Incident Response & Threat Detection Analyst

ESM • Columbus, OH

20h • Onsite

About The Position

Enterprise Solutions and Management (ESM) is a rapidly growing government contractor that provides strategic IT services that meet mission needs for Defense and Federal customers. We are hiring a Cybersecurity Incident Response & Threat Detection Analyst to support an enterprise-level program within a federal environment.

Requirements

• Knowledge of SIEM, cybersecurity monitoring tools, network traffic, and security event analysis.
• Ability to detect, analyze, and respond to cyber threats, including APTs, indicators of compromise, and unauthorized activity.
• Ability to apply threat intelligence, cybersecurity tools, and defense-in-depth controls to identify and mitigate network threats.
• Knowledge of at least two types of security tools: Firewall, IDS/IPS, Host based antivirus, Data loss prevention, Vulnerability Management, Forensics, Malware Analysis, Device Hardening.
• Ability to build scripts and tools to enhance threat detection and incident response capabilities (Preferably in SPL, Python, PowerShell).
• Five (5) years relevant experience.
• Two (2) years performing root cause analysis of cybersecurity events and incidents.
• Must maintain CSSP Analyst certification by having one of the following or equivalent - (CEH, CFR, GCIA, GCISP).
• Top Secret Clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Be a positive, self-motivated, and proactive person with the ability to adapt to change and tolerate stressful situations.
• Candidate must communicate effectively with team members, team lead, management, and government customer s.
• Must have the ability and desire to research and develop creative solutions to unique problems with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Participates in 24x7x365 monitoring of SIEM and cybersecurity tools to detect, analyze, and respond to threats and unauthorized activity across the enterprise network.
• Reviews security events, logs, and network traffic to identify trends, advanced persistent threats (APTs), and other indicators of compromise.
• Uses threat intelligence and open-source intelligence (OSINT) to maintain awareness of emerging threats and inform defensive actions.
• Provides technical analysis and sustainment support for cybersecurity tools and applications.
• Assists with implementing defense-in-depth signatures and perimeter controls to mitigate network threats.

Benefits

• ESM provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identification or any other characteristic protected by state, federal or local law.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed