Job Description
About Company
Sparx* is looking for an experienced, security-minded Systems Operator (SysOp) to manage our physical and cloud-based development infrastructure and environment in a progressive and secure manner.
Your role & responsibilities
- Develop monitoring & reporting tools to generate data on network and resource usage
- Implementing network and studio security policies
- Configuring and supporting security tools (firewalls, antivirus, and IDS/IPS software)
- Analyzing and establishing security requirements
- Identifying threats and working on steps to defend against them
- Train employees in security awareness/procedures
- Develop and update disaster recovery protocols
- Conducting security audits
- Develop technical solutions and new security tools to help mitigate security vulnerabilities and automate repeatable tasks
Your skills & qualifications
- Knowledge of bash/PowerShell to automate system tasks is required
- Detailed technical knowledge of database and operating system security
- Hands-on experience in security systems, including firewalls, intrusion detection systems, anti-virus software, authentication systems, log management, content filtering, etc
- Thorough understanding of the latest security principles, techniques, and protocols
- Experience in building and maintaining security systems
- Experience with virtualization (VMWare, Hyper-V, AWS)
- Familiarity with web-related technologies (Web applications, Web Services, Service-Oriented Architectures) and of network/web related protocols
- Security and software certification is a plus
- Capability to work with some data management software is a plus.