Sr IT Security Engineer in Denver, CO for the long-term duration with State of CO

ROLE	Sr IT Security Engineer
LOCATION	Dover CO
DURATION	LONG TERM
RATE	DOE
DIRECT CLIENT	YES
INTERVIEW TYPE	Phone
State Experience Highly Preferred U.S. Citizens and those authorized to work in the U.S. are encouraged to apply Note: For H1 While submitting I need consultant I 797 OR ID Proof.
Security Architects are expected to have at least 5-10 years of relevant IT experience, including exposure to business planning, systems analysis and application development. 3-5 of those years which have been devoted specifically to security. Minimum Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Assurance or related field. Candidate should have 5 or more years’ experience with the following: ·      Security architecture, demonstrating solutions delivery, principles and emerging technologies - Designing and implementing security solutions. This includes continuous monitoring and making improvements to those solutions, working with an information security team. ·      Consulting and engineering in the development and design of security best practices and implementation of solid security principles across the organization, to meet business goals along with customer and regulatory requirements. ·      Security considerations of cloud computing: They include data breaches, broken authentication, hacking, account hijacking, malicious insiders, third parties, APTs, data loss and DoS attacks. ·      Identity and access management (IAM) – the framework of security policies and technologies that limit and track the access of those in an organization to sensitive technology resources. ·      Risk assessment procedures, policy formation, role-based authorization methodologies, authentication technologies and security attack pathologies, ISO 27001/27002, ITIL and COBIT frameworks ·      Windows, UNIX and Linux operating systems ·      Perimeter security controls – firewall, IDS/IPS, network access control and network segmentation ·      Router, switch and VLAN security; wireless security ·      Security concepts related to DNS, routing, authentication, VPN, proxy services and DDOS mitigation technologies ·      Practices and methods of IT strategy, enterprise architecture and security architecture ·      Network security architecture development and definition ·      Knowledge of third party auditing and cloud risk assessment methodologies ·      The duties outline the tasks and goals for which the information security architect is responsible. That may vary depending on the County’s needs or industry.  On any given day, you may be challenged to: ·      Design, build and implement enterprise-class security systems for a production environment ·      Align standards, frameworks and security with overall business and technology strategy ·      Identify and communicate current and emerging security threats   ·      Design security architecture elements to mitigate threats as they emerge ·      Create solutions that balance business requirements with information and cyber security requirements ·      Identify security design gaps in existing and proposed architectures and recommend changes or enhancements ·      Use current programming language and technologies to writes code, complete programming and performs testing and debugging of applications ·      Train users in implementation or conversion of systems ·      Recommend modifications in legal, technical and regulatory areas that affect IT security Preferred Certifications- One or more of the following: ·      CISSP: Certified Information Systems Security Professional ·      CISSP-ISSAP: Information Systems Security Architecture Professional ·      CISM: Certified Information Security Manager ·      CEH: Certified Ethical Hacker ·      CSSA: Certified SCADA Security Architect ·      GSEC / GCIH / GCIA: GIAC Security Certifications ·      A Master’s degree in an IT field, or Master’s in Cybersecurity is a plus