Cyber Security Analyst, Senior

About the position

We are seeking a Senior Cyber Security Analyst to support the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC). This analyst will play an important role helping to build a flexible and responsive IT environment that meets NCTC's evolving and changing mission priorities. TekSynap is a fast-growing high-tech company that understands both the pace of technology today and the need to have a comprehensive well planned information management environment. "Technology moving at the speed of thought" embodies these principles - the need to nimbly utilize the best that information technology offers to meet the business needs of our Federal Government customers.

Responsibilities

• Lead efforts to apply security principles, practices, and procedures under the Risk Management Framework to maintain compliance with applicable security regulations.
• Monitor, analyze, and detect Cyber events and incidents within information systems and networks under general supervision.
• Assist with integrated, dynamic Cyber defense, coordinate and maintain security toolsets to support organizations' continuous monitoring and ongoing authorization programs.
• Develop security assessment plans for systems, including the objectives, scope, schedule, required documentation, possible risks, and other logistical items for security assessments.
• Develop cloud service provider testing approach from security perspective.
• Provide validation of security control tests for cloud service providers.
• Coordinate access to systems and approvals for scanning activities.
• Conduct ad hoc testing on an as-needed basis to assist with development activities or vulnerability remediation.
• Review/test system security controls (managerial, operational, and technical) to determine adequacy against federal requirements.
• Document plans of action and milestones for corrective action following assessment activities and in response to identified vulnerabilities.
• Draft security policies and procedures including the system security plan, and agency specific policies in accordance with NIST requirements.
• Routinely conduct risk assessments to quantify impacts of vulnerabilities.
• Manage and control changes to specific systems, assessing the security impact of those changes, and maintaining system security configuration.
• Support achievement of Authorizations to Develop (ATD), Authorizations to Test (ATT), and Authorizations to Operate (ATO).

Requirements

• Currently possess an active Top Secret security clearance.
• BS degree with 5-7 years of experience, MS degree with 3-5 years, or PhD with 0-2 years of experience.

Nice-to-haves

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
• CompTIA Security+.
• Cloud provider Security Certifications, such as AWS Certified Security - Specialty.

Benefits

• Health insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• 401K.
• Life insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability plans.
• Vacation time and holidays.