Sr. Specialized It Consultant (Tech )

Domain Preference:Education & Institutions

This Resource Is Responsible For, But Not Limited To

The Specialized IT Consultant, Senior, role requires extensive knowledge of network connectivity, network security, cyber security and internet technologies with demonstrated hands-on experience analyzing, configuring, implementing, and troubleshooting network, network security and cyber security solutions for the school board environment.

• Providing subject matter expertise in the development and delivery of technical training courses on next-generation cyber security solutions, secure networking solutions, and various security products to support boards’ cyber resilience efforts
• Performing vulnerability scanning and penetration testing including activities such as preparing test plans, completing the testing analysis, and risk assessments to ensure sound network and security architecture
• Deliver on other duties as assigned.
• Provide status and project status reports on other deliverables assigned.
• Providing hands-on subject matter expertise troubleshooting and securing software-defined networking (SDN) technology including:
• Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
• Troubleshooting, providing analysis, and recommending solutions on complex cyber security and network security issues
• Presenting to various stakeholders, as needed
• Staying abreast of the ever-evolving cyber threat landscape to provide subject matter expertise, guidance and advice on tactical and operational cyber security and network security practices
• Providing subject matter expertise, analysis, configuration, troubleshooting, and implementation guidance with security operations centre (SOC) technologies, including:
• Distributed denial of service (DDoS) protection
• Creating/updating detailed system documentation and technical specifications various solutions and architecture, including cyber security, network security and network protection solutions, and SOC solutions
• Password-based authentication
• Operation Technology (OT) security
• Cloud-based cyber security solutions, , Secure Service Edge (SSE) / Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) (e.g., Zscaler, Netskope, Cisco Umbrella), Secure Web Gateway (SWG), Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) and Zero-Trust Network
• Providing subject matter expertise, analysis, configuration, troubleshooting, training, and implementation guidance with identity security and authentication solutions and technologies for:
• Certificate-based authentication
• Endpoint protection (EPP), Endpoint detection and response (EDR), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) and other endpoint security solutions
• Network access control
• Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)
• Providing subject matter expertise, configuration, troubleshooting, training, and implementation guidance with cyber security, network security and network protection solutions, including:
• Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)
• Assessing new and emerging cyber security solutions and technology trends and industry analysis, including, but not limited to wireless network security practices including authentication and edge security
• Threat Intelligence
• Advanced intrusion prevention systems (IPS) and intrusion detection systems (IDS)
• Multi-factor authentication (MFA)
• Emerging SD-Edge such as VMware VeloCloud, Silver Peak, etc.
• Incident Management (IM)
• Software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) including Fortinet, Cisco Meraki, Palo Alto, Fat Pipe, etc.
• Next-generation cyber security technologies leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)
• Identity Management (IdM) and identity security solutions