I have been offered, and accepted, full time employment as a security analyst for a US Federal gov’t contractor. i will be part of a team helping to secure a gov’t agencies internal security. The pay is better than anything I could have imagined and the challenge is high. it also means that my servers and stuff that I once did for a passion, but which became a business, can become a passion again. I take this step with a sense of bittersweetness. I have been running my own business for more than 12 years. I loose that freedom which is hard to give up. That freedom came at a high cost of stress to me and my family and the lack of being able to afford medical insurance which is required in this day to afford even basic healthcare. I will now have a full retirement plan as well. Now this is no guarantee it will stay even past one year..but for now, this is the opportunity ahead of me. My business took my passion and made it something I had to do instead of something I wanted to do. Now I can make it something i want to do once again. I will also have tuition assistance to increase my security knowledge. My first step is CISSP. If I am going for one of hem let’s go straight for one of the top ones. I have imported all of my posts at my business site to here in preparation to shutting down that site. i will leave the web hosting section up though. it is automated, and not hard to administer. It is also 100% self-sustaining in terms of cash flow. I intend to grow that while I work this job. Feel free to access not only my personal posting but years of postings I reserved for my business site. Everything will be concentrated here from now on…I will still research network security as it is part of my new job…but now will be part of my newfound passion as well. I could write a novel on this…but this is all for now..:)
BTW what is my ultimate goal? To get back to sea onboard a Navy ship as a contractor. I miss the ocean…I hear it’s calling.
Praise God for He most surely answers prayers!
here’s the benefits:
Your Annual Salary is based on a 40 hour week and you will be paid twice a month.
You may be eligible for an annual bonus incentive based on the company’s performance and your
performance. Eligibility and payout is determined on an annual basis and at the exclusive and sole discretion
of ****
You are entitled to 18 days of personal leave annually that accrue each pay period
You are entitled to all U.S. Government Holidays as well as the day after Thanksgiving as paid time off
You are entitled for up to $5000 annually tuition reimbursement consistent with terms and requirements of
your program after 6 months of employment
Medical
• You are eligible to participate in **** three different choices of Group Medical Plans from CareFirst Blue
Cross Blue Shield (Healthy Blue Advantage)
• Eligibility period is the first day of the month following the employee’s first day of employment
• **** pays 80% of the plan’s monthly premium, the employee pays remaining 20% through payroll deduction
Dental
• You are eligible to participate in**** Group Dental Plan from United Concordia
• Eligibility period is the first day of the month following the employee’s first day of employment
• ****pays 80% of the plan’s month premium and the employee pays the remaining 20%
through payroll deduction
Vision
• You are eligible to participate in **** Group Medical Plan from CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield(Healthy Blue Advantage)
• Eligibility period is the first day the month following the employee’s first day of employment **** pays 100% of this benefit
Life Insurance
• You are automatically enrolled in **** Group Life Insurance plan
• **** pays 100% of the premium
• The benefit equals 1.5 x Salary up to a maximum of $200,000.00
Short Term Disability
• You are automatically enrolled
• ****s pays 100% for this benefit
• The benefit pays 60% of normal pay up to a max of $2000.00/week
Long-term Disability
• You are automatically enrolled
• **** pays 100% of the premium
• The benefit pays 60% of normal pay up to a max of $7,500.00/month
401 K
• You are eligible for **** 401k contribution and matching the first day of the Quarter following
six months of employment
• **** will match your contributions up to 4% of your salary
• Employee contributions and Employer Match are immediately vested
Flex Spending Account
Flex Spending Account (FSA) is offered through TASC for the following qualified pretax
deductions: o Dependent and Health Care expenses o Transit and Parking expenses