Job Title: NG911 - Security Engineer

Job Location: Brooklyn, NY

Job Type: Contract – 12 Months

Pay Rate: $70-80/hr

TASKS:

• Participate in the implementation of security controls in a Public Safety ESINET and NENA compliant NG911 system.

• Ensure the security controls are adequate for all Public Safety Answering points (PSAPs) in the commission of the 911 program at PSAP.

• Develop security configurations.

• Establish security best practices as well as review all vendor designs ensuring compliance with security standards and governance models established by the City of New York.

• Provide expertise in integration and engineering of Security platforms.

• Manage test cases and identify risks associated with system integrations

• Work with vendors to integrate security platforms into Public Safety infrastructure

• Architect security controls.

• Assess Active Directory security roles and policies

• Configure IDS/IPS security policies

• Troubleshoot level 3 security related issues.

• Configure security policies in DNS

• Examine current firewall policies and ensure completeness and accuracy

  Lead resolution of security incidents

  
  MANDATORY SKILLS/EXPERIENCE

  Note: Candidates who do not have the mandatory skills will not be considered

• Minimum of 6 years Security Engineering experience

• Strong network security experience

• Strong project management experience

• Must be able to lead projects

• Any compliance experience, specifically HIPAA, is highly desirable

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology or related field.

• Should be able to utilize security frameworks like NIST and MITRE.

• Strong knowledge of security management tools to facilitate troubleshooting, i.e. Wireshark, Net brain, Extra hop, Net witness etc.

• Strong Identity and Access Management background

• Experience with configuring DNS

• Strong experience in performing security risk assessments

• Understanding of the various VPN technologies

• Knowledge of resilient designs to ensure high availability

• Knowledge of IPS/IDS design as standalone hardware or as a feature within firewalls

• Ability to create reports using KRI and KPI

• Experience with Next Generation Firewalls including Palo alto, Fortinet, Forcepoint, etc.

• Work with vendors, carriers and other technical groups to implement new security controls and troubleshoot existing controls

  DESIRABLE SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:

• Understanding of SIP security design and implementation for Voice/Video and Data.

• Understanding for firewall policies and application security

• Experience in auditing/assessing data network security design.

• Experience in auditing/assessing applications security design.