About the position
CSOS Analyst Tier 2 Provide CSOC Tier 2 services, which is 24x7x365 coordination, execution, and implementation of all actions required for the containment, eradication, and recovery measures for events and incidents. CSOC Tier 2 services includes malware and implant analysis, and forensic artifact handling and analysis. When a CIRT is stood up, all contractors in support of CSOC Tier 2 services will be under the direct control of, and take direction from, the Government CIRT Commander. While not in a period of incident response, the Contractor shall conduct continuous exercises and dry runs to improve response outcomes in the event of a cyber-incident. All Contractor personnel performing CSOC Tier 2 services shall have or obtain, within six months of start, a certification that is compliant with DoDD 8140.01 and DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II and CSSP Incident Responder.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate and implement tasks, performing analysis, and building/documenting response activities required during cyber security incident response.
- Coordinates with Security and Installations Directorate (SI) Office of Counterintelligence (SIC), Insider Threat Office (SIII), in addition to other law enforcement and counterintelligence personnel as required to perform advanced investigation and triage of incidents.
- Collaborates with appropriate authorities in the production of security incident reports.
- Categorizes incidents and events.
- Coordinates with other contracts, organizations, activities, and other services as appropriate to ensure incidents are properly reported, contained, and eradicated.
- Coordinates with other contracts, organizations, activities, and other services as appropriate to de-conflict blue / red team activity with open incidents/events.
- Coordinates with other contracts, organizations, activities, and services to ensure recovery from an incident/event.
- Builds timelines, documents, briefings, and other products as required to inform stakeholders of incident response actions, analysis, and the impact of both adversary activity and blue force response actions.
- Documents actions taken and analysis in the authorized ticketing system to a level of detail where the actions taken, and analysis are capable of being systematically reconstructed.
- Develops and when approved by the Government generates and updates reports in the Joint Incident Management System (JIMS), Incident Case Management System (ICMS), and/or other authorized reporting systems as directed.
- Develops, maintains, sustains, and when properly authorized by the Government executes custom scripts, tools, and capabilities to collect and analyze data, and to respond to incidents/events.
- Performs digital media analysis on host, server, and network data as required to analyze and respond to an incident.
- Develops and identifies indicators of compromise to send to Cybersecurity stakeholders and other Contract Services.
- Provides adversary attribution.
- Performs malware analysis and signature development.
- Coordinate with CSOC Tier 1 and 2 services to remediate all discrepancies and provide recommendations to prevent reoccurrence.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree and 8 years' experience in Cyber Security (CSOS)
- Active TS/SCI, ability to obtain a Polygraph.
- DoDD 8140.01 and DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II and CSSP Incident Responder.
Nice-to-haves
- IAT III
Benefits
- Medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
- Dental plan options
- Vision plan
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Full flex work weeks
- Paid time off plans including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
- Short and long-term disability benefits
- Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance
