Network Security Engineer

Location: Owings Mills, MD

Duration:  1 Year with a strong possibility of extension

This is a C2C position.

Job Description:
The successful candidate will work with the Network Security infrastructure team to perform day to day administration tasks and provide support during troubleshooting of security related issues.

This resource will be part of the Network Security team which designs, implements and supports the network security infrastructure of the firm. This includes devices such as firewalls, IPS, proxies, VPN, and secure email. The candidate should be comfortable working in a professional enterprise environment where both the security and availability of financial systems are critical. The individual will need the ability to think critically under stress and to bring resolution to production impacting events as quickly as possible. Rotational on call support is required as is the ability to work discreetly with sensitive information.

Skills:
- Network Security - Senior (3-5 years)
- Network Concepts - Senior (3-5 years)
- Communication Skills - Senior (3-5 years)
- Enterprise Level Experience - Senior (3-5 years)
- Administration of Checkpoint, Cisco or Juniper Networks Firewalls (3-5 years)
- Administration of SSL VPN devices (preferrably Juniper) - (1-3 years)
- Administration of Intrusion Prevention Systems (preferrably Tipping Point) - Intermediate (1-3 years)
- Administration or Web Proxy Devices Proxies - (1-3 years)