Cyber Host Forensic Analyst Iii - Arlington, United States - Raytheon

Raytheon

Verified Company

Arlington, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

Date Posted:

Country:

United States of America

Location:

VA149: 1110 N Glebe Road Arlington 1110 North Glebe Road Suite 630, Arlington, VA, 22201 USA

Position Role Type:

Hybrid

You have been redirected to RTX's career page as we have recently transitioned from RTX to become a standalone company, which provides us with greater autonomy and opportunities for growth.

As a prospective employee of Nightwing, you'll have the chance to contribute to our continued success and shape the future of our cybersecurity, intelligence, and services offerings.

Previously part of a leading Fortune 100 company and headquartered in Dulles, VA; Nightwing became independent in 2024 but continues to support the nation's most mission impactful initiatives.

When we formed Nightwing, we brought a deep set of credentials and an unfaltering commitment to the mission.

For over four decades, our team has been providing some of the world's most technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration and intelligence support services to the U.S.

government on its most important missions.

At Nightwing, we value collaboration and teamwork. You'll have the opportunity to work alongside talented individuals who are passionate about what they do. Together, we'll leverage our collective expertise to drive innovation, solve complex problems, and deliver exceptional results for our clients.

Thank you for considering joining us as we embark on this new journey and shape the future of cybersecurity and intelligence together as part of the Nightwing team.

The DHS's Hunt and Incident Response Team (HIRT) secures the Nation's cyber and communications infrastructure. HIRT provides DHS's front line response for cyber incidents and proactively hunting for malicious cyber activity.

Nightwing, as a prime contractor to DHS, performs HIRT investigations to develop a preliminary diagnosis of the severity of breaches.

Nightwing provides HIRT remote and onsite advanced technical assistance, proactive hunting, rapid onsite incident response, and immediate investigation and resolution using host-based and network-based cybersecurity analysis capabilities.

Contract personnel provide front line response for digital forensics/incident response (DFIR) and proactively hunting for malicious cyber activity. Raytheon are seeking Host Forensics Analysts to support this critical customer mission.

Responsibilities:

Assisting Federal leads with overseeing and leading forensic teams at onsite engagements by coordinating evidence collection operations
Providing technical assistance on digital evidence matters and forensic investigative techniques to appropriate personnel when necessary
Writing indepth reports, supports with peer reviews and provides quality assurance reviews for junior personnel
Supporting forensic analysis and mentoring/providing guidance to others on data collection, analysis and reporting in support of onsite engagements.
Assisting with leading and coordinating forensic teams in preliminary investigation
Planning, coordinating and directing the inventory, examination and comprehensive technical analysis of computer related evidence
Distilling analytic findings into executive summaries and indepth technical reports
Serving as technical forensics liaison to stakeholders and explaining investigation details to include forensic methodologies and protocols
Tracking and documenting onsite incident response activities and providing updates to leadership throughout the engagement
Evaluating, extracting and analyzing suspected malicious code

Required Skills:

U.S. Citizenship
Must have an active TS/SCI clearance
Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability
8+ years of directly relevant experience in cyber forensic investigations using leading edge technologies and industry standard forensic tools
Ability to create forensically sound duplicates of evidence (forensic images)
Able to write cyber investigative reports documenting digital forensics findings
Experience with the analysis and characterization of cyber attacks
Experience with proper evidence handing procedures and chain of custody protocols
Skilled in identifying different classes of attacks and attack stages
Knowledgeable in proactive analysis of systems and networks, to include creating trust levels of critical resources
Must be able to work collaboratively across physical locations.

Desired Skills:

Experience with or knowledge of two or more of the following tools:
EnCase
FTK
SIFT
X-Ways
Volatility
WireShark
Sleuth Kit/Autopsy
Splunk
Snort
Other EDR Tools (Crowdstrike, Carbon Black, Etc)
Proficiency with conducting allsource research.

Required Education:

BS Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Computer Engineering or related degree; or HS Diploma and 10+ years of host or digital forensics experience

Desired Certifications: