Application Security Engineer - Chicago, ILL

From: Jeff Combs (altaassociates6at_private)
Date: Wed Oct 23 2002 - 09:22:42 PDT

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    APPLICATION SECURITY ENGINEER – Chicago, Illinois
    $80-$95K
    
    INSIDE SCOOP:
    
    This is a great job working with great people. I know because it reports
    to a candidate that I placed with the client.  There is a lot of cool
    work to be done which will touch all lines of businesses and have a
    serious impact on enhancing the client's security posture.  The
    following is a comprehensive description.  Of course, the closer the
    match  the better the fit. However all of these requirements aren't
    written in stone, there may be some flexibility regarding technical
    exposures.  That said, successful candidates must have a strong
    development background, dedicated security experience, a consultative
    nature, and excellent verbal and written communication skills.
    
    RESPONSIBILITIES:
    
    Participate in research of new information security technologies (in the
    areas of application and application infrastructure components) and
    propose ideas for new security service development.
    
    Participate in all aspects of new security service development projects
    including the following project phases: business case development,
    requirements gathering, architecture development, product/service
    selection and procurement, functional & QA testing, detailed technical
    design, technology infrastructure implementation and deployment,
    migration from existing services,
    operational process and procedure documentation, operations staff
    training, internal marketing material development.
    
    Advise and consult internal clients on appropriate application of
    existing security services to solve their problems or enable new
    business opportunities.
    
    Deliver previously developed information security services in support of
    client needs including: requirements gathering, technical design,
    service deployment and integration, migration, operational transition,
    end user documentation, user training.
    
    In support of various enterprise IT initiatives sell/recommend,
    customize, implement, document, and transition to operations reusable
    technical security service components including firewall systems,
    intrusion detection systems, authentication systems, authorization
    systems, audit trail management systems, virus detection and prevention
    systems, cryptographic systems, and many
    others.
    
    Research and implement new security technologies to be used as point
    solutions for IT initiatives unable to take advantage of or needing
    greater functionality than reusable enterprise security services. Based
    on accumulated knowledge of project specific security implementations
    recommend new security service development ideas to the Security
    Technology R&D process.
    
    Serve as the subject matter expert on a number of production security
    technologies and fulfill corresponding vendor relationship and
    product/service acquisition, support, and maintenance contract
    management.
    
    Provide 4th level (technical architecture design and vendor management
    issues) support for a number of production security technologies.
    
    
    QUALIFICATIONS:
    
    In depth hands-on experience in as many of the following technologies as
    possible:
    
    Development languages: C, C++, Java, UML, XML, XSLT, applied in Object
    Oriented (OO) n-tier application development environment.
    
    Application frameworks and their built-in security services & API’s: Sun
    J2EE, MS COM+, MS .NET, OMG CORBA or others.
    
    General application security API’s and protocols: GSS-API, MS CryptoAPI,
    PAM, Kerberos, DCE Security Service, SSL/TLS, SAML, S/MIME, PKCS API’s,
    or others.
    
    Application Authentication & Authorization Systems: Netegrity
    SiteMinder, RSA ClearTrust, Entrust GetAccess, Oblix NetPoint, or
    others.
    
    Cryptographic tool kits for application development: RSA BSAFE, Certicom
    Security Builder, or others.
    
    Built-in security functions and services of application infrastructure
    components: Oracle, DB2/UDB, MS IIS, MS BizTalk Server, MS Integration
    Server, IBM WebSphere, iPlanet Directory, MS Active Directory, SAP R/3,
    Vitria BusinessWare, IBM MQSeries, MSMQ, MS Exchange, BEA WebLogic, or
    others.
    
    Application layer Intrusion Detection Systems: Sanctum AppShield, or
    others.
    
    PKI systems: Entrust Authority CA, RSA Keon, or others.
    
    In depth hands-on experience in complex enterprise architectures lock
    downs.
    
    Inner workings and security aspects of variety of Application Servers,
    Web Servers, Media/Content Servers, Messaging Servers, Database Servers,
    Integration Servers and such.
    
    Minimum of 6 years experience in information security solution
    engineering and security service delivery.
    
    Stellar technical writing, documentation development, process mapping,
    and visual communication, skills.
    
    Experience in managing several (2 to 4) concurrent large-scale
    enterprise wide information technology capability development projects.
    
    Excellent interpersonal and verbal communication skills.
    
    Financial services industry (Insurance, Banking, Investments) experience
    a plus.
    
    
    
    If you are interested and/or qualified, drop me a line.  Send your
    resume in Word with some background information.  Make sure you let me
    know what the best ways to contact you are.
    
    Thanks for your interest,
    
    Jeff
    
    --
    Jeff Combs
    Alta Associates, Inc.
    908-806-8442
    908-806-8443 fax
    jeffat_private
    visit us at www.altaassociates.com
    
    
    
    



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