Cyber Defense Analyst 3

Location: Annapolis Junction, MD

Department: Use/Protect

Location Type: IN_OFFICE

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

• Use cyber defense tools to monitor, detect, analyze, categorize, and perform initial triage of anomalous activity. 
• Generate cybersecurity cases (including event’s history, status, and potential impact for further action) and route as appropriate. 
• Perform advanced manual analysis to hunt previously unidentified threats. 
• Identify cyber-attack phases based on knowledge of common attack vectors and network layers, models and protocols. 
• Apply techniques for detecting host- and network-based intrusions. 
• Analyze malicious activity to determine weaknesses exploited, exploitation methods, effects on system and information. 
• Perform event correlation using information gathered from a variety of sources within the enterprise to gain situational awareness and determine the effectiveness of an observed attack. 
• Possess deep knowledge of active directory abuse used by attackers for lateral movement and persistence. 
• Perform after-action reviews of team products to ensure completion of analysis. 
• Lead and mentor team members as a technical expert. 

• Eight (8) years of demonstrated experience as a CDA in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
• A technical bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university may be substituted for two (2) years of CDA experience.
• Two (2) years of demonstrated and practical experience in TCP/IP fundamentals. 
• Two (2) years of demonstrated experience with tcpdump or Wireshark.
• Three (3) years of demonstrated experience using security information and event management suites (such as Splunk, ArcSight, Kibana, LogRhythm).
• Three (3) years of demonstrated experience in network analysis and threat analysis software utilization.
• CSSP Analyst baseline certification (e.g., CEH, CySA+, CFR, etc.)
• IAT Level I or II certification
• Computing Environment (CE) certification for supported systems
• Global Information Assurances Certificate (GIAC) OR Global Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
• US citizenship and an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance required