Information Assurance Analyst with Security Clearance - CHEY Mountain Air Force Base, CO, United States - McCall Communications Consulting

Description

Intermediate Information Assurance (IA) Analyst
Under general technical supervision, performs network monitoring, analysis and reporting in accordance with the provisions of DoD Directive M
These skills and their associated duties may include the following: Intrusion: Examines potential security violations, incidents, malicious activity and attacks to determine if policy has been breached, assesses the impact, and preserves artifacts
Enters and tracks events and incidents
Supports incident escalation and assesses probable damages, identifies damage control and remediation, and assists in developing courses of action
Supervises the installation, monitoring, testing, troubleshooting, and administration of IA hardware and software systems
Recommends, schedules, and performs IA system repairs, systems administration, and maintenance
Analyzes patterns of non compliance or attacks and recommends appropriate actions to minimize security risks and insider threat
Configures, optimizes, and tests network devices
Diagnoses and resolves IA problems in response to reported incidents
Enhances rule sets to identify or block sources or potential sources of malicious traffic
Supports the design and execution of exercise scenarios

Specialist:
Implements, and monitors policies and procedures reflecting the legislative intent of applicable laws and regulations
Prepares, distributes, and maintains plans, instructions, guidance, and standard operational procedures concerning Information Security
Participates in IA risk assessments during the C&A process
Prepares, reviews, and evaluates documentation of compliance
Prepares recommendations for the DAA
Reviews IA and IA enabled software, hardware, and firmware for compliance with appropriate security configuration guidelines, policies, and procedures
Reviews AI security plans
Identifies alternative functional IA security strategies to address organizational security concerns
Reviews security safeguards to determine that security concerns identified in approved policies, plans, and doctrine have been fully addressed
Develops and implements programs to ensure that systems, network, and data users are aware of, understand, and follow IA policies and procedures

Education/Experience:
BA/BS with at least 5 years of experience.