Job Description

JOB TITLE:  IT INFRASTRUCTURE SPECIALIST

LOCATION: PHOENIX, AZ

MODE: 6+ MONTHS CONTRACT

POSITION SUMMARY

• The candidate will be primarily responsible for assisting in infrastructure projects and initiatives running across a broad range: enterprise systems support and enhancement, system integrations, network and cloud infrastructure, and security initiatives.
• The ideal candidate will be familiar with current and emerging technologies including the areas of mobility, cloud, and collaboration. Motivated, self-starting, continuously learning candidates will enjoy the best of both working and learning in a tight-knit team and having individual responsibility, and assignments

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as a member of Network Services team performing varying security duties including threat awareness, network analysis and incident response.
• Collects and prepares documentation from various systems and collaborates with network services team to support O365, Azure, and On-Premise systems and infrastructure.
• Tracks the status of security exposures, and works with Network Services team and other stakeholders to remediate them.
• Performs IT Audit activities and testing of controls.
• Works with Information Security management to develop and maintain security policies, practices and standards.
• Support vulnerability scanning activities, interprets the results, and validates potential exposures. Experience with tools such as Nessus, Qualys, Burp Suite, NMAP, Metasploit and other similar tools is a plus.
• Support infrastructure including Active Directory, VMWare, Storage Arrays, and Network equipment.
• Work within the ADE ticketing system as needed to address certain support activity tickets meeting manager expressed SLA.

REQUIREMENTS

• Knowledge of network architecture design principles, best practices, implementation and LAN/WAN maintenance.
• Experience with Cloud App Security implementation and policies
• Experience with Azure Threat Protection implementation and policies
• Knowledge of Microsoft Cloud Security models
• Maintenance of firewalls, routers, and switches leveraging Layer 2 and Layer 3 technologies.
• Experience in Next-Gen Application aware firewalls.
• Palo Alto Networks (AV, Threat Protection, URL Blocking, and Global Protect), Cisco routers and switches (ISR, Catalyst – 4500, 2960), and Cisco Wireless, Extreme Wireless.
• Host level security knowledge (Windows and VMWare).
• Solid knowledge of Active Directory and Group Policy.
• Knowledge of security regulations, standards, and processes including CIS, PCI, FERPA, FFIEC, and NIST.

PREFERRED

• Experience in the public sector is preferred.
• Experience working on an Agile/Scrum team is preferred.
• Familiarity with assessment and security logging tools such as Nessus, Security Center, Acunetix, nmap, Splunk, and other similar tools.

SOFT SKILLS

• Ability to effectively collaborate with IT and business experts.
• Ability to work as part of a self-directed team, in which tasks are determined daily in coordination with co-workers, rather than being assigned.
• Ability to excel in a collaborative and distributed team environment.
• Ability to work with a minimal amount of direction while being pro-active in keeping their management informed of project related issues.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Ability to respectfully question ideas and share a point of view with others in support of the business requirements and needs.

Qualifications

REQUIRED:

• Knowledge of network architecture design principles, best practices, implementation and LAN/WAN maintenance.
• Experience with Cloud App Security implementation and policies
• Experience with Azure Threat Protection implementation and policies
• Knowledge of Microsoft Cloud Security models
• Maintenance of firewalls, routers, and switches leveraging Layer 2 and Layer 3 technologies.
• Experience in Next-Gen Application aware firewalls.
• Palo Alto Networks (AV, Threat Protection, URL Blocking, and Global Protect), Cisco routers and switches (ISR, Catalyst – 4500, 2960), and Cisco Wireless, Extreme Wireless.
• Host level security knowledge (Windows and VMWare).
• Solid knowledge of Active Directory and Group Policy.
• Knowledge of security regulations, standards, and processes including CIS, PCI, FERPA, FFIEC, and NIST.

Additional Information

looking for only locals to Phoenix, AZ

Only W2 contracts, No c2c