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Role : Systems Security Specialist

Location : Woodlawn, MD

Duration : 6 Months

Face To Face Reqirements

Job Description :

Project Details:

Qualified candidate will provide SME system security specialist support of Social Security Administration's (SSA) IBM firewall servers. IBM services are required to support network-related activities where the candidate must have access to IBM software code (for installation, maintenance, and upgrades). Support may include the following:

• Maintenance of all SSA Headquarters security firewall servers.
• Maintenance of SSA Internet Sendmail.
• Maintenance of Domain Name System (DNS).
• Script creation for IBM Advance Interactive eXecutive (AIX) servers.
• Troubleshooting support of network connectivity, DNS, and Sendmail problems within SSA intranet and internet environments.
• Implementation of Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Services.

The qualified candidate will support installation, configuration, maintenance, and upgrades of the IBM server firewalls at SSA Headquarters (National Computer Center [NCC]). SSA requires services to implement, install, customize, integrate, troubleshoot and optimize IBM firewall hardware and software in support of customer facing firewall devices which protect the SSA network.

Required:

Required experience with implementation, installation, customization, integration, troubleshooting and optimize the IBM firewall hardware and software in support of customer facing firewall devices which protect the SSA network.

• AIX System Administration
• Operating System installation.
• Operating System patching/upgrade.
• Maintain local users.
• Maintain local ACL's.
• AIX Virtualization
• Manage virtual networks.
• Manage virtual memory.
• Manage virtual SCSI devices.
• Linux System Administration
• Operating System installation.
• Operating System patching/upgrade.
• Maintain local users.
• Maintain local ACL's.
• Checkpoint Firewall Administration
• Operating System installation.
• Operating System patching/upgrade.
• Maintain firewall rules.
• DNS Administration
• BIND Installation and upgrades.
• Manage DNS for ssa.gov, socialsecurity.gov and segurosocial.gov.
• Manage DNSSEC keys for all SSA zones.
• Sendmail Administration
• Sendmail installation and upgrades.
• Manage sendmail access lists.
• Manage sendmail configuration files.
• Manage sendmail milters.
• Dante Proxy Administration
• Dante installation and upgrades.
• Manage dante proxy access control lists.
• Software Management
• Download and build open source software for:
• BIND, Sendmail, Sendmail Milters, Dante Proxy Server, Apache Web Server, OpenSSL, OpenSSH, Perl
• Download and build system libraries that are prerequisites for the above software.
• Scripting
• Create/maintain custom scripts using:
• Perl, bash, ksh, expect, c, html, php, mysql
• Create custom Web interfaces for various application support.
• Hardware Maintenance
• IBM Power 740 and accessories.
• IBM x3550
• Symmetricom Sysncserver S350

DESIRED

• IBM Certified System Administrator - AIX
• Knowledge and experience of SSA and SSA systems
• Experience working as a government contractor