Cybersecurity Defense Analyst II

Title: Cyber Defense Analyst II

Location: Alexandria, VA 

Clearance: TS/SCI with the ability to obtain and maintain a CI polygraph

Job Details:

• Independently monitor, triage, and investigate routine and moderately complex security alerts and suspected incidents.
• Perform cyber defense monitoring and analysis using security information from enterprise systems, networks, security sensors, firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention technologies, endpoint sources, and other available telemetry.
• Analyze log files and network activity to identify anomalous or malicious behavior, determine potential security impact, and document investigative findings in the authorized case or ticketing system
• Perform cyber defense incident triage, including validation, enrichment, determination of scope, urgency, potential impact, and appropriate escalation
• Support incident handling across detection, investigation, analysis, containment/remediation coordination, recovery, and reporting in accordance with established authorities and procedures
• Correlate incident and security data across multiple sources to identify affected systems, users, vulnerabilities, adversary activity, and related events
• Collect and preserve relevant intrusion artifacts and investigative evidence in accordance with established procedures
• Communicate incident status, findings, risk, and recommended actions to SOC personnel, technical teams, management, and government stakeholders as appropriate
• Develop and test investigative hypotheses by correlating network, host, identity, firewall, vulnerability, and threat data
• Identify related activity beyond the initially alerted system and appropriately expand investigative scope
• Execute established incident response and escalation procedures and coordinate with technical teams when containment or remediation action is required
• Identify recurring alert-quality, telemetry, or process issues and recommend improvements to senior analysts

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institute in a technical discipline applicable to the position; an additional 4 years of may be substituted in lieu of a degree

• Minimum four (4) years of relevant experience in addition to education level
• Working knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S, authentication, enterprise networking, Windows/Linux security events, and common adversary techniques
• Hands-on experience using SIEM and one or more network, endpoint, firewall, IDS/IPS, or security-analysis technologies
• Ability to independently investigate security activity, distinguish facts from assumptions, and communicate evidence-based conclusions
• Must possess current DoD 8570 IAT II or IAM II certification
• Experience working in a DoD or IC environment
• Current active TS/SCI clearance, with the ability to obtain and maintain a CI polygraph

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veteran/Disabled