Intermediate Information Assurance (IA) Analyst

CompQsoft, Inc.•Colorado Springs, CO

34m•Onsite

About The Position

This is a full-time position with benefits, working onsite at Peterson Space Force Base (PSFB), CO, for the U.S. Space Force. The role requires an active DOD Secret security clearance and any IAT Level II certification. The Intermediate Information Assurance (IA) Analyst will perform network monitoring, analysis, and reporting in accordance with DoD Directive 8570.01-M. This includes examining potential security violations, incidents, malicious activity, and attacks to determine policy breaches, assessing impact, and preserving artifacts. The analyst will also enter and track events and incidents, support incident escalation, assess probable damages, identify damage control and remediation, and assist in developing courses of action. Additionally, the role involves supervising the installation, monitoring, testing, troubleshooting, and administration of IA hardware and software systems, recommending, scheduling, and performing IA system repairs, systems administration, and maintenance. The analyst will also analyze patterns of non-compliance or attacks and recommend actions to minimize security risks and insider threats.

Requirements

Configures, optimizes, and tests network devices.
Diagnoses and resolves IA problems in response to reported incidents.
Enhances rule sets to identify or block sources or potential sources of malicious traffic.
Supports the design and execution of exercise scenarios.
Implements, and monitors policies and procedures reflecting the legislative intent of applicable laws and regulations.
Prepares, distributes, and maintains plans, instructions, guidance, and standard operational procedures concerning Information Security.
Participates in IA risk assessments during the C&A process.
Prepares, reviews, and evaluates documentation of compliance.
Prepares recommendations for the DAA.
Reviews IA and IA enabled software, hardware, and firmware for compliance with appropriate security configuration guidelines, policies, and procedures.
Reviews AI security plans.
Identifies alternative functional IA security strategies to address organizational security concerns.
Reviews security safeguards to determine that security concerns identified in approved policies, plans, and doctrine have been fully addressed.
Develops and implements programs to ensure that systems, network, and data users are aware of, understand, and follow IA policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

Performs network monitoring, analysis and reporting in accordance with DoD Directive 8570.01-M.
Examines potential security violations, incidents, malicious activity and attacks to determine if policy has been breached, assesses the impact, and preserves artifacts.
Enters and tracks events and incidents.
Supports incident escalation and assesses probable damages, identifies damage control and remediation, and assists in developing courses of action.
Supervises the installation, monitoring, testing, troubleshooting, and administration of IA hardware and software systems.
Recommends, schedules, and performs IA system repairs, systems administration, and maintenance.
Analyzes patterns of non compliance or attacks and recommends appropriate actions to minimize security risks and insider threat.