Artech is the 10th Largest IT Staffing Company in the US, according to Staffing Industry Analysts' 2012 annual report. Artech provides technical expertise to fill gaps in clients' immediate skill-sets availability, deliver emerging technology skill-sets, refresh existing skill base, allow for flexibility in project planning and execution phases, and provide budgeting/financial flexibility by offering contingent labor as a variable cost.
Description
The Platform Engineering team is a highly skilled team of senior engineers that are experts at managing and integrating various third party Security platforms into the environment. This team, in collaboration with other teams and business stakeholders, is at the forefront of providing the security tools which enhance our security operations center, corporate security, applications and ensure world class set of managed offerings for our customers. Our managed platforms include, but are not limited to, technologies from vendors such as Trend Micro, Symantec, McAfee, Bit9, FireEye, QRadar, Microsoft, CyberArk, etc.
As the subject matter expert on their technology, the Platform Engineer plays a critical role, and will be accountable for the success of his/her platforms. This will need to be achieved through ongoing planning, coordination and alignment, both internally within the team, and also with partner teams such as Product Management, Software Engineering, Customer Implementation Services and Support Engineering.
Role Responsibilities
- Evaluation of new product lines and features for currently supported products
- Level-of-effort assessments for various projects and deliverables for both internal and external clients
- Comprehension and understanding of vendor roadmaps and release schedules
- Maintaining centrally managed consoles and critical infrastructure that enable our SOCs to centrally manage third party security technologies
- Participate in an on-call rotation for outside business hours escalations, and top tier escalation support for Operations based teams
- Responsible for production and lab infrastructure specific to platforms under ownership.
- Anticipate operational issues and develop preventative measures
- Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation
Qualifications
- Hands-on experience with security tools such as IBM QRadar, Trend Micro OfficeScan, Trend Micro Control Manager, Trend Micro Deep Security Manager, Bit9, Symantec Endpoint Protection, Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager, CyberArk, etc.
- 3 years working within Information Technology and 1 years specifically in Information Security
- Strong organization skills and personal framework for consistency, accuracy and repeatable deliverables
- Strong communication skills - written and verbal, team player for both technical and non-technical audiences
- Ability to drive key initiatives, with minimal direction with strong interpersonal and client service skills
- Demonstrated experience in fostering collaboration, innovation, creativity and teamwork, analytical capabilities
- Strong problem solving skills, providing solutions in a systematic and clear manner, easily understood and followed by subordinates and colleagues
- Must be familiar with security software products and audit tools used in distributed computing environment. Knowledge of Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Internet security, network security technologies, and third party security or audit tools is required. In addition; understanding how to implement application level security controls and mechanisms
- Familiarity with UNIX/Linux operating systems, tools, and applications
- Familiarity with cryptography solutions and processes.
Preferred Qualifications
- Working understanding of Agile software development
- Strong technical background in networking and security technologies
- Strong background in host based firewalls, antivirus, syslog, network security management, application layer firewalls, application layer security and architecture
- TCP/IP protocol suite; advanced subnetting and network address translation
- Extensive experience with routing protocols and concepts
- Solid comprehension of packet analysis and demonstrated ability troubleshooting incidents using security tools such as Wireshark, tcpdump, nmap, SIEM (log analysis), and IDS/IPS.
- Experience building and administering UNIX/Linux based security appliances and/or servers.
- Experience with troubleshooting certificate issues with tools such as Portecle
- Strong technical background in proxy technologies such as Bluecoat, McAfee or similar products
Preferred Certifications:
CISSP, CISM, CISA, GIAC or other security certifications highly desired
