Security Analyst -SOC or NOC- Herndon VA

Overview

On Site
Depends on Experience
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent
Contract - 12 Month(s)
100% Travel

Skills

1-3 years of experience working in a Security Operations Center (SOC) or Network Operations Center (NOC) environment performing security event monitoring and analysis.
Experience using SIEM and EDR technologies to support investigations.
Working knowledge of the various operating systems
working knowledge of network communications and routing protocols

Job Details

Security Analyst Onsite in Herndon, VA
Duration - 1 year +

Clearance Requirement: Minimum Secret PCL. Facility Clearance Requirement: Minimum Secret FCL.
Project Description: Security Operations Center (SOC) Services, Incident Response, Infrastructure/Architecture/Engineering
Required Skills:

1-3 years of experience working in a Security Operations Center (SOC) or Network Operations Center (NOC) environment performing security event monitoring and analysis.

Experience using SIEM and EDR technologies to support investigations.
Incident response framework knowledge and experience.
Working knowledge of the various operating systems (e.g. Windows, OS X, Linux, etc.) commonly deployed in enterprise networks.
Must possess a working knowledge of network communications and routing protocols (e.g. TCP, UDP, ICMP, BGP, MPLS, etc.) and common internet applications and standards (e.g. SMTP, DNS, DHCP, SQL, HTTP, HTTPS, etc.).
Must be capable of analyzing security logs and events from the following types of devices such as, but not limited to: Firewalls (FWs), Intrusion detection system (IDS)."

Day-to-day Responsibilities:
Monitor and analyze security events and alerts reported by the Client SIEM on a 24x7x365 basis to identify and investigate suspicious or malicious activity, or other cyber events which violate Client policy.
Education: High School Diploma or higher

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