Cybersecurity Ops Analyst Sr

SAIC • Fort Meade, MD

1d • 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 role 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 uses intelligence tradecraft, cyber threat intelligence methodologies, and threat frameworks to assess threats and the cyber landscape. The role involves collecting, aggregating, interpreting, and correlating information from host, network, user, and intelligence sources; identifying threats; and recommending ways to mitigate and detect them. The analyst also produces Intelligence Community-standard written reports and briefs senior military leaders.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and five or more years of experience; four additional years of work experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree.
• Experience with a Big Data Platform and the Joint Cyber Warfare Architecture (JCWA) Common Runtime Stack for Data (JCRS-D).
• Experience in 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.
• Knowledge or experience with Structured Query Language (SQL), detection engineering, Zero Trust Architecture, and cloud computing.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with a CI Poly upon starting; the polygraph must have been completed within the last five years.
• 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.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Conduct threat analysis using multiple sources to identify threats.
• Analyze threats and the cyber threat landscape, assess relevance, and recommend ways to mitigate and detect threats.
• Produce Intelligence Community-standard written reports and provide verbal briefings to senior military leaders.
• Collect, aggregate, and interpret log data from various sources.
• Correlate host, network, user, and intelligence-report data to uncover threats.
• Support cyber threat intelligence, computer network defense, incident response, threat analysis, and cyber investigations, including support to deployable Incident Response Teams.
• Draft Indicators of Compromise products.

What This Job Offers

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