Job Offer: Security Specialist
Location: Toronto
Contract Duration: 1 year
Work Mode: Hybrid
Start Date: ASAP
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Why Join Us?
Astek is a global leader in technology consulting. With 9,600 experts worldwide, we guide our clients through digital transformation by developing innovative solutions.
In Canada, we excel in IT and engineering. We collaborate with leading companies to tackle major technological challenges, putting innovation, collaboration, and excellence at the heart of our actions.
Join a passionate and committed team ready to bring your ideas to life.
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About the Role
On behalf of our client in the Banking industry, Astek Canada is seeking a motivated Security Specialist ready to take on new challenges.
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Your Responsibilities
As a Security Specialist, you will be responsible for:
• Responsible for the design and delivery of the Bank’s DNS and Load Balancing.
• Working with other security, LAN/WAN, and application teams across the bank to understand their security, DNS, DHCP and Load Balancing requirements as it relates to the network and security policies of the bank.
• Ensure that security requirements are met, and work with teams to effectively secure solutions, create and design test scenarios to ensure the requirements can be met, are adequately tested, appropriate documentation is created, change management policies are followed and passed to operational support teams for production deployment.
• Working in network and network security requires a vast and deep knowledge of how different technologies work together.
• Have a detailed technical understanding of how attacks are performed at the network, service and application layers, how technologies such as DNS, IPAM, DHCP and Load Balancers are utilized within an enterprise network.
• Must be delivered in a reliable, timely and consistent manner as they are often a key component in large initiatives that have tight timelines, business and technical requirements.
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Your Qualifications
Education/Experience:
• University, College degree or equivalent experience with Network infrastructure and DNS, DHCP, BIND, LOAD Balancing or a related field.
• Minimum 8 years configuring and supporting DNS, DHCP, IPAM and Load Balancing methods L1-L7.
Key Skills:
• Advanced knowledge of GTM, LTM, IQuery.
• Working knowledge of SSL, SSL protocols and ciphers.
• Minimum 8 years working directly with enterprise networks from both technical and security perspectives, primarily in a Cisco based network.
• Advanced knowledge of network and Internet Protocols (i.e.: DNS, RADIUS, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, HTTP, HTTPS, NNTP, NTP, NFS, SNMP, LDAP, etc.), analysis, deep packet inspections.
• Knowledge of iApps / iRules.
• Advanced knowledge of application onboarding.
• Advanced knowledge of SSL certificates.
• A strong Network Security Specialist that provides 2nd or 3rd level support to Operations group, mainly DNS/DHCP IP management and support.
• Assist Technical Response teams by resolving service-related customer/network outage tickets and network-wide trouble tickets.
• Minimum 7 years working with network and network security on large scale enterprise networks from a deployment and/or operational perspective.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience with packet and flow analysis.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience with Application delivery, load-balancing, or content delivery specifically utilizing the F5 product line.
• Ability to document all MOP’s and processes.
• Perform testing according to test plans, monitor and report on results, and work with others on problem resolution.
• F5 Knowledgeable in load balancing and security concepts L1-L7.
• TMOS upgrades.
• DNS & DHCP.
• Cisco networking (switching & routing).
• Working knowledge of Infoblox.
• Network Security Protocols.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts in business terms.
Personal Qualities:
• Analytical and solution-oriented mindset.
• Team collaboration and teamwork skills.
• Autonomy and rigor in managing priorities.
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The Astek Advantages
• Personalized CARE plan for our employees.
• Diversity & Inclusion Charter.
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Ready to Take on the Challenge?
Apply now by sending your CV and discover a rewarding career at Astek Canada.
