Data Center Network Security Engineer
Role summary
The Data Center Network Security Engineer will be responsible for complex installations, designing specifications, and developing secure Data Center network communications and related security components. This role involves collaborating with stakeholders to define secure architecture requirements and design specifications for network security systems, including firewalls, segmentation technologies, intrusion detection/prevention systems, and load balancers. The engineer will configure, test, and maintain these diverse security systems. The position requires knowledge equivalent to a four-year college degree in computer science or a related field, with a minimum of three years of professional experience in Network Services or a related IT field.
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## Essential Functions
- Under administrative direction, serves as a Data Center Network
Security Engineer for the Department of Innovation & Technology
(DoIT) performing complex hardware and software installations,
designing specifications, developing, and modifying secure Data
Center network communications, including related security
components.
- Collaborates with users/stakeholders to define secure architecture
requirements and design specifications to Data Center security
communications, including firewalls, segmentation technologies,
intrusion detection/prevention systems, network security appliances,
application load balancers, internet filtering solutions, and
supporting infrastructure.
- Configures, tests, and maintains diverse firewall models,
application load balancers, segmentation solutions, and network
security systems such as Intrusion Detection (IDS), and Intrusion
Prevention Systems (IPS) to safeguard critical infrastructure.
- Keeps abreast of new developments in the information technology
field by continuing education through online training platforms,
meetings, training sessions, seminars, and conferences to increase
familiarity with and remain current on products, vendors,
techniques, and procedures.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably
within the scope of duties enumerated above.
## Minimum Qualifications
- Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to
completion of four (4) years of college with course work in computer
science or directly related fields.
- Requires three (3) years of professional experience in Network
Services or a related Information Technology field.