CIRT Tier 1 Analyst

Peraton•Beltsville, MD

6d•$80,000 - $128,000•Onsite

About The Position

Peraton is seeking an experienced CIRT Tier 1 Analyst to join Peraton's Federal Strategic Cyber Mission program. In this role, you will detect, classify, process, track, and report on cyber security events and incidents. You will perform triage of incoming alerts and requests in a 24x7x365 environment, monitor and triage the CIRT hotline, email inboxes, and fax. You will create tickets and initiate workflows as instructed in SOPs, triage Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) Alerts and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) Alerts. You will identify and triage benign, spam, exercise, and malicious phishing email, and perform binary artifact triage to understand malware behavior. You will coordinate and collaborate with Department teams as needed to analyze and respond to events and incidents, report incident information to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and collaborate with other local, national and international CIRTs as directed. You will also deliver and oversee remediation activities and conduct shift change briefs.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and at least 2 years of experience or a High School diploma and 6 years of experience.
Must possess or be able to obtain at least one of the following certifications before start date: CCNA-Security, CND, CySA+, GCIH, GSEC, Security+, CEH, or SSCP.
Continued certification required as a condition of employment.
U.S. Citizenship required.
Active Secret security clearance required in order to start.
Knowledge of ticketing systems (i.e. ServiceNow, Remedy)
Knowledge of computer networking protocols and principles
Knowledge of cybersecurity principles, practices, threats, and vulnerabilities
Knowledge of incident response principles and practices
Skill in critical thinking by evaluating information and making independent decisions
Demonstrated ability to work autonomously while taking initiative on assigned responsibilities
Ability to follow established procedures and written guidance with precision and attention to detail
Skill in taking ownership of problems and seeing them through to completion

Nice To Haves

Experience with Splunk for security monitoring and alert triage
Knowledge of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for security monitoring and response
Experience with ServiceNow for ticketing and workflow management
Knowledge of cloud security monitoring fundamentals
Experience with email security and phishing analysis
Knowledge of the MITRE ATT&CK framework
Familiarity with PowerShell and basic scripting concepts

Responsibilities

Detect, classify, process, track, and report on cyber security events and incidents
Perform triage of incoming alerts and requests in a 24x7x365 environment
Monitor and triage the CIRT hotline, email inboxes, and fax
Create tickets and initiate workflows as instructed in SOPs
Triage Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) Alerts and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) Alerts
Identify and triage benign, spam, exercise, and malicious phishing email
Perform binary artifact triage to understand malware behavior
Coordinate and collaborate with Department teams as needed to analyze and respond to events and incidents
Report incident information to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
Collaborate with other local, national and international CIRTs as directed
Deliver and oversee remediation activities
Conduct shift change briefs