Cyber Security and Incident Response Specialist Career
Arlington, VA
Full-Time
Cyber Security and Incident Response Specialist
If you are a Cyber Security and Incident Response Specialist with an active Top Secret clearance, please read on!
Top Reasons to Work with Us
We are looking for all levels of experience – junior, mid, and senior level
What You Need for this Position
- Must have an active Top Secret Clearance
- Network security / cyber security
- Incident Response
- Must have a good understanding of networks at a packet level. Must be able to analyze packet captures at the expert level
Must have experience using CND tools to detect network attack; these tools are Enterprise Security Information and Event Management Systems (SIEM), Intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDS; IPS), Web Content monitoring systems (WebSense; Bluecoat), Firewall and syslog logs
What You Will Be Doing
- Monitor and analyze Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) to identify security issues for remediation
- Recognize potential, successful, and unsuccessful intrusion attempts and compromises thorough reviews and analyses of relevant event detail and summary
information - Evaluate firewall change requests and assess organizational risk
- Communicate alerts to agencies regarding intrusions and compromises to their network infrastructure, applications, and operating systems
- Assist with implementation of counter
- measures or mitigating controls
- Ensure the integrity and protection of networks, systems, and applications by technical enforcement of organizational security policies, through monitoring of vulnerability scanning devices
- Perform periodic and on-demand system audits and vulnerability assessments, including user accounts, application access, file system and external Web integrity scans to determine compliance
- Prepare incident reports of analysis methodology and results
- Maintain current knowledge of relevant technology as assigned
- Responsible for the analysis and triage of network anomalies that should be considered Events of Interest (EOI). Will provide a basic assessment of the anomaly; designate it as an EOI and coordinate response with CND response team
- Assist with implementation of counter-measures or mitigating controls. Must be able to review multiple data sources to gather Indications and Warnings and Attack Sensing and Warnings information
What’s In It for You
- Vacation/PTO
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Relocation
- 401k
So, if you are a Cyber Security and Incident Response Specialist with an active Top Secret clearance, please apply today!
Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.
