Deadline Date: Tuesday 17 December 2024
Requirement: Vulnerability Assessment Engineer
Location: Mons, BE
Full Time On-Site: Yes
Time On-Site: 100%
Total Scope of the request (hours): 836
Required Start Date: 27 January 2025
End Contract Date: 31 December 2025
Required Security Clearance: NATO COSMIC TOP SECRET
NOTE: We can only accept CTS cleared candidates for this role due to security regulations. We cannot accept NS cleared candidates with ongoing CTS clearance requested.
Duties and Role:
Under the direction of Section Head, Gateway Security Services, the 'Level 3 Firewall and Guard Engineer' will have two primary roles:
- Build, implement, maintain, and support firewalls and other network security devices.
- Configuring, maintaining and supporting Mailguards and Data Diodes
Essential functions include, but are not limited to:
- Central administration and configuration of Firewalls, Guards and Data Diodes to ensure continuing functionality and availability.
- Firewall policy/ruleset implementation and verification
- Updating and implementation of guard and diode configuration
- Provide technical support in troubleshooting infrastructure and operational issues and collaborating with other teams for a successful resolution;
- Collaborate with the Infrastructure Management and other Cyber Security teams
- Provide assistance to Incident Handlers to identify and remediate security incidents
- Review security documentation and provide technical advice, when requested
- Perform other duties as may be required.
Requirements
Skill, Knowledge & Experience:
- The candidate must have a currently active NATO COSMIC TOP SECRET security clearance
The required skillset for the contracted individual is extensive knowledge and experience (more than 5 years) in the following areas:
- Palo Alto Networks Firewalls and Palo Alto Networks Panorama for Enterprise level deployments
- Firewall installation and management of other vendors
- Scripting (Bash, Python, Ansible)
- Experience with network protocols and traffic analysis
- Ability to troubleshoot complex network security issues
- LAN/WAN networking including protocol network architecture, and the vulnerabilities of modern operating systems and applications
- TCP/IP protocols and services
- Knowledge of *nix-based Operating Systems
- Excellent communication abilities, both written and verbal, with the ability to clearly and successfully articulate complex issues to a variety of audiences and teams
In addition to the above, it is desirable for the contracted individual to have working experience and knowledge in the following areas:
- Understanding of Information Security Practices; relating to the Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of information (CIA triad.)
- Previous work in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements.
- Possession of Industry leading certification in the area of Cybersecurity such as CISSP, CISM, MCSE/S, CISA, GSNA, SANS GIAC
