Airport IT Network Security Engineer

Posting expires: April 7, 2025   General Description and Classification Standards The Airport Information Technology Security Engineer is responsible for patching, implementing, and administrating security hardware and software, enforcing the network security patching policy, and complying with requirements of external security audits and recommendations. Other responsibilities include analyzing, troubleshooting, and investigating security-related information systems anomalies based on security platform reporting, network traffic, log files, and host-based and automated security alerts.
  Essential Duties & Responsibilities. • Leads security patching for system servers, endpoints, applications, and special systems. • Attends weekly vulnerability meetings to understand threats facing the environment. • Ensures security vulnerabilities are remediated within the organization's service level agreement. • Manages single-resource and multi-resource internal team projects and provides assessment, costing, design, planning, and management of new projects and processes. • Designs, plans, and manages deployment of new and multi-specialty technologies. • Recommends, schedules, and performs software and hardware improvements, upgrades, patches, reconfigurations, and purchases. • Monitors and administers appropriate systems to ensure system and service availability and peak performance and that modifications to existing environments are effective and efficient. • Documents all systems procedures, practices, job responsibilities, and processes. • Applies decision-making skills to select from multiple procedures and methods to accomplish tasks.  • Applies organizational policies. May interpret organizational policies and recommend exceptions.  • Establishes work methods, timetables, performance standards, etc.  • Provides leadership, guidance, and training to work groups and less experienced staff. Serves as a technical resource or mentor to other employees. May lead or instruct skilled workers in high-level or technical jobs. • Provides status reports and reports on vulnerabilities. • Creates shell scripts as required for automation and to expedite any rote process.  • Provides follow-up services to ensure customer satisfaction and resolve client issues.  • Provides advice and recommendations to management on processes and techniques required for improved work operations.  • Designing and implementing network security measures. • Monitoring network performance and security systems • Configuring and maintaining firewalls and VPNs. • Performing regular security audits and assessments. • Developing and enforcing security policies and procedures. • Implementing and maintaining enterprise-level security solutions and systems. • Creating and maintaining security documentation.
  Knowledge, Skills & Abilities • Software/patch delivery via Qualys, or Maas360. • Demonstratable knowledge of networking concepts, including zero-trust models. • Experience with a variety of application and infrastructure security solutions. • General cloud computing knowledge (AWS, Azure, or Oracle). • General knowledge of Virtualization technologies and implementations. • Knowledge of Windows Operating Systems. • Ability to build effective relationships with internal stakeholders. • Ability to write PowerShell Scripts.
  Minimum Qualifications - Education & Experience 1. Bachelor's degree in related field 2. 5 years of experience in an Information Technology role (Additional professional years of experience may be considered for substitution for the required degree on an exception basis). 3. Two years of experience in a role involving security responsibilities. 4. Packet analysis tools (e.g., tcpdump, Wireshark, ngrep, etc.). 5. Advanced knowledge of Unix, Linux, Windows operating systems. 6. Knowledge of network devices such as switches and firewalls.
Preferred Education & Experience Industry security certifications such as Security+, Cisco CCNA, Microsoft Security certs, or CISSP.
Essential Capabilities and Work Environment Required physical, lifting, and sensory capabilities are requirements to perform the job successfully. Typical environmental conditions associated with job.
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