Role : Lead Security Engineer

Location : Rockville , MD

Duration : 6+ months

Rate :$55/hr on C2C (Max)

Job Description : 

                                                               Due to eventual conversion.. US Citizens and Permanent Residents only.

Team Lead Senior Security Engineer

We are seeking a Team Lead - Senior Security Engineer who is innovative, dedicated, and highly-motivated in order to solve challenging problems for our client, a large scientific and medical research agency. You will serve as a subject matter expert in systems and network security vulnerability management on a large network and systems security team. You will provide technical guidance and response to system and network security incidents.

The ideal candidate enjoys managing a team and will find the challenges and opportunities provided by a fast paced customer oriented environment satisfying. If you want to work with a dynamic group of dedicated, technical professionals on a collaborative team that supports a life-saving mission of global importance, we encourage you to apply.

Position is for full time employment and will be based at our client's office in Rockville, MD.

Responsibilities:

• Interface with both contract and government personnel at all levels
• Prepare and present budgets, plans, ideas, and/or concepts
• Plan and implement projects, programs, and/or initiatives
• Operate, manage and maintain security systems
• Manage day to day operations flow
• Mentor junior level security engineers
• Firewalls

• Intrusion Detection\Prevention System (IDS\IPS)
• Enterprise Antivirus
• Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
• Patch Management
• Vulnerability Scanners
• Network Access Control (NAC)
• Penetration Testing
• Traffic Visibility Management
• Network Traffic Full Packet Capture

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree or work experience equivalent and 10+ years total information technology experience
• 10 years of general information technology experience in one or more of the following areas: Systems Administration, Network Administration, Systems Engineering, Network Engineering or additional Information Security experience.
• 5+ years of dedicated information security experience, where responsibilities include planning, deploying, managing and maintaining enterprise security systems such as firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems, anti-virus systems, vulnerability scanning, etc.
• Experience leading and/or managing a team

Competencies:

• Demonstrates excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• Experience working in a team-oriented and collaborative environment.
• Strong organizational, problem solving, analytical, written and communication skills

Desired Skills

• CISSP, CISA, CISM, or RHCE Certification
• Hands on experience with Windows Server, WorkStation, and Linux operating environment
• Hands on experience with Networking (TCP/IP)
• Hands on experience with Firewalls (CheckPoint,Cisco ASA,etc...)
• Hands on experience with Network Access Control (ForeScout,etc...)
• Hands on experience with Vulnerability Scanning management (Nessus,etc...)
• Hands on experience with Enterprise Anti-Virus solutions (McAfee,etc...) Hands on experience with Patching management (BigFix,etc..).
• Hands on experience with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Hands on experience with intrusion detection/prevention systems IDS\IPS Hands on experience with Penetration Testing (Core Impact, etc...)
• Hands on experience with Traffic Visibility management (Gigamon,etc...)
• Hands on experience with Network Full Traffic Capture (NetScout,et...)