Direct End Client: Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Port Administration (MDOT MPA) Job Title: Infrastructure Cybersecurity Engineer Duration: 36 Months No. of Hours Per Week: 40 Start Date: ASAP Location: World Trade Center, 401 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 Position Type: Contract Interview Type: In-person/Webcam/Phone Requirement ID: SMDCYBE011AS
Description:The MDOT MPA is soliciting competitive sealed proposals to provide one (1) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Support Resource to assist in the performance and/or technical management of cybersecurity and infrastructure projects and related activities. The cybersecurity and infrastructure support resource shall be required to perform required cybersecurity and infrastructure activities concerning MDOT MPA’s mission critical and non-mission critical infrastructure and associated systems and services. This resource shall contribute to the implementation of cybersecurity and infrastructure projects by performing activities that include, but are not limited to; providing technical guidance, prioritizing activities, identifying risks, proposing and/or performing risk mitigation activities, developing standard operating procedures, and performing monitoring activities. Required Skills:
Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science, or Computer Engineering, or Information Systems, or Information Technology, or related field
Minimum of ten (10) years of experience performing network and computing infrastructure architecture and deployments
Minimum of ten (10) years of experience with internet protocol data communication networks
Minimum of five (5) years of experience using one or more IT infrastructure frameworks
Minimum of five (5) years of experience using one or more cybersecurity frameworks
Minimum of three (3) years of experience hardening systems to make them less vulnerable to cybersecurity attacks
Minimum of five (5) years of experience in technical management involving IT projects or activities requiring extensive technical knowledge
Minimum of five (5) years of experience with IT hardware and software monitoring systems
Minimum of five (5) years of experience supporting and enhancing IT infrastructure that rely on high availability hardware and software components
Minimum of five (5) years of experience supporting automated IT deployments
Minimum of five (5) years of experience with storage area networks
Minimum of five (5) years of experience supporting IT monitoring systems
Minimum of three (3) years of recent experience with Hyper-V or other virtualization hosts
Minimum of three (3) years of recent experience with Active Directory
Minimum of three (3) years of experience with Microsoft Windows Server 2016 or newer; and
Must be able to author detailed technical documentation and to provide in-depth technical training as needed.
Responsibilities:
Continuously monitor operations and infrastructure with the objective of detecting digital security footprints leading to incidents
Ensure that all security tools and technology operate with high availability
Routinely monitor internal and external policy compliance and perform required remediation activities
Routinely monitor regulation compliance and perform required remediation activities
Contribute to the assessment of cybersecurity risks associated to new technologies
Contribute to audits of policies and controls as needed
Maintain an active role in cybersecurity incident activities
Use existing tools or develop mechanisms to generate reports and indicators conveying the cybersecurity posture of the MDOT MPA
Collaborate with other IT personnel to ensure the continuous operation of surveillance systems
Collaborate with other IT personnel to ensure continuous operation of access control systems
Provide support to specialty Port Operations Security Systems (POSS) as required
Contribute to the development of new or updated Standard Operating Procedures as required
Contribute to the development of automated scripts supporting Standard Operating Procedures as required
Use appropriate monitoring and reporting systems to ensure reliable operation of the IT infrastructure
Operate software and tools to manage the infrastructure, including hardware/software monitoring, software patching, and configuration management tools
Provide on demand after hours technical application support as needed
