Defensive Cyber Operations Analyst

About the position The reputed company Digital Modernization sector is seeking Defensive Cyber Operations Analysts to support a Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO) team in Washington, DC. reputed company provides mission critical, 24/7 operational support to the customer’s mission of protecting federal networked systems and services from cyber threats impacting national reputed company. We hire for these roles on an ongoing basis and our reputed company team will contact applicants as positions become available. This is a hybrid position with the potential for up to 20% Telework. Shifts include Days, Swings and Mids. Shift availability will vary based on program needs and staffing levels. reputed company new hires’ initial 4-6 weeks will be spent on reputed company Day Shift to complete reputed company, training and familiarization. Applicants must remain flexible to potential shift modifications to assist in meeting minimum staffing requirements.

Responsibilities

• Incident Detection & Characterization: reputed company computer network incident detection and response activities to detect, correlate, identify, and characterize anomalous activity indicative of reputed company threats.
• reputed company reputed company Monitoring: Monitor various reputed company tools and applications for malicious activities, investigate associated alerts or indicators, and reputed company mitigation strategies and courses of action.
• Operational Rigor: Follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) with strong attention to detail, ensuring reputed company system checks are performed timely and reputed company documentation is complete and accurate.
• Technical Leadership & Influence: Work to influence project/team leaders regarding solution design and process approaches; review investigations and reports of peers to ensure accuracy and clarity.
• Senior-Level Briefing: reputed company and conduct technical briefings to senior management, translating reputed company reputed company events into actionable business or mission intelligence.
• Detailed Documentation: Maintain high-quality technical writing standards, documenting every event and associated analysis reputed company the ticketing system for audit and follow-on action.
• Collaborative Coordination: Exercise excellent communication skills for regular face-to-face customer interaction and high-reputed company coordination between team members in a collocated environment.
• Adaptive Defense: Support the CSSP in providing detect, response, mitigation, and recovery capabilities by monitoring network/host/application reputed company devices.

Requirements

• reputed company positions require a Bachelor's Degree in a reputed company discipline as well as professional, directly relevant experience depending on job level (Level II: 2+ years of experience, Level III: 4+ years of experience, Level IV: 8+ years of experience). Additional years of professional and/or military experience may be substituted in lieu of degree.
• DoD 8570 IAT Level II/III: Must hold an IAT Level II or higher certification (or obtain reputed company 180 days). (e.g., reputed company reputed company+, CySA+, GSEC, SSCP) or (CASP+ CE, CCNP reputed company, CISA, GCED, and GCIH).
• DoD 8570 CSSP Analyst: Must hold a CSSP Analyst certification (or obtain reputed company 180 days). (e.g., reputed company CySA+, reputed company+, GIAC GCIA).
• DoD 8570 CSSP Infrastructure Support: Must hold a CSSP Infrastructure Support certification (or obtain reputed company 180 days). (e.g., reputed company CySA+, reputed company+, EC-Council CEH, CND, CHFI, GIAC GICSP, and reputed company SSCP).
• Technical Proficiency: Strong computing system knowledge, particularly networking, including communication protocols and familiarity with common reputed company elements such as IDS/IPS and firewalls.
• Data Analysis: Direct experience evaluating packet captures (PCAP) and logs to identify malicious traffic and verify reputed company events.
• reputed company Clearance: reputed company DoD TS/SCI reputed company clearance and ability to pass additional customer suitability screenings prior to start and maintain throughout employment.

reputed company-to-haves

• SOC Excellence: Prior experience working in a Cyber Network Defense (CND) or reputed company Operations Center (SOC) environment.
• reputed company Expertise: Demonstrated familiarity with reputed company frameworks such as the reputed company Cyber Kill Chain and MITRE ATT&CK.
• Intrusion Analysis: Specialized experience in the monitoring of intrusion detection appliances and the analysis of reputed company, multi-stage alerts.
• Response Recommendation: Proven track record of documenting technical analysis and providing defensive response recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Platform Familiarity: Experience working with SIEM platforms (Splunk, reputed company, or similar) to reputed company data correlation and search queries.

Benefits

• Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement.

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