Senior IT Security Specialist

General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc•,

4d•$126,862 - $137,269•Onsite

About The Position

This role involves providing security engineering, systems integration, and technical support services. The specialist will develop and implement security controls, defenses, and countermeasures to protect enterprise systems, networks, applications, email, and data from internal and external attacks. Responsibilities include deploying, configuring, integrating, maintaining, troubleshooting, and optimizing cybersecurity products such as firewalls, endpoint detection and response, intrusion detection and prevention, security information and event management, vulnerability management, email security, data loss prevention, encryption, and identity and access management technologies. The role also entails installing, configuring, maintaining, and supporting network infrastructure, servers, workstations, operating systems, and related hardware and software. Additionally, the specialist will administer security policies to control physical and virtual access to systems, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, availability, reliability, and performance of enterprise computing environments.

Requirements

Master's degree, plus a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience. Bachelor's degree in a related specialized area or equivalent relevant experience is required, plus a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience.
U.S. citizenship is required.
Ability to develop, test, debug, and administer Enterprise products that support security protocols for established systems.
Ability to apply current computer science technologies to the design, development, evaluation, integration, and support of secure computer systems and networks.
Experience deploying, configuring, integrating, maintaining, and troubleshooting enterprise cybersecurity products.
Experience installing, configuring, maintaining, and supporting network devices, servers, workstations, operating systems, and related hardware and software.
Very strong knowledge of: Disaster recovery and continuity-of-operations planning, Security incident response and handling methodologies, Current cyber threats, attack techniques, security controls, and defensive technologies, Cybersecurity product lifecycle management and operational support, Resource management principles and techniques, Server administration and systems engineering theories, concepts, and methods, System lifecycle management, including software security, maintenance, and usability, Information security program and project management principles and techniques, Network architecture, protocols, services, monitoring tools, and performance management, Endpoint, workstation, server, and network support practices, Security architecture concepts and enterprise architecture reference models, Applicable customer business processes and operations, System software and organizational design standards, policies, and authorized approaches.

Nice To Haves

Creative and analytical thinking with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
Strong troubleshooting skills across cybersecurity, network, server, and computer environments.
A collaborative mindset and commitment to team success.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Commitment to ongoing professional development.
Ability to identify opportunities to apply AI for continuous improvement and innovation.

Responsibilities

Develop and implement security controls, defenses, and countermeasures to prevent internal and external attacks against enterprise systems, networks, applications, email, and data.
Deploy, configure, integrate, maintain, troubleshoot, and optimize cybersecurity products.
Install, configure, maintain, and support network infrastructure, servers, workstations, operating systems, and related hardware and software.
Administer security policies that control physical and virtual access to systems.
Help ensure the confidentiality, integrity, availability, reliability, and performance of enterprise computing environments.
Analyze security alerts, diagnose technical issues, perform root-cause analysis, and implement effective corrective actions.