Wireless Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) Engineer/Administrator
Posted on November 8, 2011
Client/Program Requirement:
• Address security issues ranging from misconfigured wireless access points (WAPs), session hijacking, Denial of Service (DoS), and TCP/IP-based attacks native to wired and wireless networks.
• Strong understanding and familiarity of the standard 802.11 encryption method, Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
• Ability to configure and deploy Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS); identify computer system and network intrusions and misuse by gathering and analyzing data on wireless networks. Configure devises to monitor and analyze user and system activities, recognize patterns of known attacks, identify abnormal network activity, and detect policy violations for WLANs.
Key Skills:
• Airdefense, RogueWatch, Realsecure,
• Linux OS
• Open source tools (e.g Snort-Wireless, WIDZ)
Education:
• College degree in IT or related field
• Industry certification is desired (CISSP and/or CEH)
Clearance:
• Citizenship: U.S. Citizens only
• Clearance: Top Secret with current SSBI (less than 5 years old)
• Polygraph: No