About this job

We are recruiting two IT Security Engineers for Sapienza to work on our Customers Site (ESA-ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany. The successful candidate will be providing support to the IT Security Section.

Responsibilities

• Perform Technology watch, running pilots and prototypes to validate the applicability and usability of new technologies and tools in the ESA security context
• Contribute to the definition of new services, the improvement of existing services and processes focusing on “IT Security”
• Perform operational tasks in support to non-default IT Security services such as the ESA Classified RESTRICTED Data (ECRD) Services, ESA Classified VPN management, among others
• Lead IT Security engineering activities that require a good knowledge of the IT Security domain, during the full activity life-cycle according to applicable procedures, covering requirement definition, design, verification/validation, acceptance testing and transfer to operations
• Coordinate and/or assist in troubleshooting activities and root cause analysis in the area of security in case of issues spanning across multiple IT service providers
• End Point Detection and Response
• Security Event Logging and Monitoring Services
• ESACERT sensors and tools
• Network Security Policy Implementation and Management
• Ancillary IT Security Services (Password Management, Privileged Access Management, Jump-Host)
• Vulnerability and Asset Management
• ISO 27001 related ISMS related services
• Risk Management

In addition, the engineer will also support other activities run by the ESA IT department, i.e.:

• deployment of Office 365
• support to the Corporate Identity and Access Management (C-IAM) services implementation
• support to the evolution of the:
  • Encryption and Digital Certificate Services
  • Authentication Services
  • Active Directory Evolution and Active Directory Federation Services
  • Mobile Device Management
  • establishment of a Central Log Management
  • alignment of existing IT services with new and/or updated Security Policies

Profile

• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s Degree in Engineering
• At least 4 years of relevant work experience
• Expertise in IT Security Architecture
• Expertise in modern IT technologies used for securing end-points (PCs, Mobile devices, IoT, etc.), Infrastructure (network, storage, computing infrastructure and cloud), Operating Systems and Applications
• Knowledge in specific IT technologies:
  • In-depth Windows Active Directory, Windows and Linux
  • Open standards-based federated Identity and authentication technologies (e.g. SAML, oAuth2, OpenID)
  • F5 Big IP
  • Trusted List for Approved cryptographic products
  • EU VMware Virtualization and VDI technologies
  • Thales encryption solutions
  • Zabbix
  • Advenica encryption and data protection technologies
  • Varonis Data Advantage & Directory Services
  • Skybox vulnerability management solution technologies
• Information Security Management according to ISO 27001 Service personnel holding a specific IT Security industry certification/specialisation (e.g. CISSP) will be considered a key asset
• Willing to obtain a personnel security clearance at ESA SECRET Level
• Fluent in English; knowledge of another ESA member-state language is an asset

• Candidates must be eligible to work in the EU

Please send your CV (in English) as soon as possible, but no later than 12th April 2020 to jobs@sapienzaconsulting.com

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