Security Architect/Engineer - Intellectual Capitol

***Position is 100% onstie in Colubmia, SC***

SCOPE OF THE PROJECT:
THE POSITION WILL WORK AS A SECURITY ARCHITECT WITHIN THE AGENCY AND WILL ASSIST WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION, INTEGRATION, AND OPERATIONALIZING SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES. THIS POSITION REQUIRES EXPERIENCE IN INFORMATION SECURITY ARCHITECTURE AND SOLUTION DESIGN TO ASSIST IN THE STRATEGIC PLANNING, DESIGNING, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW SYSTEMS AND CHANGES IN CURRENT SYSTEMS IN A SECURE MANNER. 

Daily Duties / Responsibilities:

• Logging and event management – ENSURING THAT APPROPRIATE SECURITY LOGS ARE INGESTED INTO THE SIEM AND/OR LOG AGGRIGATION PLATFORM AND PROPERLY PARSED TO SUPPORT SECURITY OPERATIONS
• Responsible for planning, designing, development and implementation of enterprise security architecture solutions that align with business goals and risk tolerance. Leveraging state approved processes and technologies wherever possible.
• Lead process definition, redesign and/or technology innovation of security architecture, to ensure Client solutions support secure delivery of enterprise business architecture and services.
• Design, deploy and manage countermeasures to known security threats and develop preventative mitigation strategies for new and emergent threats to enterprise data, networks and associated services.
• Ensure, validate and measure the consistent application of protective measures throughout the enterprise business application and infrastructure support environments. Take appropriate action to protect state data and technology services.
• Provide innovative technical leadership and expert guidance on the selection, procurement and best-value utilization of security capabilities supportive of:
• Authentication, authorization and accounting of system access
• Vulnerability and configuration management
• Compute, storage and network infrastructure
• Cloud computing
• New and emergent technologies
• Establish, maintain and evolve a best practice methodology for Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) which assures deep integration of secure design and development practices are implemented at all stages of the System or Software Development Lifecycles (SDLCs).

Required Skills (rank in order of Importance):

• CYBER SECURITY AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING
• EXPERIENCE WITH UNIX, WINDOWS, LINUX, CISCO/PALO AL TO/FORTINET FIREWALLS, WEB APPS, DATABASED, STRONG AUTHENTICATION, NETWORK SECURITY PROTOCOLS AND PROCEDURES
• EXPERT UNDERSTANDING OF ACCESS CONTROL, LOGGING AND REPORTING SYSTEMS
• 6 YEARS' OF RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE MAY BE SUBSTITUTED IN LIEU OF EDUCATION
• MINIMUM 5 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN SUPPORTING LARGE IT ENVIRONMENTS AND/OR SYSTEM DEPLOYMENTS

Preferred Skills (rank in order of Importance):

• SIEM and event management
• VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT (VA)
• NETWORK FIREWALLS, INTRUSION PREVENTION SYSTEMS (IPS), SWITCHING AND ROUTING INFRASTRUCTURE
• IDENTITY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT (IAM)
• PRIVILEGED USER MANAGEMENT (PUM)
• SECURITY FRAMEWORKS: NIST, CSF, CJIS, IRS 1075, CMS MARS-E
• APPLICATION SECURITY (APPSEC)

Required Education/Certifications:

• BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OR INFORMATION SECURITY RELATED FIELD

Preferred Education/Certifications:

• CEH
• CCNA

***CANDIDATE MUST BE ABLE TO BE ON-SITE IN COLUMBIA, SC LOCATION WITHIN TWO (2) HOURS OF BEING REQUESTED.***