Security Engineer - Westmont, IL

Skills:
Security TCP/IP SOX CCNA

Date:
6-14-2010

Description:
Security Engineer

Job Description
Fry, Inc. is seeking a highly qualified and experienced Security Engineer with strong verbal and written communication skills. This individual should be a leader and a team player.

As a Security Engineer you are required to do the following:
* Define and enforce security policies, processes, and procedures that provide for secure and compliant internal systems and externally facing, high-volume eCommerce web sites
* Keep current with new developments in security industry including alerts, bugs, vulnerabilities, and viruses; evaluate and report on their potential technical and/or business impact to the company and our clients
* Recommend, design/plan, and lead complex security projects and implementations
* Lead corporate and client-sponsored security audits; work with external auditors and internal organizations to define control objectives and controls; report on compliance findings and status to management
* Ensure on-going compliance controls are implemented and followed in order to meet PCI, SAS 70, and SOX control objectives.
* Lead security incident response investigations; assist legal and corporate security-related investigations; review network and server logs for suspicious activity during investigations; provide third level support for security issues and incident response
* Performance periodic network and application scans to proactively identify potential vulnerabilities; work with the appropriate stakeholders to remediate issues
* Recommend and implement processes for remote and local router, switch, load balancer, firewall, IDS, DDOS, and server security policies; perform operational audits to ensure processes are followed
* Recommend and implement processes for patching, configuration management, updating IDS signatures, performing vulnerability assessments, and security monitoring tools; perform operational audits to ensure processes are followed
* Recommend and implement processes for controlling employee access to information systems and facilities; perform operational audits to ensure processes are followed
* Be a security advocate for Fry; educate administrators, users, and developers of security risks and best practices; provide security guidance during the change management review process

Required Skills:
* Expert understanding of TCP/IP and the OSI reference model
* Expert understanding of cryptography standards, algorithms, and technologies
* Must have experience with Cisco routers, switches, load balancers, firewalls, and IDS
* Must have experience with patch, configuration management, IDS, DOS, vulnerability assessment, and security monitoring software
* Strong working knowledge and experience of Internet security, software, and best practices
* Strong working knowledge and experience with LAN and WAN switching and routing
* Strong working knowledge and experience with client and site-to-site VPN configurations
* Strong working knowledge and experience with FTP, SMTP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, SSL, SSH, SCP/SFTP, SNMP, Ipsec, ISAKMP, and GRE
* Strong working knowledge and experience with network and server (Windows, Linux) security hardening
* Ability to understand requirements and develop solutions, communicating effectively with clients, vendors, and management
* Strong organizational, documentation, project management, and communications skills
* 5+ years of extensive, *hands on* experience in security engineering
* 2+ years of active involvement in one or more of the following compliance audits * PCI, SAS 70, or SOX
* Candidate must have a bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Desirable Skills:
* Certification in GIAC, SSCP/CISSP, and/or CCNA preferred
* Expert understanding of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act and Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard requirements
* Experience working on externally facing client web sites
* Experience working in a hosting environment under SAS 70, PCI, and/or SOX controls

Fry offers competitive pay/benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, and a fun, casual environment with flexible scheduling options.

Please note: Candidates must be US permanent residents or green card holders only. We are not sponsoring visa candidates at this time.

3rd Party Recruiting/Sales calls or emails will not be accepted.

Job Location
Westmont, IL, US.

Position Type
Full-Time/Permanent Placement

Fry, Inc.
Web: http://www.fry.com

Source: Dice.com