Cybersecurity Analyst

Tele-Consultants•Newport, RI

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Tele-Consultants, Inc. (TCI) is seeking a Cybersecurity Analyst to join our team in support of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport (NUWCDIVNPT). This role involves utilizing a lab management server for system baseline deployment, configuration, and teardown to support testing and scanning. The analyst will develop, maintain, and execute automation scripts and playbooks for cybersecurity tasks, configuration deployments, and STIG remediation. Responsibilities include executing vulnerability scans, managing vulnerability data, conducting STIG reviews, enforcing STIG compliance in virtualized environments, verifying patch deployment, and providing technical evidence for RMF A&A artifact generation. The position also requires drafting and updating laboratory SOPs, playbooks, and scanning guides.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree (B.A./B.S.) from four-year college or university in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems Technologies, or related technology-focused discipline from an accredited college/university
3+ years of hands-on experience in DoD cybersecurity, system administration, and lab environment provisioning
DoD 8570.01-M compliant certification at the IAM Level I or IAT Level II required
Strong proficiency with Ansible, Bash, and/or Python for infrastructure-as-code and automation
Proficient with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL 7/8/9) and Windows Server
Proficient with VMware vSphere/ESXi and containerized environments
Experience with legacy networking routing/switching hardware (Cisco IOS) and modern Software Defined Networking (SDN) architectures (Arista EOS) hosted on Crystal Group servers
U.S. Citizenship
Ability to pass a thorough background investigation

Responsibilities

Utilize the lab management server to deploy, configure, and teardown varying system baselines across lab equipment to support testing and scanning
Develop, maintain, and execute Ansible playbooks and scripting (Bash, Python) to automate routing cybersecurity tasks, configuration deployments, and STIG remediation
Execute recurring vulnerability scanning (ACAS/Nessus) across legacy environments and modern, virtualized architectures
Manage Vulnerability Remediation Asset Manager (VRAM) data, including scan uploads and asset tracking
Conduct automated and manual STIG reviews, generating and maintaining comprehensive files
Enforce and validate STIG compliance across VMware vSphere/ESXi hypervisors and vCenter Server Appliances (VSCA)
Verify patch deployment and compliance using WSUS for Windows environments and YUM for Linus appliances
Provide input and gather objective technical evidence from the lab environment to support RMF A&A artifact generation
Draft, maintain, and update laboratory SOPs, Ansible playbooks, and scanning execution guides to reflect the current lab architecture