at Illinois Department of Innovation & Technology in Springfield, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Essential Functions- Under administrative direction, serves as a Data Center Network Security Engineer for Sangamon County for the Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT) performing complex hardware and software installations, designing specifications, developing, and modifying secure Data Center network communications, including related security components.
- Collaborates with users/stakeholders to define secure architecture requirements and design specifications to Data Center security communications, including firewalls, micro-segmentation technologies, intrusion detection/prevention systems, network security appliances, application load balancers, internet filtering solutions, and supporting infrastructure.
- Configures, tests, and maintains diverse firewall models, application load balancers, micro-segmentation solutions, and network security systems such as Intrusion Detection (IDS), and Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) to safeguard critical infrastructure.
- Keeps abreast of new developments in the information technology field by continuing education through online training platforms, meetings, training sessions, seminars, and conferences to increase familiarity with and remain current on products, vendors, techniques, and procedures.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of duties enumerated above.
- Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of four (4) years of college with course work in computer science or directly related fields.
- Requires three (3) years of professional experience in Network Services or a related Information Technology field.
