CIRT Tier 2 Analyst

Peraton•Beltsville, MD

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Peraton is seeking an experienced CIRT Tier 2 Analyst to join its Federal Strategic Cyber Mission program. This is an on-site position in Beltsville, Maryland, with a day shift schedule of 06:00–14:00 EST, Tuesday through Saturday. The analyst performs advanced incident analysis in a 24x7x365 environment, working with Tier 1 triage and responding to cyber events and incidents. The role includes monitoring security systems, investigating suspicious activity, performing forensic and malware analysis, coordinating with government and other incident response teams, and following technical SOPs. An active Secret security clearance is required to start, and U.S. citizenship is required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 0 years of experience; an additional 4 years of experience may be substituted for the bachelor’s degree requirement.
Must possess and maintain, or obtain before the start date, one of the following professional certifications: CCNA-Security, CND, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+ CE, or SSCP.
Knowledge of SOAR ticketing and automated response systems, such as ServiceNow, Splunk SOAR, or Microsoft Sentinel.
Demonstrated experience in the Incident Response lifecycle.
Demonstrated experience using SIEM platforms, such as Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Elastic, or Q-Radar.
Demonstrated experience using EDR systems, such as MDE, ElasticXDR, CarbonBlack, or 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 understand 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 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 generation.
Experience using digital forensics collection and analysis tools, such as Autopsy, MagnetForensics, Zimmerman Tools, KAPE, CyLR, or Volatility.
Experience 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 and dynamic malware analysis and reverse engineering.
Experience 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, or GCIA.
Advanced technical certifications such as SecurityX/CASP+, PRMP, GREM, GEIR, GNFA, or GCFA.

Responsibilities

Detect, classify, process, track, and report cyber security events and incidents.
Perform advanced analysis of coordinated Tier 1 alert triage and requests in a 24x7x365 environment.
Analyze logs from sources including host logs, EDR, firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and 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 host artifacts, network traffic, and email content.
Analyze malicious scripts and code to mitigate potential threats.
Conduct malware analysis and 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 SOAR platform, hotline, and email inboxes.
Create tickets and initiate workflows as instructed in technical SOPs.
Coordinate and report incident information to CISA.
Collaborate with other local, national, and international CIRTs as directed.
Submit alert tuning requests.