Freelance Mainframe Storage Engineer Jobs in Reston, VA

Job Description:
Short Description: Information Assurance and Security Specialist - Master
Hybrid, full-time position.
Complete Description:
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Identify network problems, and recommend improvements to ensure optional performance;
• Ability to monitor and analyze data traffic patterns within the OCFO Network infrastructure
• Ability to enhance security and knowledge of the latest security threats, worms, and malware and advise on how to deter them;
• Ability to reliability of the network through the above actions;
• Extensive experience in developing strategic systems architecture plans
• Experience with Storage infrastructure (NetApp Storage) and technologies include virtualization/arrays, FC/FCOE, NFS, ISCSI.
• Design, administration of VMware Infrastructure including full integration with SAN for VMotion and VMware SRM multi-site administration
• Advanced knowledge of disaster recovery and business continuity processes and tools needed.
• Active Directory service management and operational stability and maintenance
• Design and build solutions utilizing on-premises computer, networking, and storage technologies using Azure cloud. Cloud Engineer leads the design and support of large-scale projects.
• Configure routers, switches, firewalls, and other appliances in compliance with OCFO security standards;
• Monitor security measures in place within network perimeter, ensuring security breaches do not occur and information is safeguarded
Responsibilities:
• Determines enterprise information assurance and security standards.
• Develops and implements information assurance/security standards and procedures.
• Coordinates, develops, and evaluates security programs for an organization. Recommends information assurance/security solutions to support customers' requirements.
• Identifies, reports, and resolves security violations.
• Establishes and satisfies information assurance and security requirements based upon the analysis of user, policy, regulatory, and resource demands.
• Supports customers at the highest levels in the development and implementation of doctrine and policies.
• Applies know-how to government and commercial common user systems, as well as to dedicated special purpose systems requiring specialized security features and procedures.
• Performs analysis, design, and development of security features for system architectures.
• Analyzes and defines security requirements for computer systems which may include mainframes, workstations, and personal computers.
• Designs, develops, engineers, and implements solutions that meet security requirements.
• Provides integration and implementation of the computer system security solution.
• Analyzes general information assurance-related technical problems and provides basic engineering and technical support in solving these problems.
• Performs vulnerability/risk analyses of computer systems and applications during all phases of the system development life cycle.
• Ensures that all information systems are functional and secure.
Qualifications:
• 16+ years of experience developing, maintaining and recommending enhancements to IS policies/requirements (Required)
• 16+years of experience performing vulnerability/risk analyses of computer systems/apps (Required)
• 16+ years of experience identifying, reporting and resolving security violations (Required)
• Cloud-Azure (Highly Desired)
• Experience in complex Enterprise-level projects (Required)
• Expert understanding of Windows server operating systems (Required)
• Knowledge of on-premises and cloud security productions (Required)
• Good understanding of IP Networks/Security (Required)
• Extensive experience troubleshooting NetApp SAN (Required)
• In-depth knowledge of SAN replication/Disaster Recovery (Highly Desired)
• Hands-on experience managing storage on VMware ESXi (Required)
• Good understanding of server/endpoint operating system (Required)
• Windows 2016 AD Enterprise troubleshooting experience (Required)
• In-depth experience with Disaster Recovery & Avoidance planning (Required)
• VMWare Site Recovery Manager experience (Highly Desired)
• Excellent understanding of troubleshooting IT infrastructure (Highly Desired)
Education:
Bachelor's Degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience (20 years) (Required), Master's Degree in IT or related field (Highly desired)
Security CISSP, Security+, CEH (Required)
Skills Matrix:
• 16+ years of experience developing, maintaining and recommending enhancements to IS policies/requirements. Required 16 Years
• 16+years of experience performing vulnerability/risk analyses of computer systems/apps. Required 16 Years
• 16+ years of experience identifying, reporting and resolving security violations. Required 16 Years
• Windows 2016 AD Enterprise troubleshooting experience. Required
• Hands-on experience managing storage on VMware ESXi. Required
Flexible work from home options available.
Compensation: $84.00 - $90.00 per hour
About Us
AHU Technologies INCis an IT consulting and permanent staffing firm that meets and exceeds the evolving IT service needs of leading corporations within the United States. We have been providing IT solutions to customers from different industry sectors, helping them control costs and release internal resources to focus on strategic issues.
AHU Technologies INC was co-founded by visionary young techno-commercial entrepreneurs who remain as our principal consultants. Maintaining working relationships with a cadre of other highly skilled independent consultants, we have a growing number of resources available for development projects. We are currently working on Various projects such as media entertainment, ERP Solutions, data warehousing, Web Applications, Telecommunications and medical to our clients all over the world.