CYBER SECURITY Guard and Diode Engineer

3+ years practical experience in cyber security or related field

Extensive knowledge and experience (min 3 years) in the following areas:

• Other Boundaries Protections Devices such as firewalls
• System security, including hardening and SELinux
• System monitoring and troubleshooting
• Experience with network protocols and traffic analysis
• Ability to troubleshoot complex network security issues
• TCP/IP protocols and services

Training/certifications:

• Relevant certifications in cyber security, such as Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or GIAC Security

Desirable Qualifications/Experience

• Experience in working for or supporting a military or governmental organization
• Understanding of Information Security Practices relating to the Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of information (CIA triad)
• A minimum requirement of a Bachelor's degree at a nationally recognised/certified University in a related discipline and 3 years post-related experience
• Or exceptionally, the lack of a university degree may be compensated by the demonstration of a candidate's particular abilities or experience that is/are of interest to NCIA, that is, at least 10 years extensive and progressive expertise in duties related to those in this Statement of Work

DUTIES/ROLE

• Central system administration and configuration of Guards and Data Diodes to ensure continuing functionality and availability
  • Hardware and software systems installation and configuration
  • Implementation and verification of guards and data diode configuration to meet customer cross-domain data exchange requirements
  • Adaptation of release markings and/or email attachment types
  • configuration of additional cross-domain flows
  • User and access management
  • Monitor system performance and availability
  • Analyze, troubleshoot and resolve application issues
  • Development of automation scripts to meet day to day system administration tasks
• Updating of Guard and Data Diode software/patches
  • Test new software and patches
  • Support A2SL process for approval of software updates
  • installation and configuration of software and patch updates
• Documentation of Guards and Data Diodes
  • Development of SOPs and other documentation for repetitive activities
  • Produce and maintain comprehensive documentation for all implemented systems
• Operational support of Guards and Data Diodes
  • Technical support in troubleshooting infrastructure and operational issues
  • Collaboration with other teams for a successful resolution
  • Provide technical support and guidance by answering end-user requests to identify issues in secure cross-domain data exchange

Job requirements

All the mandatory requirements have to be met in order to apply.

• 3+ years practical experience in cyber security or related field (Mandatory)
• Extensive knowledge and experience (min 3 years) in the following areas: (Mandatory)
  • Scripting/Automation (Bash, Python, Ansible) (Mandatory)
  • Other Boundaries Protections Devices such as firewalls (Mandatory)
  • System security, including hardening and SELinux (Mandatory)
  • System monitoring and troubleshooting (Mandatory)
  • Experience with network protocols and traffic analysis (Mandatory)
  • Ability to troubleshoot complex network security issues (Mandatory)
  • TCP/IP protocols and services (Mandatory)
  • Relevant certifications in cyber security, such as Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or GIAC Security (Mandatory)
• Experience in working for or supporting a military or governmental organization (Nice to have)
• Understanding of Information Security Practices relating to the Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of information (CIA triad (Nice to have)
• A minimum requirement of a Bachelors degree at a nationally recognised/certified University in a related discipline and 3 years post-related experience (Nice to have)
• Or exceptionally, the lack of a university degree may be compensated by the demonstration of a candidates particular abilities or experience that is/are of interest to NCIA, that is, at least 10 years extensive and progressive expertise in duties related to those in this Statement of Work (Nice to have)