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Security Specialist (Information Assurance)

Apptad Inc
Washington, DC Full Time
POSTED ON 3/9/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/8/2025

Role : Security Specialist (Information Assurance)

Location : Washington DC 20004 Hybrid (3 days onsite & 2 days remote)

Job Description

Q001 Information Assurance and Security Specialist Journeyman (IA & SS Jrny)

Duties :

  • As part of the OCFO technology team, the Security Specialist (Infrastructure Group) will be maintaining and monitoring day to day operation of the OCFO IT infrastructure Security.
  • The IT Consultant will help and performs, monitoring, maintenance, and security IT infrastructure (physical, virtual and cloud).
  • IT consultant will perform OS, security and application upgrades of servers and network to keep them up to date.
  • IT consultant will develop, implements, maintains and enforces documented standards and procedures for the design, development, installation, modification, and documentation of assigned systems.
  • IT consultant will plan, coordinates, and monitors project activities for OCFO Infrastructure group and duties as assigned.
  • Log analysis of Firewall, AD, Switches and other deployed security products Knowledge of vulnerability assessment tools to identify and mitigate issues.
  • Research, analyze, and patch required systems to comply with OCFO compliance mandates.
  • Respond to escalation calls from the Help desk, Desktop support, and other teams to debug and resolve security and perform maintenance.
  • Understands security troubleshooting processes and cooperates with another team.
  • Assists Service Desk technicians as needed with Tier I and Tier II troubleshooting and patching of desktop systems, software (MS Office, Java, Adobe), printer issues, and server related issues as needed. Provides trouble-shooting assistance on production and non-production supported systems.
  • May recommend methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
  • Initiates preventive maintenance for the technical system.

Responsibilities :

  • Determines enterprise information assurance and security standards.
  • Develops and implements information assurance / security standards and procedures.
  • Coordinates, develops, and evaluates security programs for an organization. Recommends information assurance / security solutions to support customers' requirements.
  • Identifies, reports, and resolves security violations.
  • Establishes and satisfies information assurance and security requirements based upon the analysis of user, policy, regulatory, and resource demands.
  • Supports customers at the highest levels in the development and implementation of doctrine and policies.
  • Applies know-how to government and commercial common user systems, as well as to dedicated special purpose systems requiring specialized security features and procedures.
  • Performs analysis, design, and development of security features for system architectures.
  • Analyzes and defines security requirements for computer systems which may include mainframes, workstations, and personal computers.
  • Designs, develops, engineers, and implements solutions that meet security requirements.
  • Provides integration and implementation of the computer system security solution.
  • Analyzes general information assurance-related technical problems and provides basic engineering and technical support in solving these problems.
  • Performs vulnerability / risk analyses of computer systems and applications during all phases of the system development life cycle.
  • Ensures that all information systems are functional and secure
  • Qualifications :

  • 6-10 years of experience developing, maintaining, and recommending enhancements to IS policies / requirements (Required)
  • 6-10 years of experience performing vulnerability / risk analyses of computer systems / apps (Required)
  • 6-10 years of experience identifying, reporting, and resolving security violations (Required)
  • Patching Server 2008 / 2012 / 2016 (Required)
  • Patching Desktop Windows 10 / 7 (Required)
  • Firewall management CISCO NGFW (Required)
  • Vulnerability assessment tools Nessus, Tripwire (Desired)
  • VMware 5.5 / 6.0 (Required)
  • Production support (Required)
  • Server and Desktop troubleshooting (Required)
  • NIST 800-53 experience (Desired)
  • Splunk (Desired)
  • Cloud experience (MS Azure) (Desired)
  • Education :

    Bachelor's Degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience (Required)

    Security , CISSP, other security certifications (Preferred)

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