Cybersecurity Ops Analyst Sr

SAIC • Fort Meade, MD

13h • Onsite

About The Position

SAIC is seeking a Cybersecurity Ops Analyst Sr to join a joint contractor-government team supporting a customer at Ft. Meade, Maryland. The position supports the customer's aligned missions and deployable Incident Response Teams through cyber threat intelligence, Indicators of Compromise products, computer network defense, incident response, threat analysis, and cyber investigations.

The analyst conducts threat research and analysis using varied sources, assesses the relevance of threats and the cyber threat landscape, and recommends ways to mitigate and detect threats. The role includes collecting, aggregating, interpreting, and correlating log and other data from host, network, user, and intelligence sources. The analyst produces intelligence-community-standard written reports and briefs senior military leaders.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and at least five years of experience, or four additional years of work experience in lieu of a degree.
• Familiarity with intelligence tradecraft, cyber threat intelligence methodologies, and cyber threat frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK and the Cyber Kill Chain.
• Strong writing and briefing skills, including experience delivering reports to senior leadership.
• Experience with a Big Data Platform and the Joint Cyber Warfare Architecture (JCWA) Common Runtime Stack for Data (JCRS-D).
• Experience conducting network analysis using PCAP, network metadata, and security logs.
• Experience using AI.
• Expertise in adversarial cyber actors, historical cyber activity, and the current cyber landscape.
• Experience conducting research on classified systems and using open-source cyber resources.
• Previous experience in a government, military, or intelligence community role.
• Structured Query Language (SQL).
• Detection engineering.
• Zero Trust Architecture.
• Cloud computing.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with a CI Poly required upon starting; polygraph must have been completed within the last five years.

Nice To Haves

• Active industry cybersecurity and/or technical certifications, such as Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC).
• Government-facilitated cyber training.

Responsibilities

• Conduct cyber threat intelligence, computer network defense, incident response, threat analysis, and cyber investigations.
• Draft Indicators of Compromise products.
• Conduct threat analysis using various sources to identify threats.
• Assess the relevance of threats and the cyber threat landscape, and recommend ways to mitigate and detect threats.
• Produce intelligence-community-standard written reports and deliver verbal briefings to senior military leaders.
• Collect, aggregate, and interpret log data from various sources.
• Correlate data from host, network, user, and intelligence-report sources to uncover threats.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior