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    Incident Response Analyst - Washington, United States - Computer World Services (CWS)Corporation

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    The mission of the OFR is to support the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) in promoting financial stability by: collecting data on behalf of FSOC; providing such data to FSOC and member agencies; standardizing the types and formats of data reported and collected; performing applied research and essential long-term research; developing tools for risk measurement and monitoring; performing other related services; making the results of the activities of the OFR available to financial regulatory agencies; and assisting such member agencies in determining thetypes of formats of data authorized to be collected by such member agencies.


    The Incident Response Analyst is an on-call role providing day-to-day incident response across the OFRAE and JADE networks.

    This includes investigating alerts from the SOC, third party notifications, and other security tools; working with Enterprise System owners to remediate immediate threats and incidents; knowledge capture and investigation tracking documentation to maintain knowledge on the team; monitor and notify of security tool outages and issues; participate in process enhancements through after-action reports, tabletop exercises, and peer consulting as needed.

    The role is to advise and build automations and playbooks to further grow the response capability of the team.

    This is a junior role that requires a basic understanding of incident response and security practices.

    As part of a growing team this role will have the ability to leverage and work with new capabilities as they are deployed including deception infrastructure, continuous penetration testing, data loss prevention (DLP), and machine learning capabilities.

    The analyst should have basic experience in ticketing workflow, understanding of Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) and endpoint data investigations, security investigation, and other security tool alerting workflow and pivoting.

    This role is expected to contribute to maturing the overall IR and security capability.

    Key Tasks and Responsibilities

    Assess cybersecurity incidents to investigate, validate, respond, and recover the environment, and perform additional activities such as root cause analysis and resilience recommendations.

    Serve as the primary escalation point for the SOC in the event of an incident.

    Communicate and coordinate with internal and external teams during incidents and breaches.

    Implement, and document IR processes, procedures, playbooks, and guidelines.

    Participate in breach and attack simulation and purple teaming exercises to stress test the incident response plans and playbooks.


    Analyze emerging threats to improve and maintain the detection and response capabilities of the organization.

    Apply knowledge of monitoring, analyzing, detecting, and responding to cyber events to develop clever, efficient methods and technology to detect all types of threat.


    Document specifications, playbooks, and detections - not as an afterthought, but through the whole process.

    Work with developers to build security automation workflows, enrichments, and mitigations.

    Evaluate policies and procedures and recommend updates to management as appropriate.

    Education & Experience

    Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in incident response, computer science, cybersecurity, information technology, software engineering, information systems, or computer engineering.


    1-2 years Security Operations Center (SOC) environment experience with security engineering and monitoring experience.

    Programming and scripting languages, preferably Python and PowerShell.

    Dedicated monitoring and analysis of cyber security events.

    Excellent written and oral communication skills.

    Self-motivated and able to work in an independent manner.

    Certifications

    Preference given for CCE, CCFE, CEH, CPT, CREA, GCFE, GCFA, GCIH, GCIA GIAC, Splunk Core, OSCP, SANS Security 500 Series or other industry standard equivalent but not required.


    Security Clearance

    Public Trust

    Must be US Citizen

    Other (Travel, Work Environment, DoD 8570 Requirements, Administrative Notes, etc.)

    This is a remote/work from home role.

    Computer World Services is an affirmative action and equal employment opportunity employer.

    Current employees and/or qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.


    Computer World Services is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Computer World Services will ensure that individuals with disabilities (IWD) are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact Aaron McClellan in Human Resources at or


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