Penn State Health Corporation

Location: US:PA:Hershey
Work Type: Full Time
FTE: 1.00
Shift: Day
Hours: 8 hours

SUMMARY OF POSITION:

The Cyber Defense Infrastructure Engineer (Firewall) (CDIE-Firewall) is a critical team member directly contributing to the Penn State Health and College of Medicine Office of Cyber Securitys mission to Prevent, Detect, Analyze and Respond to threat activity (internal and external), information system vulnerabilities, and cyber incidents. This level of position is fully competent in the fields, operates under minimal direction and is expected to provide oversight to lower level tasks.

The CDIE-Firewall installs, configures, tests, operates, maintains, and manages next generation firewalls, firewall management tools, and other network-based systems necessary to protect our information and information systems. Install, configure, troubleshoot, and maintain appliance and server configurations (hardware and software) to ensure their confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Manage accounts, firewalls, and patches. Responsible for access control, passwords, and account creation and administration. Responsible for setting up and maintaining a system or specific components of a system (e.g. for example, installing, configuring, and updating hardware and software; establishing and managing user accounts; overseeing or conducting backup and recovery tasks; implementing operational and technical security controls; and adhering to organizational security policies and procedures). Test, implement, deploy, maintain, review, and administer the infrastructure hardware and software that are required to effectively manage the cyber defense infrastructure and resources. Monitor assigned cyber defense infrastructure systems to actively remediate unauthorized activities.

This level of position is fully competent in the field, operates under minimal direction and is expected to provide mentoring and oversight to lower level tasks.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor's Degree in computer science, cybersecurity, information technology, software engineering, information systems, computer engineering plus 8 years of experience or in network infrastructure, firewalls, IDS/IPS, application proxies, systems administration, network storage, enterprise authentication, backups and data retention required or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience required

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Master's or Ph.D. in computer science, cybersecurity, information technology, software engineering, information systems, computer engineering

This job description is a general outline of duties performed and is not to be misconstrued as encompassing all duties performed within the position. All individuals (including current employees) selected for a position will undergo a background check appropriate for the position's responsibilities.

Penn State Health is fundamentally committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff. We believe diversity is unapologetically expressing itself through every person's perspectives and lived experiences. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, veteran status, and family medical or genetic information. If you are unable to use our online application process due to an impairment or disability, please call 717-531-8440 between the hours of 7:30 AM and 4:30 PM, Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday, email hrsolutions@pennstatehealth.psu.edu or download our Accommodation Instructions for Job Applicants PDF for more detailed steps for assistance.

About Penn State Health

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