Position Title : Senior Security Engineer (Senior Penetration Tester) Description: Delivers consulting project activities, ranging from problem identification through final project close-out through medium to long term engagements requiring varied interpersonal and technical skills. Technical responsibilities include problem identification, system architecture assessment, application and/or network security assessment, security testing, client interaction, solution deployment and cost/schedule monitoring. This work is remote but requires 25% travel within the United States. Requirements Education: Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent experience Experience: Five to eight years direct related work experience Required Skills: 8 or more years of technical experience required, including at least 5 years in security services. Strong analytical skills required Must have direct experience in performing network and/or application security assessments including: Network or Application Vulnerability Assessments Penetration Tests Network or Application Architecture Assessments Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills and be able to: Read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals Document procedures that conform to a prescribed style and format Present information to management, public groups, and/or boards of directors. Preferred Skills: Previous Professional Services consulting experience Industry certification such as CCIE, CCNA, CISSP, CCSE, MCSE desirable Essential Functions Identify and assess customer information technology infrastructure regarding risks and vulnerabilities. Significant technical and operational knowledge of: Firewalls Network intrusion detection Security audits, diagnostics, forensic tools Web access controls Advanced authentication methods Management tools and procedures Enterprise security programs Be able to perform: Network or Application Vulnerability Assessments Penetration Tests Network or Application Architecture Assessments Responsibilities and Additional Duties Work with minimal supervision as an individual contributor and as lead for engagement team when appropriate Manage technical contribution of matrix team(s) of security consultants and engineers toward successful project completion.
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