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

From: Mr Ludder <ludder(at)comcast.net>
Date: Tue Jun 10 2003 - 13:29:46 EDT

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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. Received on Tue Jun 10 14:54:02 2003