Principal Security Engineer Ref: 3454WB - Posted: 08/03/2010

0 - 0 | Langley | Permanent

Overview

T-Systems have a fantastic opportunity for a Principal Security Engineer to join a skilled and dynamic Network and Security team on high profile systems and projects including firewalls and IDS/IPS for European and Global customers. The role could therefore possibly require UK and International travel.

 

Responsibilities include;

• Design, build, and support of firewalls, IDS/IPS and other security products (e.g. Internet proxies, authentication servers, and anti-virus) for high profile customers.
• Incident and problem resolution within SLAs and formal incident management environments.
• Coordination of incident resolution with suppliers, customers, and internal delivery teams.
• Maintaining accurate records of reported incidents/problems.
• Working within an outsourcer in a customer facing role.
• Out-of-hours support as part of a formal rota and out-of-hours implementation.
• Working within formal Change Control environments.
• Design and review of configuration changes for secured environments
•  Analysing and auditing security events or incidents, providing recommendations and documenting corrective action plans.
• Correlating periodic security reporting and metrics, identifying trends, and taking appropriate action.
• Improving the running of existing systems and reducing failures and callout.
• Producing and maintaining appropriate support documentation.
• Designing and developing security solutions for new and existing business in line with technical guidance from the team lead (e.g. remote access, secure hosting environments).
• Providing security design support for bid work.
• Carrying out security assessments and providing recommendations.
• Maintaining the security of managed infrastructure ensuring compliance with industry standards. (e.g. SOX).

Candidate Requirements:

 Work experience requirements:

• Proven Data Centre experience for large enterprises
• End to end detailed design knowledge and solutions design. Ability to articulate strategies at varying layers of the OSI model from network layer to application load balancing
• Ability to work independently at the programme level engaging with customers and engineering teams
• Proven experience of end to end project lifecycle and requirements definition business critical systems.

Technical Requirements:

• Knowledge of network based applications and their security dependencies
• Understanding from a flows perspective the impact of key services and applications AD, NFS, Oracle, SQL, SAP, etc.
• Experience of end-to-end security architecture design; e.g. application security, access control (security policy scoping, design and optimisation, IDS, IPS, etc)
• Knowledge of virtualisation
• Firewall (VSX and FWSM/ASA) and network (VRF/MPLS)

Required technologies:

• Check Point NGX (detailed knowledge of SecureXL, ClusterXL, INSPECT, kernel level diagnostics, fw monitor, etc)
• Checkpoint VSX
• Cisco FWSM's / ASA's
• Experience of working on Crossbeam firewall platforms
• Check Point Provider-1
• Check Point SmartCentre
• Nokia (VRRP, flows)
• VPN (including diagnostics - use of vpn tu and vpn debug) - IPSEC, GRE
• SmartDefense
• Extensive experience of working with IDS/IPS products (e.g. SourceFire/Snort, ISS, Cisco IDS)

Personal soft skills:

• Excellent communication - written, verbal and presentation skills
• Very good analytical skills
• Strong negotiation skills
• Confidence and presence to deal with customers, suppliers and colleagues at high level
• Proactive individual
• Ability to define and meet deadlines and targets
• Very good team player and team leader

Desirable Skills:

• Desirable skills are based on network and Cisco architecture (knowledge at a conceptual level is mandatory):
• L2/L3 network design and experience (STP, routing protocols, port security, PVLAN, VACLs, etc)
• Load Balancing Architecture and concepts (ACE, CSS)
• Knowledge German language skills beneficial but not essential
• Willingness to travel within the UK or international

Desirable technologies:

• Cisco switching/routing
• BlueCoat/proxy technologies
• Juniper/NetScreen

T-Systems in the UK have engaged Atlan Resource Solutions to partner them in the recruitment of permanent employees. To apply for this fantastic opportunity, applicants must have recent experience in the telecommunications, Telco or Telecoms environment.

Please send your CV via the link or contact Wendy Billing on 0161 282 1770

 About the company;

T-Systems is the corporate customers arm of global Deutsche Telekom Group. Focused on enabling the networked future of business and society. By drawing on a global infrastructure of data centres and networks, T-Systems provides information and communication technology (ICT) services and solutions for multinational corporations and public sector institutions. Some 46,000 employees at T-Systems combine industry expertise and ICT innovations to add significant value to customer's core business all over the world. T-Systems generated revenues of around EUR 9.3 billion in the 2008 financial year. For more information, please visit www.t-systems.com

 

Date of Expiry: 27/05/2010