Network Security Consultant (Customer Support) in Brooklyn, NY

We are currently looking for a Security Operations Engineer to work on a 6 month temp-to-perm position in Brooklyn, NY. The hourly rate will be around $40-$45 per hour and we need people who can start asap.

The position will include:
. Day-to-day support of the IT Security Hotline - a customer facing phone line for security issues
. Interpreting customer requests for all IT Security Products and Services (e.g. Firewalls, Kerberos, Top Secret, Security Alerts, Investigations, etc.) and direct calls to the appropriate area of the IT Security Team.
. Day-to-day monitoring of the Firewall and Internet Perimeter related technologies (Cisco PIX, Gauntlet, BrightMail, TrendMicro,etc). The monitoring environment will grow into other areas over time.
. Initial troubleshooting of possible network connectivity problems.
. Outage confirmation, initial triage and escalation
. Pre-staging or processing simple MACs across the infrastructure
. Supplement existing, or develop documentation as the environment is modified Creation/supplementation of Operational Runbooks. Experience: To be considered for this position you must have the following:
. Knowledge of networking (e.g. OSI layers + functions + devices).
. Knowledge of IP protocols (e.g. DNS, TCP, UDP, ARP, well known ports).
. Unix Systems administration experience.
. Experience in Firewall security devices (Checkpoint, PIX, Cisco CSS, Netscreen)
. Experience in writing Cisco ACLs
. Knowledge of Solaris, OS390, Kerberos, SOCKS, VPN, BIND, SAS
. Experience working with Cisco PIX configuration and expert in PIX troubleshooting.
. Experience working with Cisco LocalDirector configuration and expert in LocalDirector troubleshooting.
. (Perl) and UNIX shell programming experience (Candidates don''t really need Perl but they do need UNIX.)
. Active interest in IT Security.
. Possess proven track record of success in Operations Center
. Basic knowledge of Information Security
. Experience in customer support and experience in interacting with business units
The candidate must be a self-starter but must recognize the importance and value of working as a member of an operations support team. To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here