Description of Information Security Engineer Skill Set 
 
Contractor candidate

should have a focus on the network and host engineer skills, but also be able to

demonstrate and cover end-point security skills.   
 
Information Security

Engineer-Network (consultant) 
Ability to design and support network designs for

perimeter and internal environments  
Candidate must be able to evaluate and

recommend an automated NAC (Network Access Controls) solution and deploy

solution into client's environment  
Candidate must be familiar with  firewall

risk assessment tools such as algosec or firemon and capable of deploying

solution into client's environment  
Must have familiarity with designing and

implementing internal segmentation and hotel-ing environments  
Must have strong

Cisco and Checkpoint skills.  CCNA and/or Checkpoint certifications are

preferred.  
Candidate must build and document requirements, policies,

standards, and operational procedures to make the program/tools operational 


Candidate must be able to present the strengths and weaknesses of each tool

evaluated and make recommendations based on his/her research/experiences. 


Candidate must be innovative with excellent communication skills  
Candidate

must have a sense of urgency and be able to work at a fast pace on a small,

delivery-oriented team.  
Candidate may be working directly with Vendor

consultants, senior Information Security Engineer, or other external

consultants.  
CISSP certification required. 
Information Security Engineer-Host

(consultant) 
Experience with HIDS (Host Intrusion Detection Systems) products

including Tripwire, Symantec, etc.  
Hands-on experience with Tripwire

Enterprise strongly preferred  
Experience with SSL hardware encryption tools,

such as F5 load balancers or HSMs, preferred  
Candidate must be able to

evaluate and recommend a new Enterprise Security Management product and deploy

solution into client's environment.  
Must have strong UNIX and Windows skills

(be able knowledgeable in hardening and working in these environments).  UNIX

scripting skills are preferred.  
Candidate must be able to present the

strengths and weaknesses of each tool evaluated and make recommendations based

on his/her research/experiences.  
Candidate must build and document

requirements, policies, standards, and operational procedures to make the

program/tools operational  
Candidate must be innovative with excellent

communication skills  
Candidate must have a sense of urgency and be able to

work at a fast pace on a small, delivery-oriented team.  
Candidate may be

working directly with Vendor consultants, senior Information Security Barclay's

Engineer, or other external consultants  
CISSP certification required.


Information Security Engineer-End Point (consultant) 
Candidate must have

experience with DLP (Data Loss Prevention) tools such as Vontu (Symantec),

centralized email encryption such as PGP Universal, and Secure file transfer

solutions such as Tumbleweed Secure Transport  
Successful candidate must

understand the user community and their functions  
Experience with encryption

tools such as Tumbleweed, PGP Universal, etc. is a must.  
Must be farmilar with

current Windows desktop operating systems.  Mac experience preferred. 


Candidate must build and document requirements, policies, standards, and

operational procedures to make the program/tools operational  
Candidate must be

able to present the strengths and weaknesses of each tool evaluated and make

recommendations based on his/her research/experiences.  
Candidate must be able

to create the appropriate communicates for these end-users and may be required

to provide some end-user training.  
Candidate must be innovative with excellent

communication skills  
Candidate must have a sense of urgency and be able to

work at a fast pace on a small, delivery-oriented team.  
Candidate will be

working directly with a senior Information Security

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