Security Engineer

MAD Security specializes in the development and delivery of information security training, role-based training programs and on-site training program development. Our long tradition of success is attributable to the bright, driven professionals at MAD Security.

One of MAD’s partners requires a resource to work in and with its Security Operations Center (SOC) team. This role will be a security engineer who will perform research, curriculum development and training based on a wide variety of roles within the SOC. This includes knowledge of SOC-relevant devices (e.g. Cisco routers/switches, ASA/PIX firewalls, HIDS/NIDS, SIEM, domain controllers, mail and other servers). This role will involve documenting processes and developing training curriculum which will be used as a part of a complete role-based SOC training program delivered both on-line and in some cases in a classroom setting.

Experience Requirements

  • Five or more years experience in the security industry. Two to three years plus of previous experience in security event/alert monitoring/engineering employed in a SOC, CSIRT, or on a Security Response Team is a plus.
  • Have strong written and oral communication skills.
  • Strong presentation skills and the ability to create compelling and interesting presentations and exercises that can convey knowledge effectively to junior and intermediate team members.
  • Previous training experience a MAJOR plus.
  • Be a self-motivated team player with demonstrated ability to work without guidance.
  • An intermediate to advanced understanding of host/network common vulnerabilities and exploits (CVEs), hacker methodologies and tactics, and the tools used.
  • An intermediate to advanced understanding of the TCP/IP protocol suite, TCP/IP headers and packets, the OSI model, and commonly used TCP/UDP ports and associated services.
  • An intermediate to advanced understanding in the tuning of IDS/IPS, firewall ACL’s and other rule sets.
  • Intermediate to advanced understanding of network engineering and local and wide area (LAN/WAN) technologies and topologies.
  • Demonstrated experience with server and system administration on windows and *nix platforms.
  • Certifications desired but not mandatory include: GCIA/GCIH, CEH, CISSP, GIAC

To Apply:

Email your CV in Word format (No PDFs please) and a cover letter that will positively blow our mind to: careers+engineer@madsecinc.com

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