Advice needed for phone interview for Junior Information Assurance opportunity

securitytech123

Hi everyone:
I’m hoping that someone could provide some detail to the job duties below (in bold) and answer a couple of general questions concerning the Jr. Information Assurance Analyst position I’m pursuing
Any advice concerning Phone interview Q&A (Junior IA) would be appreciated
Also, I’m looking for an assessment test for the GCIA Certification
Thanks in advance!!!
(From the Job Description posted)
Our Jr. Information Assurance Analyst job duties include
- Working on application problems involving all phases of systems analysis to provide IA solutions.
- Providing technical support for secure software development tasks, including the review of work products for correctness, adherence to the design concept and to user standards.

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Questions:
Role involves 800-53A concepts/tasks?
Part of a Scrum Team?
Data Entry/Classification?
Database tasks/SQL Quires?
Security Tools used?? (Solaris/SourceFire)
Linux/Unix skill level needed?

Any advice is welcome---- Thanks again!!!!

docrice

Those descriptions are pretty vague to me, but some of it sounds slanted towards code reviews. Without further context it's kind of hard to determine what they're referring to. "Application problems" could mean a lot of things from basic functional review to behavior analysis in memory.

Regarding the GCIA assessment test, are you talking about the practice exams? It's pretty rare that anyone has one to give out. If you're planning to challenge the GCIA exam I believe they provide you with two practice exams when you sign up and pay the fee. I think at one point you could buy practice exams for $100 each. Not sure about now. Or if you're talking about the quiz to see if you're ready for the SEC503 course, you can look at this:

http://www.sans.org/security-training/tcpip_quiz.php

docrice

Here's the information on practice tests:

http://www.giac.org/exams/preparation/practice-tests

JDMurray

Both SANS and the (ISC)2 have certs for secure software development:

http://www.sans.org/security-training/secure-coding-net-developing-defensible-applications-1147-mid
http://www.sans.org/security-training/secure-coding-java-jee-developing-defensible-applications-912-mid
https://www.isc2.org/csslp/Default.aspx
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/180-9336416-6930420?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=csslp&x=0&y=0