Cyber Threat Analyst - Arlington, United States - RadiantHire Solutions, Inc.

Description

Shift Work

:

Saturday & Sunday ; plus two 8-hour shifts during the work week

Description:

Our client is supporting their prime contractor and their U.S.

Government customer to provide support for onsite incident response to civilian Government agencies and critical asset owners who experience cyber-attacks, providing immediate investigation and resolution.

Project personnel performs investigations to characterize the severity of breaches, develop mitigation plans, and assist with the restoration of services.

They are looking for a

Cyber Threat Analyst

to support this critical customer mission.
Must be a

US Citizen
Must have an active

TS/SCI

clearance
Must be able to obtain DHS Entry on Duty (EOD) Suitability

prior

to onboarding
Must have

2+ years

of directly relevant experience in cyber incident management or cybersecurity operations
Responsibilities

:

Research

and compiling known resolution steps or workarounds to enable mitigation of potential Computer Network Defense incidents within the enterprise
Apply

knowledge of the tactics, techniques, and procedures of various criminal, insider, hacktivist, and nation state threat actors to identify and validate threats
Apply

cybersecurity concepts to the detection and defense of intrusions into small, and large-scale IT networks, and conducts a cursory analysis of log data
Conduct

cursory analysis of log data
Monitor

external data sources (e.g., Computer Network Defense vendor sites, Computer Emergency Response Teams [CERTs], SANS, Security Focus) to maintain the currency of Computer Network Defense threat conditions and determine which security issues may have an impact on the enterprise
Identify

the cause of an incident and recognizing the key elements to ask external entities when learning the background and potential infection vector of an incident
Receive

and analyze network alerts from various sources within the enterprise and determines possible causes of such alerts
Track

and documenting

Computer Network Defense

(CND) incidents from initial detection through final resolution
Work

with other components within the organization to obtain and coordinate information pertaining to ongoing incidents
Provide

support during assigned shift (Saturday & Sunday ; plus two 8-hour shifts during the work week)
Required Skills

:

Knowledge of incident response and handling methodologies
Knowledge of the

NCCIC National Cyber Incident Scoring System

to be able to prioritize triaging of incident
Knowledge of general attack stages (e.g., footprinting and scanning, enumeration, gaining access, escalation of privileges, maintaining access, network exploitation, covering tracks, etc.)
Skill in recognizing and categorizing types of vulnerabilities and associated attacks
Knowledge of basic system administration and operating system hardening techniques
Knowledge of Computer Network Defense policies, procedures, and regulations
Knowledge of different operational threat environments (e.g., first-generation [script kiddies], second-generation [non-nation-state sponsored], and third generation [nation-state sponsored])
Knowledge of system and application security threats and vulnerabilities (e.g., buffer overflow, mobile code, cross-site scripting, PL/SQL and injections, race conditions, covert channel, replay, return- oriented attacks, and malicious code)
Must be able to work collaboratively across physical locations
Desired Skills

:

Knowledge of basic system administration and operating system hardening techniques
Knowledge of Computer Network Defense policies, procedures, and regulations
Knowledge of different operational threat environments (e.g., first generation [script kiddies], second generation [non nation-state sponsored], and third generation [nation-state sponsored])

Knowledge of system and application security threats and vulnerabilities (e.g., buffer overflow, mobile code, cross-site scripting, PL/SQL and injections, race conditions, covert channel, replay, return- oriented attacks, and malicious code).

Required Education

:

Bachelors Incident Management, Operations Management, Cybersecurity or related degree. or related degree;

or

HS Diploma and 4-6 years of incident management experience
Desired Certifications

:

GCIH, GCFA GISP, GCED, CCFP or CISSP

Do you have an active Secret or TS Security Clearance? If the answer is no you will not be contacted, it is required.

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