Cyber Security Consultant

Company: INTUITIVE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS, INC.
Location: Reston
Posted on: May 17, 2020

Job Description:

JOB INFORMATION Design and administer procedures in the organization that sustain the security of the organization's data and access to its technology and communications systems. Assess risk of exposure of proprietary data through weaknesses in platforms, access procedures, and forms of access to the organization's systems and the data contained in them. Track security violations and identify trends or exposures that could be addressed by additional training, technical measures, or use of application tools to enhance security. May lead or execute simulated attacks or security violations to assess the organization's data security measures. KEY JOB FUNCTIONS Conduct platform or operating system vulnerability scans to assess exposure of system to attacks or hacking. Respond to questions regarding viral activity, concerns about spamphishing etc. Produce reports. Serve as organization's POC for the third party certification of security procedures and use of cyber security protections. Ensure that system's security controls, policies and procedures examined, measured and validated against third party standards. Design, plan and implement test strategies to support the core infrastructure in the contingency environment for all critical business applications to ensure business continuity in the event of a major business interruption or disaster. Lead projects as related to technology refreshevaluation such as Load Balancing and SSL technology. Research corrective measures (long term solutions) needed for any chronic issues identified that compromise security of particular systems or platforms. Participate in developing and testing of new methodologies and systems for recovery of the critical core business processes and the enterprise infrastructure. Serve as technical lead or project lead in projects involving testing defenses against hacking, Denial of service, spam, break-ins, or related attacks. Provide technical guidance to less senior staff or applications developerssystems administrators. Qualifications EDUCATION Education Level Required Bachelor Degree or Equivalent Area of Study Preferred Computer Science or ITIS MINIMUM EXPERIENCE 6-8 years of related experience SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE SKILLS Strong understanding of fundamental Application and Infrastructure Security concepts, including common types of attacks and exploitation techniques. Solid Experience with various application security tools (ExamplemdashZAP, BURP, Tenable,Check Mark, Semmel, fortify, Sonatype, Kali, WebInspectAppScan, dependency check). Solid understanding of common web and systems application vulnerabilities. Experience integrating security tools into the DevOps environment (such as Zap or Burp) Familiarity with key security conceptsframeworks such as OWASP, CVE, and CVSS. Proficient in automation and deploying CICD tools and services (Jenkins Pipeline as Code, Git, Maven). Experience with Python, bash, Linux shell, Java, node or similar Experience integrating with native AWS services (CodePipeline, CodeCommit, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, EC2, EKS, ECR, S3) Exposure with services like container, AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, or custom orchestration leveraging SDK or APIs

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