Cyber Defense Analyst 3

The Swift Group•Hanover, MD

27d•$49,997 - $290,004

About The Position

For the OPS Consulting team, ‘the power to help’ means helping our clients, helping serve the mission, helping our employees and their families, and helping the community. Headquartered in Hanover, MD. OPS Consulting has over two decades of experience specializing in the most mission-critical operations. We are thought leaders and innovators. The ingenuity of our developers, engineers, cyber experts, linguists, and analysts are dedicated to empowering our clients, fulfilling The Mission, and remaining trusted leaders and advisers in national security and technology solutions. We are looking for a Cyber Defense Analyst 3 to join a growing team in Annapolis Junction, MD.

Requirements

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)
A current government clearance, background investigation, and polygraph are required.

Responsibilities

Identify, triage, and report events that occur to protect data, information systems, and infrastructure
Find trends, patterns, and/or anomaly correlations utilizing security-relevant data
Make recommendations proactively and follow security measures
Notify designated managers, work with other cyber incident responders, and mentor more junior analysts