Prestigious Financial Trading Firm located in Chicagos Loop is currently seeking a Senior Network Security Engineer. Candidates should have experience architecting, implementing, and supporting Checkpoint/Pix firewalls, IDS systems, and Disaster Recovery sites. Any exposure to Application Security or Incident Response is a plus. Bachelors Degree and/or CISSP preferred. Candidates must have excellent communication skills. Requirements Firewall Engineering (Cisco/Checkpoint) Daily Log Review across all platforms Perform Monthly security audits against external facing architectures Perform Tacacs+ administration and reporting Responsible for coordinating and validating Monthly Reboot Procedures Responsible for assuring secure backup processes Responsible for Implement HIDS/NIDS/State Monitoring Responsible for providing initial incident response Disaster Recovery and BCP Essential Functions: Perform all Firewall Maintenance, including upgrades, rulesets, logging. Day to day security engineering Patch Management processes and procedures Manage Secure Backup Procedures Evaluate security products and solutions Be the SME for compliance initiatives Review Logs across all platforms Implement HIDS/NIDS Experience: Knowledge, skills and abilities The ideal person will be capable of working in diverse situations and have a minimum of 5 years experience in the information security industry. Strong candidates will have deep and recent hands-on experience designing and implementing security solutions in large and complex environments. Significant experience reviewing and implementing security policies and procedures and an understanding of compliance issues is desirable. Suitable communication and interpersonal skills are required. Demonstrable detailed knowledge of networking and security countermeasures design is mandatory. Significant experience deploying and troubleshooting firewalls in various architectures is required. Strong candidates will have experience conducting security assessments using commercial and open source host scanning tools, network scanning tools, and web and database vulnerability assessment tools. Working knowledge of cryptography applications, methods, systems and protocols is expected. Candidate should have interest in intrusion prevention, content filtering technologies, wireless networking and security, authentication and identity management, and application security. Working Experience in the Financials Industry (optional) Minimum Qualifications Bachelors degree in field and/or related field. 5 years experience in information security. To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here