Security positions requirements: reality check.

I'm just looking at a security position requirements that I've applied to recently, and I'm wondering if this is the norm to ask for all these skills.

This is a list of the stuff the "Security Engineer" is expected to work with:
Mandatory:
Firewalls, WAFs, Website security, Active directory
Highly Regarded:
DLP, Mobile device management, IDS/IPS, VPNs, Certificate Management, SIEM, Nessus, VMWare, Oracle or SQL Server, Windows Server

Now I understand this isn't too much to ask, but coming from a Servers/Unix background, I'm having a difficult time gaining all those skillsets. For example I have experience with DLP (which is in the highly regarded list) but I have *some* experience with Firewalls...I have knowledge of Nessus, but very weak in Active Directory.

So my two questions are:

1) The position above doesn't mention anything related to Penetration testing or forensics or incident response or malware analysis....This leads me to believe that this organization doesn't do these sorts of tasks?

2) I understand that Firewall/Proxy/IDS/IDS/AD are considered perimeter security, is it becoming a separate discipline from things like incident response redteam/blue team? I'm ultimately interested in Red Team or Blue team sort of work, but I keep seeing positions asking for Firewall management for example without mentioning anything about incident response.

I'd like to hear some opinions...

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UnixGuy

OctalDump wrote: »

I don't envy the choice. It sounds exciting, but it's a big move. Hopefully it's not Adelaide or Sydney

Jesus no not Adelaide

wait what's wrong with Sydney?

OctalDump

UnixGuy wrote: »

Jesus no not Adelaide wait what's wrong with Sydney?

Sydney is like a supermodel with a serious drug problem: it has natural beauty, but is squandering it through continual bad choices. Property is ridiculously expensive, even for rental. Traffic is terrible. Public transport is ok, if you live in an area where you either don't need it or have so much money you wouldn't use it. All the nice parts are so far away from where you can afford to live, that you may as well live in any part of generic suburbia in the country....

So, yeah, a 30% raise could live you worse off from a lifestyle perspective. No overtime won't matter if it's a 45min-1.5 hour commute anyway...

UnixGuy

@OctalDump: haha Whoa!! I think we're confusing our American friends now

I'll PM you!

but in general, long commutes are a big no in my books! hence why I live closer to the city, with access to public transport. I get to save on car and petrol money, and I save brain cells not having to deal with traffic on a daily basis. I pay little bit more to be closer to the city, and my lifestyle choices dictates that I stay closer to the city and away from the suburbs.

On another note, I've been recently to both Sydney and Perth, and man I think they have decent coffee now.