IDP Information Assurance & Junior Security Engineer

Job Details

Department: Ennovar

Location: Wichita, KS - Textron Aviation

Hire Type: Full Time

Pay: Commensurate with experience

Work Schedule: Typically, 8am – 5pm, Monday – Friday; On-call rotation required with potential after-hours support of firewalls and incidents. Work is performed onsite and in-person.

Export Compliance Requirement: This position requires access to EAR or ITAR controlled technologies. Applicants are required to be eligible for employment under U.S. export control laws and must meet the requirement of being a “U.S. Citizen”.

Job Story

This cross functional role requires coordination with technical managers, system administrators, application owners, software developers, infrastructure, service delivery, and IT management to monitor and control company networks. Collaboration with corporate security and infrastructure and networking teams worldwide is key for this role. The is a WSU position in partnership with, and work location at, Textron Aviation in Wichita, KS.

Job Summary

Implements secure networking solutions to meet compliance requirements. Works within and supports IT projects and initiatives. Ensures least privilege is followed and networks are secured from unauthorized devices and excessive access, with any exceptions properly scoped and defined. Collaborates with internal and external partners to understand technical and business requirements and to deliver solutions.

Essential Functions

• Setup, maintenance, and ongoing configuration of firewalls (e.g., Palo Alto and Cisco).
• Manages vulnerability and lifecycle for patching and firmware upgrades of supported devices
• Adheres to change control procedures
• Contributes to network security architecture and strategy
• Performs device discovery, identification, and inventory with Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
• Enforcement of least privilege network access
• Participation in network isolation and segmentation projects
• Provides troubleshooting and user support with traffic analysis and other efforts
• Management and support of incidents and outages.

Required Education and Experience

High school diploma or equivalent

One (1) year of experience in the Cyber Security Field and demonstrated experience with debug and with firewall configuration

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Self-driven and highly motivated team player that can perform in a fast-changing business environment.
• Diverse knowledge and experience in networks, firewalls, operating systems, applications, and databases.
• Strong communication skills, able to communicate with technical and non-technical users.
• Ability to use common tools including, but not limited to, wireshark, nmap, traceroute, splunk, etc.
• Strong understanding of computer networking concepts and protocols
• Understanding of informational and operational technology (IT/OT) and zero trust concepts

Preferred Education

Postsecondary degree in related field

Preferred Certifications/Training

• Palo Alto Network Security Professional
• Palo Alto Next-Generation Firewall Engineer
• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
• Computer Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
• Comptia Security+ / Network+

Physical Requirements

Ability to interpret effectively, accurately and impartially, both receptively and expressively. Ability to operate a computer and other office equipment including but not limited to phone, printers, copiers, and calculators. Ability to communicate with others and accurately exchange information.