1.  Job Title:  Senior INFOSEC Systems Specialist

Minimum/General Experience: This position requires a minimum of five years experience, of which at least three must be specialized experience including system security analysis and implementation; secure system engineering and/or design, design assurance or testing for INFOSEC products and systems computer networking technology and work in protocol and/or interface standards. General experience includes software engineering; program design and implementation; configuration management; or maintenance, integration or testing, and information system engineering, analyst or software experience.

Functional Responsibilities: Provides customer support in solving all phases of complex INFOSEC - related technical problems. Reviews and recommends INFOSEC solutions to customer problems based on an understanding of products/systems test results. Conducts systems security analysis and implementation, system engineering, electrical design, design assurance, testing, software engineering, program design, configuration management, integration and testing of INFOSEC products and techniques. Solutions are based on a firm understanding of government/industry policy, practices, procedures, and customer requirements. Particular attention placed on Intrusion Protection Systems/Intrusion Detection Systems (IPS/IDS) such as Guard, Firewall, Secure Network Server, PCMCIA format security solutions, “Smart Cards”, and emerging security technologies and future trends in support of information system and network security. Insures that INFOSEC solutions are fully compatible with or engineered into the customer’s network design. Provides work direction and guidance to other personnel; ensures accuracy of the work of other personnel, operates under deadlines, able to work on multiple tasks.

Minimum Education: A Bachelor’s degree in computer science/systems, information systems/technology, engineering/engineering technology, software engineering/programming, management, natural sciences, social sciences, mathematics, or business/finance.

Education and experience requirements may be substituted with:

1. A Master’s Degree (in subjects described above) and two years year of specialized experience as detailed above.

2. A PhD Degree (in subjects described above) and one year of specialized experience as detailed above.

3. Three years of additional applicable experience may be substituted for Bachelor’s degree.

4. Five years UNIX experience.

Security Clearance:  Must be a US Citizen.  Applicants selected will be subject to a Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.  An in-scope SSBI (within five years) and a US government TS/SCI clearance within the last 24 months are required.

Additionally, all personnel must have the following qualifications to work on this task:

• Shall have at least five (5) years experience using Microsoft Office software applications to include Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

• Shall have at least five (5) years operations and maintenance experience with Intel-based computers using Microsoft based operating systems.

• Shall have at least five (5) years operations and maintenance experience with one or more of the IDS/IPS systems currently in use by the Department of Defense (DoD) (i.e., Air Force, Army, DISA) or Federal Government and at least five (5) years experience in the following areas: IP addressing and domain name service; network components; TCP/UDP, FTP, SMTP, and HTTP; and the network OSI model.  Individuals must demonstrate their knowledge in these areas by successfully completing proficiency examinations according to 33 NWS training standards.  These experience requirements do not apply to the Operational Process Tracking and Processing, and Facility and Equipment Custodian positions.

Personnel supporting the 33 NWS NetD operations (33 NWS/DOO) shall have three (3) years and Advance Threat Analysts ( DOB), Incident Response Analyst (DOK), and UNIX system administrators shall have five (5) years experience in the following UNIX functions: general operating system file locations, maneuvering through directory file structures, use of an editor (vi, tedi, emacs, elm, EDT, EVE), generic operating system file locations, changing file mode and privileges, access, reference, and print help on-line.  Personnel shall demonstrate their knowledge in these areas by successfully completing proficiency examinations according to 33 NWS training standards.

Location: San Antonio, TX