Network & Security Technologies is a unique consulting company that takes a comprehensive and holistic approach to security and network consulting. Network & Security Technologies offers a modular and sequential set of consulting offerings that span the full information technology lifecycle.

Our clients entrust us with a broad range of activities and levels of responsibility because of our holistic viewpoint and ability to place security and networking in context within their businesses. We deliver our services in a methodical manner guided by a Program Management Office that ensures consulting projects are well understood, defined, priced and managed.

We are looking for people with a professional, solutions-based 'team player' attitude, excellent presentation skills, and a willingness to travel. Candidates should have a thorough understanding of Internet-based security systems. 

The successful team players will have the ability to work with clients to solve their mission critical security problems to include the development of security plans, architecture, and strategies in order to help design and implement total security solutions within the context of their businesses environment.

Network & Security Technologies vulnerability consultants assist clients in the development, implementation and maintenance of enterprise-wide information security capabilities. They have a strong understanding of the role of security within the enterprise environment. The vulnerability consultant will have experience with ethical hacking, social hacking, virus detection and associated propagation methods, intrusion detection systems (IDS), currently available tools, and/or security issues of commonly used programming languages. Vulnerability consultants have expertise in security technologies such as NAT, firewalls, routers, TCP/IP, UNIX and Windows OS hardening and system administration, DNS, FTP, Mail, Web Servers, networking tools, and common programming languages

They work on projects to ensure that key business processes reflect appropriate risk management considerations. They lead or work on penetration testing projects to assist clients in the development and evaluation of enterprise-wide vulnerabilities for perimeter devices (routers, firewalls), hosts, applications and telephone switches.

Candidates should have significant expertise in one or more security areas, and should have demonstrated outstanding project management experience in a leadership role.

Required Experience: 

• Significant experience performing vulnerability testing (internal / external)
• Must have found vulnerabilities in previous assessments
• Evaluating fixes (patches) of vulnerabilities and malicious code (e.g., viruses) 

Technical Skills:

Knowledge of ethical hacking and penetration testing techniques including the following:

• Penetration Testing / Ethical Hacking tools and forms of attack and associated tools (Internet Security Scanner, System Security Scanner, SATAN) using war dialing and internet scanning
• Hacker exploit scripts/programs to test whether vendor/developer patches operate as intended and fix the identified vulnerability or identify the malicious code.
• Intrusion Detection Environments and forms of attack with the ability to perform analysis of the systems and application logs for Intrusion signs 
• Firewalls (Gauntlet, Cisco PIX, CheckPoint, Raptor)
• Network Traffic Monitoring Tools (Network General Sniffer, LANalyzer, NetXray)
• Network Protocols (TCP/IP, NetBIOS / Netbeui, IPX, OSI) and associated technologies (DNS, FTP, HTTP)
• Network Topologies (Token Passing, Ethernet)
• Operating Systems: UNIX, Argus, Solaris and Microsoft Operating Environments
• Advanced knowledge of security and encryption mechanisms and strong experience with systems implementation
• Application Servers (Websphere, Weblogic) 
• Web Servers (Netscape, Apache, Microsoft)
• Mail Servers (POP3)
• Security Authorization/Transaction, Network Security (VPN, SSL, Smart Cards, Biometrics) 
• Cryptographic tools, methods, systems and protocols: HTTPS, IPsec, PGP, DES
• Exceptional interpersonal communication and presentation skills is a must

Strong written and verbal communications skills required.

In this position, you will be involved with a variety of Internet and Fortune 1000 clients. You will also be working closely with our client base developing security solutions as well as dedicating a portion of your time to pre-sale client support.

Responsibilities: 

• Leading vulnerability assessments on behalf of our clients 
• Participating on assessment, architecture, design and implementation teams in support of our clients’ requirements
• Working with customers, third party vendors and strategic partners.

Bachelor's degree required

Network & Security Technologies is an equal opportunity employer.

Qualified candidates can e-mail Network & Security Technologies at hr@netsectech.com or view our web site at http://www.netsectech.com/ for additional information.