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Architect – Information Security (#2665-MH2403)
Chicago, IL

About the Position

The Information Security Architect at our Chicago loop client will be directly involved with evaluating new architecture design and thus serving as the Subject Matter Expert. This person will be leading/advising on the design and implementation of exciting complex high-risk information security solution impacting various business units. Technically this will involve racking/stacking and installing intricate security equipment at various enterprise data center locations. This person will also provide visionary leadership regarding the latest security trends and technologies.

Technical Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s (EE or Computer Science/Computer Engineering +++)
  • 8+ years of IT Security experience
  • 4 + years hands-on (Cisco, Palo Alto, Checkpoint preferred) firewall design & implementation experience Expert level knowledge of security principles and technologies enabling world class solutions for cloud based (IaaS, PaaS & SaaS) datacenter based deployments
  • Proven exp. evaluating/designing/implementing security solutions
  • Risk identification, categorization, communication & mitigation exp.
  • Proven background dealing with threat modeling & familiarity with using risk tolerance frameworks
  • Experience with as many technologies listed below

Third party connectivity architecture and design
DMZ / network segmentation design best practices
Intrusion Detection/Prevention System tuning
Security hardening techniques
F5 load balancing / application firewall design
Antivirus / Endpoint protection design
Vulnerability scanning lifecycle management
Penetration testing / remediation
Proxy architecture / design
Privileged access management architecture / design
Single Sign On (SSO) architecture / design
Network Access Control (NAC) architecture / design

How to Apply
Please send your resume in Word or PDF format to: sean@apachesearch.com

Compensation/Equity Accounting Specialist (#2669-MH2403)
About the Position

Our Chicago client is targeting a Compensation/Equity Accounting specialist to will work on many detail-oriented activities such as recording journal entries, account reconciliations, monthly closing procedures and financial statement reporting specific to payroll, severance, deferred compensation plan, and equity awards. This person will collaborate closely with Human Resources, Payroll and various other finance professionals. This person will record and reconcile all compensation, prepaid amortization, payroll and equity related transactions and enhance record employee loans and severance payments. The Compensation/Equity Accounting specialist will also need to maintain employee equity schedules and related transactions including the annual dividend calculation and amortization schedules. This person will also prepare quarterly and annual equity roll forward as it relates to equity compensation plans and record and reconcile deferred compensation activity.

Technical Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree (Finance or Accounting)
  • CPA or progressing towards CPA is strongly preferred
  • 5 years of Compensation and Equity experience
  • Analytical reasoning skills and experience with financial analysis
  • Solid experience utilizing Excel

How to Apply
Please send your resume in Word or PDF format to: sean@apachesearch.com

Compensation/Equity Accounting specialist

…work on many detail-oriented activities such as recording journal entries, account reconciliations, monthly closing procedures and financial statement reporting specific to payroll, severance, deferred compensation plan, and equity awards.

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