Specialist, Information Security Systems Engineer (Atlantic City, NJ)

L3Harris•Atlantic City, NJ

4d•Onsite

About The Position

L3Harris Technologies is seeking a Network Security Engineer specializing in network transport and security to support testing, development, deployment, and ongoing support of a nationwide, mission-critical communication system. The work supports the global aviation community with systems and services intended to increase the safety, security, and capacity of global air traffic management. The position is located at the FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and follows a 5/8 schedule. The engineer supports security gateway access control, configuration management, performance testing, security product testing and configuration, and lifecycle testing and operational support for Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)-based security architectures. The role includes maintaining compliance with customer-tailored NIST security controls, analyzing packet captures and traffic patterns, and explaining technical issues and data flows to customers.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related engineering field, with at least six years of prior relevant experience; alternatively, a graduate degree and at least four years of prior related experience.
Relevant network experience managing security technology, including system testing, deployment, maintenance, and troubleshooting in a global enterprise environment.
Experience integrating large, complex, multi-vendor solutions.
Ability to obtain and maintain an FAA public trust clearance.

Nice To Haves

Working knowledge of the OSI model and TCP/IP-based networking architectures and communications.
Ability to use packet-capture utilities to understand TCP data flows and troubleshoot and resolve TCP/IP network transport issues.
Experience designing, implementing, and supporting security gateway solutions, including firewalls, NAT, and IPSec VPNs.
Hands-on experience supporting routers, switches, and firewalls from vendors such as Cisco, Juniper, F5, and Palo Alto.
Experience creating and maintaining site-to-site and client IPSec/VPN solutions.
Advanced certifications such as CCNP Security or CISSP.
Experience serving government customers in a network security environment.
Experience in FAA National Airspace System telecommunications or air traffic management.
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with internal and external customers.
Strong listening, written, and oral communication skills.

Responsibilities

Perform enterprise security gateway access control, baseline configuration management, and system performance testing to ensure requirements compliance.
Provide engineering support to network security operations for testing and configuring new information security products and services.
Perform lifecycle testing and operational support for SOA-based security architectures to maintain compliance with customer-tailored NIST security controls.
Explain complex issues, data flows, and packet analysis to customers in an understandable way.
Perform packet captures and analyze them to identify anomalous behavior and traffic patterns.