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WSP USA Vulnerability and Patch Specialist M&A Ops in New York, New York
WSP
WSP is one of the world's leading professional services consulting firms. We are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower. We are technical experts and strategic advisors including engineers, technicians, scientists, architects, planners, surveyors, and environmental specialists, as well as other design, program, and construction management professionals. We design lasting solutions in the Transportation & Infrastructure, Property & Buildings, Earth & Environment, Power & Energy, Resources, and Industry sectors, as well as offering strategic advisory services. Our talented people around the globe engineer projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come.
TEAM OVERVIEW
The M&A Operations team operates within the Global Security Operations and is comprised of engineers from various disciplines including server, storage, backup, network, and security, distributed in various countries throughout the world. The team is responsible for assessing and remediating the IT infrastructure of newly acquired organizations and providing operational support of the infrastructure whilst in a transition and integration periods to steady-state operational support.
POSITION SUMMARY
WSP is looking to hire an experienced engineer to handle the vulnerability and patch management activities within its M&A Operations team. Qualified candidates must have a proven background within security, vulnerability scanning and pathing fields, handling incidents, problems, changes, and requests for enterprises, both large and small.
As WSP acquires organization around the world, the position requires candidates that are able to seamlessly handle multiple projects at the same time and are expected to be able to conduct the below listed responsibilities.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
Assess and report on the current vulnerability and patching management status and policies of the M&As
Document the infrastructure and transfer knowledge to other WSP IT teams.
Deploy M&A Ops vulnerability scanning tools, setup reporting, prepare list of vulnerability priorities based on known threat information and risks.
Assist M&As in developing policies, action plans and metrics to improve their patching process to ensure proper implementation without any outages.
Provide technical guidance and hands-on support to M&As, engage in the problem/change management process.
Analyse, anticipate, identify, and respond on vulnerability and patching issues.
Help maintain an up-to-date list of M&As inventory of hardware assets with details about operating system versions, patch status, installed applications, and other relevant information.
Assist M&As with creating, testing, and managing patch deployment packages.
Assist M&A Operations team in developing policies and procedures to streamline the team operation.
Help deploy M&A Operations tool set on server infrastructure.
Collaborating with other team members to ensure that all new technologies are compatible with existing WSP standards.
Coordinate and monitor the deliverables of the 3rd party suppliers.
ACADEMIC AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
The ideal candidate would meet all, or most of the below criteria:
Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science,or related field.
5-8 years of relevant experience in engineering and operational support.
Excellent knowledge of vulnerability scanning and remediation best practices.
Good understanding of standards and best practices for patch management.
Good working experience with Tenable (deployment, scanning and reporting).
Experience with SCCM, WSUS, Intune and Autopilot.
Strong experience with Windows 10 and above.
Strong experience with Windows Server 2012 and above.
Strong experience with M365 (O365).
Working experience with SentinelOne or similar solution.
Good overall knowledge of Microsoft's product line-up, including high level capabilities and competitor products.
Good overall understanding of networking, server management, backup/storage, identity management
Ability to conduct research into systems issues and products as required.
Experience of Microsoft collaboration and documentation tools (Teams, PowerPoint, Visio, SharePoint, Power platform).
Understanding of Active Directory and Group Policy.
Understanding of cyber security and information security best practices.
Experience using ITSM systems (ServiceNow, Jira, Zendesk, …).
Experience with Linux based systems is a plus.
PowerShell scripting language
SKILLS/ COMPETENCIES/ OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Excellent (native level) written and spoken English.
Additional languages are considered a plus.
Experience working for a large global organisation with a multi-vendor environment or experience supporting multiple organisations at the same time.
Good experience of working in a customer focused end-user support function covering software/OS deployment and patching and/or vulnerability remediation.
Excellent analytical,diagnostic, and problem-solving skills, with the ability of tailoring solutions to identified problems, even with limited inputs.
Ability to work independently with low-level supervision and in a global team distributed geographically.
Strong organization skills (set priorities, meets deadlines, handle multiple simultaneous projects).
Excellent documentation and reporting skills.
Demonstrated experience in understanding, designing, delivering, and demonstrating compliance with information security requirements.
Knowledge and experience in performing information security practices in the management and delivery of infrastructure and operations.
Ability to communicate problems in terms that are understandable to end users at all levels.
Ability to follow and promote WSP policies, values, and standards.
Willingness to work in different time zones, and on occasion after hour or during the weekend.
Foundational knowledge of ITIL Service management practices
WSP Benefits
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
Compensation:
Expected Salary (all locations): $69,600 - $157,000
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
Expected Salary (Colorado only): $69,600 - $157,000
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position within the state of Colorado, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
About WSP
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
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WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.