CIRT Tier 2 Analyst / Active Secret

Peraton•Beltsville, MD

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Peraton is seeking an experienced CIRT Tier 2 Analyst to join Peraton's Federal Strategic Cyber Mission program. This role involves detecting, classifying, processing, tracking, and reporting on cyber security events and incidents. The analyst will perform advanced in-depth analysis of coordinated Tier 1 alert triage and requests in a 24x7x365 environment. Responsibilities include analyzing logs from various sources to identify, contain, and remediate suspicious activity, characterizing and analyzing network traffic for anomalies and threats, and protecting against potential cyber security threats and vulnerabilities. The role also requires performing forensic analysis of host artifacts, network traffic, and email content, analyzing malicious scripts and code, and conducting malware analysis to generate IOCs. Collaboration with Department of State teams, monitoring SOAR platforms and in-boxes, creating tickets, and reporting incident information to CISA are also key aspects. The analyst will also coordinate and report incident information to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and collaborate with other CIRTs.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and 5 years of experience. An additional 4 years of experience may be substituted in lieu of the degree bachelors degree requirement.
Must possess or be able to obtain at least one of the following certifications before start date: CCNA-Security, CND, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+ CE, SSCP.
Continued certification is required as a condition of employment.
Demonstrated experience in the Incident Response lifecycle.
Knowledge of SOAR ticketing and automated response systems (e.g. ServiceNow, Splunk SOAR, Microsoft Sentinel).
Demonstrated experience with using Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platforms (e.g. Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Elastic, Q-Radar).
Demonstrated experience in using Endpoint Detection and Response systems (e.g. MDE, ElasticXDR, CarbonBlack, Crowdstrike).
Knowledge of cloud security monitoring and incident response.
Knowledge of integrating IOCs and Advanced Persistent Threat actors.
Ability to analyze cyber threat intelligence reporting and understanding adversary methodologies and techniques.
Knowledge of malware analysis techniques.
Knowledge of the MITRE ATT&CK and D3FEND frameworks.
U.S. Citizenship required.
Active Secret security clearance required in order to start.

Nice To Haves

Proficiency with Splunk for security monitoring, alert creation, and threat hunting.
Knowledge of Microsoft Azure access and identity management.
Proficiency with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Identity for security monitoring, response, and alert generations.
Experience in using digital forensics collection and analysis tools (e.g. Autopsy, MagnetForensics, Zimmerman Tools, KAPE, CyLR, Volatility).
Experience with using ServiceNow SOAR for ticketing and automated response.
Knowledge of Python, PowerShell and BASH scripting languages.
Experience with cloud security monitoring and incident response.
Demonstrated ability to perform static/dynamic malware analysis and reverse engineering.
Experience with integrating cyber threat intelligence and IOC-based hunting.
Technical certifications such as: Security+, CySA+, Cloud+, Try Hack Me SAL1, Hack the Box CDSA, CyberDefenders, CCD, Azure SC-900, CCSP, GCIH, CCSK, GSEC, CHFI, GCLD, GCIA.
Advanced technical certifications such as: SecurityX/CASP+, PRMP, GREM, GEIR, GNFA, or GCFA.

Responsibilities

Detect, classify, process, track, and report on cyber security events and incidents.
Perform advanced in-depth analysis of coordinated Tier 1 alert triage and requests in a 24x7x365 environment.
Analyze logs from multiple sources (e.g., host logs, EDR, firewalls, intrusion detection systems, servers) to identify, contain, and remediate suspicious activity.
Characterize and analyze network traffic to identify anomalous activity and potential threats.
Protect against and prevent potential cyber security threats and vulnerabilities.
Perform forensic analysis of hosts artifacts, network traffic, and email content.
Analyze malicious scripts and code to mitigate potential threats.
Conduct malware analysis to generate IOCs to identify and mitigate threats.
Collaborate with Department of State teams to analyze and respond to events and incidents.
Monitor and respond to the CIRT Security Orchestration and Automation Response (SOAR) platform, hotline, email in-boxes.
Create tickets and initiate workflows as instructed in technical SOPs.
Coordinate and report incident information to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).
Collaborate with other local, national and international CIRTs as directed.
Submit alert tuning requests.