Job Specifications
Must Haves :
Associate’s Degree required, Bachelor's Degree in Cybersecurity or Computer Science adjacent discipline preferred
5-7 years IT or related experience or training required (Military service may qualify)
Experience and expertise with cryptography and cryptography business practices including PKI, Key Management, Cryptographic algorithms HSM’s and software products directly related to the upkeep of these technologies (Venafi, ADCS, HashiCorp, KeyFactor)
Experience with or an understanding of Post Quantum Cryptography
Plusses :
Data Privacy Fundamentals and Advanced Concepts (Working knowledge with Data Privacy Laws and Regulations specific to Financial Industries, Personal Information (PI) protection, Privacy Breach incident management, reporting/impact, investigation & analysis)
Cyber Security Advanced Concepts (Vulnerability Management, Network Security/Secure Transmission Management, Data Loss Prevention, Identity Access Management, Threat Intelligence, Penetration testing, IT Risk Management)
IT Infrastructure Advanced Concepts (IT Infrastructure: Client/Server, Middleware services, 3 tiered architecture (Web/Middleware/Server & Databases), Databases, Cloud Services (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)
Intermediate programming skills (read/interpret scripts, write basic scripts) with the following languages: Python, PowerShell, Java, Java Script, SQL or equivalent
Direct hands-on experience within Cyber Security organizations designing, implementing, administering and supporting related technologies or services. Preference for Data Protection technologies.
Associate's Degree, Bachelor’s Degree or related experience (4 years +)
Computer Science, Cybersecurity, MIS, IT Communication Systems/Networking or STEM discipline focus
CISSP; CES, CompTIA Network+, A+, Server+ or equivalent; ITIL Fundamentals; Security +; Cisco’s CCNA, CCNP; Microsoft MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional) or advanced Microsoft certifications
Job Description
The Data Protection Engineer Expert will independently lead and perform Data Protection engineering activities of building, configuring, troubleshooting, integrating and administrating Data protection technologies aligned to one of the Data Protection sub-domains (Data in Transit, Data at Rest, Cryptographic Services, and Strategy & Governance) and will support one or more of the following core technologies or services related to Secure Data Transmission, Key Management, Certificate Management, Encryption, Data Discovery, Data Inventory, Tokenization, Security Metrics/Reporting, and line of business consultation and governance.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Under general supervisory guidance, build, configure, troubleshoot or administer assigned technology per BAU Data Protection engineering standard operating procedures; execute and design BAU Data Protection engineering processes.
Independently lead execution of both scheduled engineering build/configuration events as well as incident(break/fix) events including 24x7 support
Proactively monitor output of data protection technology to ensure effective operation and respond to trouble tickets/events following standard operating procedure; provide independent analysis/Root Cause Analysis (RCA) of issues, develop and test solutions, present problem and solution recommendation to management for approval/prioritization.
Generate and publish data protection technology performance metrics; identify trends and make recommendation for improvement/tuning/configuration changes; Identify, develop and document configuration/design improvements/optimization for supporting continuous engineering and systems performance improvement. Maintain and refine documentation to ensure “evergreen state”.
Lead efforts to design and maintain documentation of engineering activities in accordance with Agile project management methodology (Backlog activity, Change Mgt, Sprint activity planning, etc).
Design and maintain standard operating procedures, run books and topology / data flow drawing for aligned Data Protection technology solutions.
Lead activities supporting evaluation, selection, and implementation of data protection technologies.
Other duties as assigned.
About the Company
Insight Global is an international professional services and staffing company specializing in delivering talent and technical solutions to Fortune 1000 companies across the IT, Non-IT, Healthcare, and Engineering industries. Fueled by staffing and talent experts, Evergreen, our professional services brand, brings technical advisors and culture consultants to help customers tackle their biggest challenges. With over 70 locations across North America, Europe, and Asia, and global staffing capabilities in 50+ countries, our tea...
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