**Education**
* Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Security or other related field preferred
**Certification/Licensure Required**
* An industry recognized information security certification, such as a CISSP (or Associate), SSCP, CEH, or equivalent
* At least one technical certification related to a major platform (IBM, Microsoft or Cisco)
**Government Clearance & US Citizenship Requirement**
* National Agency Check (NAC) background clearance required
**Experience Required**
* Minimum five years Information Technology and/or network experience
* Minimum three years Information Security related experience
* Minimum one year supervisory or team lead experience
* Any combination of academic education, professional training or work experience, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position.
* Ability to clearly communicate Information Security matters to executives, auditors, end users, and engineers, using appropriate language, examples, and tone
* Ability to work outside of regular business hours as required which can include evenings, weekends and holidays
* Working knowledge of information systems security standards and practices (e.g., access control and system hardening, system audit and log file monitoring, security policies, and incident handling)
* “Hands on” security knowledge of one or more of the following platforms: Windows/Unix/Linux
* Strong analytical, technical, and problem solving skills
* Experience with DNS, NTP and Citrix, TACACS, IDS, IPS and various SIEMS
* Working knowledge of protocols and technologies such as TCP, UDP, SSL, FTP, SMTP, NetBIOS and DHCP
* Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript and WML
* Ability to interpret information security data and processes to identify potential compliance issues
* Ability to quickly understand security systems in order to identify and validate security requirements
* Ability to clearly communicate Information Security matters to executives, auditors, end users, and engineers, using appropriate language, examples, and tone
* Excellent interpersonal, organizational and technical writing skills
* Ability to be a self-starter who is accountable, requires minimal supervision and is open to new ideas
* Ability to work in a large, dynamic and complex organization, requiring creativity and flexibility
* Possess the personal characteristics of professionalism, credibility, commitment to high standards, innovation, discriminating judgment and accountability
* Excellent leadership skills and teamwork skills