• Job Description

  Req#: JPC - 10180778

  Role: Network security engineer

  Duration: 6+Months

  Location: Halifax, CA (Remote)

  The day-to-day is:

  • Analyze business requirements and provide recommendations for building scalable solutions to meet security functional and non-functional requirements

  • Build and operationalize solutions to deploy and protect the network. Define and configure security policies throughout the various network boundaries

  • Create and maintain documentation related to network solutions; this may include conceptual, logical, and physical diagrams; new environment design documents; write ups on technical capabilities and solution configurations; etc.

  • Perform continuous security policy analysis to ensure effectiveness of security defenses.

  • Develop analytics/Analyze data to improve situational awareness and make informed decisions.

  • Assist with the development and operation of both infrastructure-as-code as well as manual change tracking processes

  • Manage small to medium security enhancement and remediation projects.

  • Engage with stakeholders on business impacts, identify root cause via data analysis and experimentation, and implement solutions to achieve desired business outcomes securely

  Desired skills:

  - Experience with Palo Alto firewall and/or SaSE

  - Experience troubleshooting website connectivity issues and/core network connectivity issues

  - Experience conducting technical security assessments and implementing policy changes to remediate gaps

  - Experience conducting cybersecurity incident investigations and remediating identified policy gaps

  - Experience with Github Actions utilized for configuration-as-code/infrastructure-as-code

  - Experience performing network traffic analysis via Splunk

  Their background should include&

  • Technical experience with network solutions; either infrastructure or security related.

  • Understanding of network traffic with security controls in mind.

  • Understanding of network technology.

  • Foundational knowledge of malware operation and indicators or threat, current threat landscape (threat actors, APT, cyber-crime, etc)

  • Foundational knowledge of network security architecture best practices

  • Strong critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.

  • Ability to prioritize and execute with minimal direction or oversight.

  Desired skills&

  - Experience with Palo Alto firewall and/or SaSE

  - Experience troubleshooting website connectivity issues and/ore network connectivity issues

  - Experience conducting technical security assessments and implementing policy changes to remediate gaps

  - Experience conducting cybersecurity incident investigations and remediating identified policy gaps

  - Experience with Github Actions utilized for configuration-as-code/infrastructure-as-code

  - Experience performing network traffic analysis via Splunk

• About the company

  United Software Group, Inc. (USG) is a Global Information Technology Consulting Company established in the year 2002 with its Headquarters in Columbus-Ohio, USA. USG is operating a business in 6 countries USA, Mexico, Canada, UK, Ireland and India. USG is a Minority Owned Enterprise (MBE) offering IT consulting, Talent Management and Staff Augmentation Solutions to its Clients. USG is recognized by INC5000 as Americas Fastest-Growing Private Companies and is honored with A+ rating by BBB as a mark of a trustworthy customer-oriented organization. USG’s services are based on requirements specified by operational business users from different industries such as Banking & Financial, Consumer Good and Distribution, Telecommunication, Insurance, Engineering, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Retail, Manufacturing and Automotive.

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