IT Security Analyst
About The Position
DecisionPoint Corporation is seeking an IT Security Analyst to join its US Air Force team and support the defense of USAF infrastructure (AFIN) at the base level. The position is onsite at Sioux City ANGB. The contractor will provide Functional Mission Analysis-Cyber (FMA-C) assistance to identify critical information technology architecture and supporting infrastructure that enables the warfighting mission. The role requires a fundamental understanding of Department of Defense mission assurance concepts and their relationship to the USAF mission. The analyst investigates network activity, identifies and evaluates mission-relevant terrain in cyberspace (MRT-C), develops risk-reduction and defense strategies, and supports cyber situational awareness and incident response. The position also involves vulnerability assessments, threat and trend analysis, coordination with local and enterprise cyber defense personnel, incident documentation and escalation, and recommendations concerning policies, procedures, and organizational design. Employment is contingent on completing specified Air Force FMA-C, MACCE, and MADSS training and obtaining a MADSS account within the stated timeframes.
Requirements
- Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information System Engineering, Business, or a related technical discipline in cybersecurity or information technology.
- IAT Level II certification, such as CompTIA Security+, in accordance with DoD 8140 and AFMAN 17-1303.
- Five years of experience with Functional Mission Analysis in Cyberspace processes and associated mapping and defense of Mission-Relevant Terrain in Cyberspace.
- Five years of experience with IT cybersecurity principles, concepts, and methods for investigating, analyzing, and responding to cyber incidents within a computer network environment or enclave.
- Five years of experience with IT security principles, policies, products, and services to assess risk and advise on vulnerabilities to attack, as well as procedures and methods for protecting systems and applications.
- Five years of experience with commonly applied telecommunications principles, concepts, methodologies, operating characteristics, and capabilities of systems, media, equipment, and related software, processes, and procedures to assess operational efficiency and recommend measures involving equipment and system integrity.
- Attend the Air Force virtual FMA-C course within one month of onboarding or upon first class availability.
- Attend Mission Assurance Cyber Coordination Element (MACCE) training within three months of onboarding, if funding is available.
- Complete virtual Mission Assurance Decision Support System (MADSS) training within one month of onboarding and obtain a MADSS account.
Responsibilities
- Provide Functional Mission Analysis-Cyber assistance to identify weapon-system critical IT architecture and supporting infrastructure.
- Investigate network activity in cyberspace to determine essential Mission Relevant Terrain Cyber (MRT-C) supporting command, control, processes, and systems.
- Develop strategies to identify, evaluate, and minimize risks in the local cyberspace environment that are crucial to mission success.
- Create and implement techniques to merge and display relevant MRT-C based on essential systems and network services.
- Identify and analyze trends to define MRT-C requirements and provide guidance and alignment services.
- Assist with FMA-C, including identifying, mapping, and developing a defense plan to safeguard MRT-C.
- Establish databases to monitor systems, design and revise user boundaries, and create indexing to facilitate searches.
- Use classified and unclassified networks and information portals to create support and information distribution plans for mission activities.
- Review and recommend new or revised policies, procedures, objectives, and staff organizational design as needed.
- Coordinate with local and base subject matter experts to resolve events or incidents and brief recommendations and courses of action.
- Define and perform vulnerability assessments, using threat analysis to scope and prioritize efforts.
- Conduct research, analysis, and correlation across a wide variety of all-source data sets, including indications and warnings.
- Coordinate with enterprise-wide cyber defense staff to validate network alerts.
- Document and escalate incidents, including their history, status, and potential impact, for further action.
- Perform cyber defense trend analysis and reporting.
- Correlate events using information from across the enterprise to gain situational awareness and assess the effectiveness of observed attacks.
- Receive and analyze network alerts from enterprise sources and determine possible causes.
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