Cybersecurity Analyst

Position: Cybersecurity Analyst (Top Secret Clearance)

Must haves:

• Active Top Secret Clearance
• Active IAT level 2 or IAT level 3 certification
• 6-12 years of experience
• Candidates need to have experience with 5-10 of the key words below.

Key words:

1. AI
2. IAM
3. C2 Systems Integration
4. Network Operations
5. Cybersecurity Architecture
6. Risk Mitigation
7. Asset Protection
8. Interoperability
9. Cross Domain Solutions
10. Infrastructure Hardening
11. Cybersecurity Engineering
12. Cloud & Container security
13. Cloud Integration
14. Zero Trust
15. Secure Network Architecture
16. Automation/Orchestration
17. Active Directory
18. Authentication/Authorization
19. Policy Enforcement/Detection Points

Primary Responsibilities

•            Provide analysis of architectures, technologies, DOD policy & information and critical data

•            Develop cybersecurity and risk assessment methodologies and procedures to support prevention, detection, and mitigation of anomalous activity, vulnerabilities and inefficiencies.

•            Prepare and perform briefings appropriate for senior leadership (i.e., general officer or flag officer)

•            Conduct analysis of enterprise cybersecurity defensive strategies in order to enable operational effectives, defense, and command and control.

•            Analyze network infrastructure in order to recommend methods and strategies that reduce and/or manage adverse impacts.

•            Develop standards, metrics and measures to support assessments, process improvements and operational efficiencies across the DODIN.

•            Expert understanding of various technologies and cybersecurity areas of interest including but not limited to:

o            Boundary Security: Identify, discover, and maintain cognizance of the DODIN boundary, inclusive of IAPs, peering points, and other major points of ingress/egress to the DODIN; Document and maintain boundary architectures, understand employed defensive capabilities and available sensor data.

o            Endpoint Security: Perform analysis, to include planning, assessing, and/or providing enterprise strategies for compliance and integration strategies with mid-tier, and boundary capabilities.

o            Cloud Security: Develop strategies to monitor, detect, and prevent unauthorized manipulation and access of cloud services.

Basic Qualifications

•            Bachelor''s degree in a related discipline with 8+ years of applicable combined education and experience; additional related years of experience is accepted in lieu of a degree.

•            Active DoD TS/SCI clearance and eligible for C/I Polygraph

•            IAT/IAM Level II OR III (Security +, CySA+, CND, CISSP, CASP+, GCIA, GCIH, GCFA, CEH)

•            Familiarity with all related aspects of cybersecurity operations and security architecture

•            In-depth knowledge of (1) network and application protocols, (2) cyber vulnerabilities and exploitation techniques and (3) cyber threat/adversary methodologies (TTPs).

Preferred Qualifications

•            Experience with DISA and DoD Networks.

•            Experience with technical and/or military writing

•            Experience with configuring and operating cybersecurity and networking devices (i.e. routers, firewalls, IDPS)

•            Experience with mitigation development against malicious cyber activity

•            Understanding and implementation of Zero Trust concepts and solutions