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IT Security Engineer (L3)

  • On-site
    • Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  • CA$100 - CA$160 per hour

Job description

Our government client requires the services of a IT Security Engineer Level 3 to assist their Cyber Protection team over the next 4 year timeframe. The desired candidate will preform the following duites:

  • Maintain and Update Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and Anti-Virus (AV) Technologies in Development and Test Environment (DTE)

  • Maintain within the corporate DTE various components required to test DLP and AV installations for Windows and Linux systems.

  • Configuration management of these DTE components to ensure it is reflective of the production environment.

  • Use automated tools and frameworks for rapid system deployment, testing and troubleshooting, generating any required process documentation. These requirements cover a broad range of commercial off the shelf technologies and some custom devices operating on Linux and Windows platforms.

  • Plan and implement DTE migration to a cloud hosting environment.

  • Update design and build documentation.

  • Support the Trellix upgrades on various isolated networks including changes to the ePO, database and client infrastructure.

  • Ensure the system components follow ITSG-33 security controls including but not limited to hardening and logging to the enterprise monitoring solution.

  • Support end points running Trellix client infrastructure, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, and Microsoft Defender Antivirus.

  • Ensure nproper testing for all variations of endpoint workstations, including the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and servers and assisting with the AV and DLP operational deployment to all Windows and Linux platforms.

Job requirements

  • Must hold a top secret security clearance

  • 3 years of experience installing, configuring, and testing Trellix Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and Anti-Virus (AV) Technologies in an enterprise environment

  • Experience installing, configuring, managing, and troubleshooting Trellix ePO servers;

  • Experience installing, configuring, and managing virtual machines within a VMware ESX hosting environment leveraging VMware administrative tools.

  • Experience installing and configuring Linux OS and Windows servers operating systems on various hardware platforms in an enterprise environment

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