization, Access Control, Cryptography, SSO, Business Continuity Planning and Application Security