IBM Guardium Consultant-Harrisburg, PA - Georgia IT Inc.

Job Title: IBM Guardium Consultant
Location: Harrisburg, PA
Position Type: Contract one year with possible extension
Rate: Your best
Interview Process: Phone then F2F

Preferred only GC EAD, Green Card and U.S. Citizens

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Specific duties of this position may include (but are not limited to) the following:
IBM Guardium Subject Matter Expert (85%)

• Create and execute a comprehensive project plan for the deployment of the IBM Guardium solution
• Lead all aspects of the installation, deployment, and configuration of the solution
• Work closely with IBM and internal teams to understand customer business requirements and provide Guardium expertise in helping to design, configure, and test the delivered solution
• Setup database monitoring, log management, tracking metrics, health checks, real-time anomaly detection, reporting, and alerting
• Work with IBM professional services and IBM Guardium support as required
• Function as the IBM Guardium subject matter expert and support all aspects of the solution
• Develop future expansion plans to include coverage for DB2 on AIX, Microsoft SQL, and Microsoft SharePoint
• Operational ownership of Guardium platform, related infrastructure and processes ensuring all are compliant with the agency's security policies and standards
• Provide knowledge transfer and transition ongoing support to other Network Security Team members

Required Skills and Experience
The ideal candidate for this position should have a minimum of five years of IBM Guardium and database security experience. This position requires a highly motivated individual who is comfortable working both independently and as part of a team on information security issues and initiatives.

• Experience with deploying Guardium on IBM mainframes running DB2 databases is required
• Knowledge of and hands-on experience with Structured Query Language (SQL) language
• Understanding network and product software security concepts
• Knowledge and experience with enterprise architectures
• High level communication skills are essential to successfully translate technology and security requirements into business terms
• Effective skills with time management, prioritization, and attention to detail
• Demonstrated analytical, critical thinking, and organizational skills
• Possess a high level of integrity and ethics

Desired Skills and Experience

• IBM Guardium certification
• Knowledge of and experience with encryption protocols
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• Monitors current and future trends, technology and information that will positively affect organizational projects. Applies and integrates emerging technological trends to new and existing systems architecture.
• Mentors team members in relevant technologies and implementation architecture
• Develops, documents and ensures compliance with best practices including but not limited to the following coding standards, object oriented designs, platform and framework specific design
• Work with Developers and Architects to develop detailed designs and write code.
• Support an internal team of developers, designers and test engineers.
• Support Business Partners, Requirements, System Testing, and Production Support teams
• Contributes in other technical capacities as required

Must have:

• Excellent communication skills
• 8+ years software development experience
• 5+ years' experience using Microsoft .Net technologies
• 3+ years developing enterprise scale web applications
• 1+ years as a lead developer within an agile team
• Understanding of the role of a Scrum Master (experience in role preferred)
• Proficient with data and modeling in the .NET Framework, especially regarding communication services (LINQ, WCF, XML, rest)
• Experience leading complex web projects in a corporate environment
• Strong experience with AJAX, JQuery
• Strong understanding of Microsoft Design Patterns
• Strong SQL Server experience
• Ability to work independently and as a team member.
• Excellent skills in emotional intelligence, influencing, and persuasion with individual and group stakeholders.
• Able to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Experience in Cable / Telecom is a plus.
• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related disciplines; extensive, directly-related experience may be considered in-lieu of degree(s).