[BBLISA-jobs] SENIOR NETWORK SECURITY ENGINEER - Tufts University

[Marika Francis]

SENIOR NETWORK SECURITY ENGINEER – Tufts Computing and Communications 
Services

Network Engineering and Security (a segment of Tufts Computing and 
Communications Services) is responsible for the design, maintenance, and 
security of the Tufts University data network. This includes management 
of IP address allocations, DNS services, NTP, routing, switching, 
firewall services, and incident response.

The challenging Senior Network Security Engineer position is responsible 
for achieving a variety of technical and non-technical goals that will 
assist Tufts University in improving its security posture and reducing 
organizational risk. These responsibilities include, but are not limited 
to:

· Incident response and remediation;

· Firewall deployment and related management tasks;

· IPS/IDS deployment and maintenance;

· Proactive security scanning and remediation;

· Coding and scripting security tools; development of new applications 
to assist the Tufts community in securing their hosts and devices;

· VPN maintenance and troubleshooting.

This position requires a High School Diploma/GED and three to five years 
of relevant industry experience. A Bachelor’s degree is preferred. The 
successful candidate must possess expert level skills in installing and 
maintaining NetScreen firewalls in a variety of environments and 
configurations. *Candidates without substantial professional NetScreen 
experience will not be considered. *Experience managing NetScreen 
devices with the NetScreen Security Manager (NSM) would be a substantial 
advantage. Additionally, experience with the Cisco Pix firewall platform 
would be valuable, but is not required. Past professional experience 
with intrusion prevention and intrusion detection systems is necessary, 
particularly with McAfee’s Intrushield IPS, Juniper’s IDP and Snort IDS. 
Basic Unix and Windows system administration skills and general TCP/IP 
networking understanding is required. Cisco VPN concentrator and/or 
Bluesocket wireless gateway management experience would be useful. 
Knowledge of a scripting language (perl, php, etc.) and database system 
(MySQL) would be helpful.

This position requires frequent high-level troubleshooting of complex 
systems as well as demonstrated expert level knowledge and a systematic, 
analytical approach. The successful candidate must be able to work well 
within a team, mentor junior teammates within his/her area of expertise, 
accept direction and responsibility and collaborate with technical peers 
to develop superior solutions. Internal consulting with technical and 
non-technical groups will be required. All candidates should possess 
superior self-management, documentation, project planning and 
implementation skills. Job #M05-603

Please apply online at www.tufts.edu/home/careers/

Tufts University is an AA/EO employer and actively seeks candidates from 
diverse backgrounds.