Network Security Analyst

Job Description:

The analyst will provide services as an initial entry point for customer's network security requests and coordinating delivery of requests with the appropriate security controls, the key components of the role are to define and support policies to enforce security required and best practices for external connections and for firewalls, stewards and maintains relationships with appropriate owners of connections to ensure controls and risks are appropriate understood and mitigated. The candidate will utilize strong communication skills as well as enterprise level understanding of network and security technologies to deliver solutions that are both technically sound and supportable.

Job Responsibilities

- Certifying and re-certifying regional network connections in accordance with corporate guidelines.

- Serving as an initial entry point for customer network security requests and coordinating delivery of requests with the appropriate Network Service Provider.

- Consulting with the business on network security issues and participating in formal controls assessments.

- Reviewing projects to ensure that new projects identify any potential network security issues that need to be addressed early in the project life cycle.

- Participating in the Port Opening Request review committee as a representative from Network Security, and provide final approval to implement endorsed requests.

- Acting as the Network Security interface for network penetration testing and PCI testing of the business network.

- Responsible for defining and updating Required and Best Practices

Qualification/Skills Required:

University degree with emphasis in Computer Information Systems, Information Technology, Network or a closely related field with course work in technology-related subjects

Data/Security certification e.g. CCNA, CCNP, CISSP.

Network (security) knowledge Firewall, IPS, VPN technology, Network Security Management Tools

General network knowledge: o LAN and WAN network equipment and environments, Network data (routing, switching, WAN/LAN protocols), analysis, routing, and switching o OSI Model, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP.