Cybersecurity Operations Analyst IV

Company: Invictus International Consulting, LLC
Location: Washington
Posted on: March 19, 2023

Job Description:

Title: Cybersecurity Operations Analyst IV
Location: Washington, D.C.
Clearance: TS/SCI with the ability to obtain and maintain a CI polygraphJob Details:

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• Performs forensic analysis of digital information and gathers and handles evidence
  
• Monitor systems and networks for intrusions and proactively identify security flaws and vulnerabilities, and then develop plans of action to remediate security issues
  
• Performs data analysis and evidence collection and assess and mitigate threats, both past present and future
  
• May use programming skills to help reverse engineer malicious code and help create fixes for vulnerable applications or services on the network
  
• Perform security audits, risk analysis, network forensics and penetration testing in order to analyze, develop, and recommend courses of action
  
• Responsible for the full lifecycle of security incidents involving enterprise systems and data including personally identifiable information (PII) breaches
  
• Manage and respond to computer security incidents through detection, investigation, analysis, remediation, and reporting of cybersecurity incidents in a timely manner with high quality
  
• Help improve the overall security posture through obtaining the knowledge of the enterprise systems, and to ensure the timely dissemination of security information to the appropriate stakeholders
  
• Perform analysis of log files from a variety of sources (e.g., individual host logs, network traffic logs, firewall logs, IDS logs) to identify possible threats to network security
  
• Respond to cyber incidents, including responding to IR phone calls and emails, and preparing situational awareness reports and escalate incidents as needed
  
• Investigate phishing and other user self-identified potential cyber threats
  
• Perform cyber defense incident triage, to include determining scope, urgency, and potential impact, identifying the specific vulnerability, and making recommendations that enable expeditious remediation
  
• Correlate incident data to identify specific vulnerabilities and make recommendations
  
• Ensures the integrity and protection of networks, systems, and applications by technical enforcement of organizational security policies through monitoring of vulnerability scanning devices
  
• Identifies network computer intrusion evidence and perpetrators, and coordinates with other government agencies to record and report incidents
  
• Conduct cyber trend analysis as well as malware analysis
  
• Identify and analyze anomalies in network traffic using metadata
  
• Collect intrusion artifacts (e.g., source code, malware, Trojans) and use discovered data to enable mitigation of potential cyber defense incidents within the enterprise
  
• Track incidents thoroughly and communicate with end users and management effectively
  
• Participate regularly in working group sessions, to include idea generation for new content rules for security alerting and reduction of false positives
  
• Evaluate the current Computer Security Incident Response Capability (CSIRC) to ensure compliance with federal mandates for incident response and reporting
  
• Maintain CSIRC specific Standard Operation Procedures and Incident Response Plans
  
  Requirements:
  
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  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited institute in an area applicable to the position; an additional 4 years of experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree
    
  • Minimum eight (8) years of relevant experience in addition to education level
    
  • Must possess current DoD 8570 IAT II or IAM II certification
    
  • Experience working in a DoD or IC environment desired
    
  • Current active TS/SCI clearance, with the ability to obtain and maintain a CI polygraph
    Equal Opportunity Employer/Veteran/Disabled

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