Job Title: System Administrator - Nevada

Smarthost are interested in adding an experienced Information Systems Security Manager position to support our customer network infrastructure. The ideal candidate is expected to have at least 4 years experience working as an Information Systems Security Manager (ISSM)

Duties and Responsibilities

• Knowledge of the following is required: system and application security threats and vulnerabilities (e.g., buffer overflow, mobile code, cross-site scripting, Procedural Language/Structured Query Language [PL/SQL] and injections, race conditions, covert channel, replay, return-oriented attacks, malicious code). (K0070)
• Knowledge of penetration testing principles, tools, and techniques. (K0342)
• Providing leadership, guidance, and training to information systems security personnel
• Reviewing, implementing, updating, and documenting agencywide information security policies and procedures
• Managing security audits and vulnerability and threat assessments, and directing responses to network or system intrusions
• Ensuring fulfillment of legal and contractual information security and privacy mandates, including providing executive management with compliance reports and audit findings
• Preventing and detecting intrusion
• Define, implement, and maintain corporate security policies and procedures.
• Spearhead vulnerability audits, forensic investigations, and mitigation procedures
• Respond immediately to security-related incidents and provide a thorough post-event analysis.
• Manage a diverse team of security administrators, analysts, and IT professionals.

​Experience Skills and Qualifications

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Business Ethics - Treats people with respect, keeps commitments, inspires the trust of others, works with integrity and ethically, and upholds organizational values. 
• Communications - Expresses thoughts clearly in written form, articulates verbal thoughts understandably, demonstrates active listening skills, comprehends information heard, uses appropriate communication methods, and keeps others informed.
• Conflict Resolution - Maintains calm under pressure, encourages respectful dialogue, confronts difficult situations without bias, acts within a realistic timeframe for resolution, and resolves conflicts through fair negotiation. 
• Consistency - Follows through as promised, confirms people know each other's expectations, arrives to and completes meetings on time, meets with direct reports in person regularly, and changes decisions rarely.
• Cost Consciousness - Saves money without lowering the quality of service, performs within the approved budget, conserves company and customer resources, develops profitable new revenue streams, and identifies new ways to lower costs.
• Managing Multiple Priorities - Manages multiple commitments and/or projects, plans and utilizes time efficiently, responds to changing customer needs, resolves conflicts to deliver on schedule, and completes work in order of customer priorities.
• Network Management - Demonstrates understanding of network architecture, responds promptly to user needs, monitors network performance, identifies and resolves network problems, and anticipates and defines future needs.
• Problem Solving - Identifies problems in a timely manner, gathers and analyzes information skillfully, develops alternative solutions, resolves problems in early stages, and works well in group problem-solving situations.
• Teamwork - Contributes to a positive team effort, balances team and individual responsibilities, listens attentively and openly to others' views, gives and sincerely accepts feedback, helps the team stay focused on key objectives, resolves team conflict before it escalates, and places the team's success above own interests.
• Troubleshooting - Anticipates problems; demonstrates critical thinking skills; Communicates with customers as promised; uses diagnostic tools efficiently and effectively; identifies, tests and implements logical solutions; and follows company troubleshooting procedures.

Work Environment
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.  Local travel is estimated to be 10-25 percent of the time. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.  

Work Schedule. 7:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M., Monday – Friday. Normal duty hours are 8 hours per day

Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this job, an individual is regularly required to talk and hear. The person must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. The individual is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands and fingers to handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms. The person must have
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