IT Security Specialist

Job Title:

IT Security Specialist

Location:

Richmond, VA

Salary Range:

Competitive

Introduction

The IT Security Specialist III will play a crucial role in safeguarding cloud-based systems and infrastructure against cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and unauthorized access. This role involves ensuring compliance with Federal regulations and industry standards, and implementing robust security measures to protect data stored on cloud platforms.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Understanding of core concepts for Public/Private/Hybrid clouds, including networking, security groups, and IAM
• 5 years’ experience with development, deployment, and automation of security solutions in large enterprise environments to connect to cloud solutions such as AWS while maintaining secure operations
• Proven work experience as a Cloud Security Engineer or similar role in information security
• Experience with cloud security solutions and tools
• Understanding of firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS, and security event analysis

Preferred Skills & Qualifications

• Professional security management certification, such as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), or other similar credentials
• Degree in Computer Science, IT, Systems Engineering, or a related qualification
• Database programming and administration skills
• Familiarity with web-related technologies (Web applications, Web Services, Service Oriented Architectures) and network/web-related protocols
• Knowledge of risk assessment tools, technologies, and methods
• Prior work experience at client or in client's Industry
• Knowledge of cloud computing technologies and workload transition challenges
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent and at least 3 years of relevant experience
• Applicants must be able to work directly for Artech on W2

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Provide security expertise on system, network, encryption, authentication, and governance
• Work with third-party vendors to ensure that security requirements are met
• Collaborate with IT and development teams to ensure cloud solutions are securely integrated with existing software and infrastructure
• Engage with other senior technical leaders throughout the organization in the design and implementation of cloud-based implementations and solutions
• Drive the security standards and tool strategies for public and private cloud solutions
• Conduct technology assessments to establish and validate an enterprise security baseline and establish a technical direction
• Set technical standards for Cloud infrastructure, containers, security baselines, policies, and procedures
• Analyze security configurations and provide vulnerability reports
• Help establish best practices, migration strategies, and work with engineers to build environments that adhere to industry best practices
• Serve as the primary interface to governance, compliance, and risk management teams to ensure the system consistently meets the requirements for certification and accreditation
• Facilitate security automation by working with cloud service provider APIs, SDKs, and custom source code
• Use standard security frameworks to perform gap analysis between different cloud providers, cloud type, and level of certification in the context of compliance efforts
• Write, maintain, and expand automation scripts and monitoring tools
• Research and propose automated system and code analysis solutions

Company Benefits & Culture

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
• Opportunities for professional development and career growth
• Supportive and inclusive company culture

For immediate consideration please click APPLY to begin the screening process.