Herndon, VA, USA - Symantec hiring Sr. Software/Security Engineer

From: Mr Ludder (ludderat_private)
Date: Tue Jun 10 2003 - 10:29:46 PDT

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    Major Responsibilities: 
    Seeking an information systems security analyst/developer in a group 
    responsible for integrating a wide range of security point products into 
    Symantec's enterprise security management architecture (SESA) via Symantec 
    Event Collectors, and developing cross-security content for the Symantec 
    Incident Manager product. 
    Responsibilities include: 
    ·	Install, configure, and analyze the output from point products 
    such as intrusion detection systems, firewalls, vulnerability assessment 
    tools, and anti-virus software from both Symantec and various 3rd parties. 
    ·	Utilize both commonly available and customized host and network 
    attack tools to generate and validate point product security events. 
    ·	Build and maintain content/security data for the security event 
    dictionary, including developing data to enable the prioritization, 
    filtering, correlation, and other automated analyses of security events, 
    and creating remediation/safeguard steps for addressing vulnerabilities 
    and exposures. 
    ·	Interact with multiple teams within Symantec, including ManHunt, 
    Security Focus, Raptor/SGS Firewall, Vulnerability Assessment, Anti-Virus, 
    and Managed Security Services to develop security content acceptable to 
    all branches of the company. 
    
    Position Requirements and Education: 
    ·	The successful candidate will have 2-5 years of experience 
    developing and/or installing, configuring, and administering a variety of 
    industry-leading firewalls, network/host based intrusion detection 
    systems, anti-virus systems and other security point products. 
    ·	The ideal candidate will have a broad and thorough understanding 
    of both fundamental and advanced information security concepts, and remain 
    up to date with the latest computer security developments, including new 
    exploits, vulnerabilities, and viruses/malicious code. 
    ·	Candidates must have meticulous attention to detail, critical 
    thinking skills, and outstanding oral and written communication skills are 
    required to develop this mission critical and highly visible security 
    content. 
    ·	CISSP and/or SANS certifications are a major plus. Ability to be 
    action-oriented; ability to work with minimum supervision and set 
    priorities; strong problem solving skills; excellent written and verbal 
    communication skills; ability to follow through. 
    



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