Cybersecurity Operations Center Analyst
About The Position
The Cybersecurity Operations Center Analyst will play a strategic role in cyber defense, protecting critical infrastructure from cyber-attacks. This role involves analyzing threats in real-time, improving tier monitoring strategies, and utilizing state-of-the-art tools and platforms. The analyst will work with the team to comprehend, mitigate, and respond to threats quickly, restoring operations and limiting impact. Responsibilities include determining the extent of system impact, assisting recovery efforts, and combining threat intelligence, event data, and assessments to identify patterns and understand attacker goals. This position offers hands-on experience in threat assessment and incident response, contributing to the protection of clients from malicious actors.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience working in a professional environment
- Experience using endpoint tools to successfully hunt for adversarial behavior
- Knowledge of SIEMS and using content from SIEMS, including responding to alerts and creating or evaluating dashboards
- Knowledge of network data and analyzing full packet capture
- Ability to analyze network and endpoint logs
- Ability to conduct incident response
- Ability to effectively report incident information to leadership
- Ability to conduct threat hunting using network and host-based information
- TS/SCI clearance
- HS diploma or GED
- DoD 8570 IAT II+ Certification
Nice To Haves
- Experience working in a Security Operations Center (SOC) or Regional Cyber Center (RCC)
- Experience conducting digital forensics
- Bachelor's degree
- Splunk, Tanium, Trellix, Pentesting, Programming or Scripting, or MDE Certification
- DoD 8570 CSSP Analyst or Incident Responder Certification
Responsibilities
- Improve tier monitoring strategies
- Analyze threats using state-of-the-art tools and platforms
- Comprehend, mitigate, and respond to threats quickly
- Restore operations and limit the impact of threats
- Determine the number of systems affected by threats
- Assist recovery efforts
- Combine threat intelligence, event data, and assessments to identify patterns
- Understand attackers' goals to stop them from succeeding
- Conduct threat hunting using network and host-based information
- Analyze network and endpoint logs
- Conduct incident response
- Effectively report incident information to leadership
Benefits
- Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits
- Paid leave
- Professional development
- Tuition assistance
- Work-life programs
- Dependent care
- Recognition awards program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
