IRES000004 Junior Cyber Defense Analyst / Incident Responder (J)

Aerodyne Industries•Colorado Springs, CO

3d•$100,000 - $110,000•Onsite

About The Position

Aerodyne Industries is a dynamic, rapidly growing engineering and information technology services firm headquartered on Florida’s exciting Space Coast. With locations throughout the US, we take pride in delivering small business agility with large corporation capabilities. Our list of clients count on us to prepare NASA’s Missions to the Moon and Mars and to defend our nation supporting the Missile Defense Agency and Department of Defense.  Join the adventure of a lifetime by becoming a teammate with Aerodyne Industries and work on projects that will define our future. The Junior Cyber Defense Analyst / Incident Responder supports the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on the Integrated Research and Development for Enterprise Solutions (IRES) contract. The candidate will: The successful candidate will: Resumes, in month and year format, must be submitted with application in order to be considered for the position. The selected candidate may be assigned as an employee for one of our teammate companies.

Requirements

Must have 3, or more, years of general (full-time) work experience
Must have 2 years of directly related experience in information security, physical security, or cybersecurity, or a combination thereof
Must have a current DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II certification with Continuing Education (CE) - (CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+ CE, SSCP)
Must have, or obtain, a DoD 8570.01-M CSSP Analyst and Incident Responder certification (CEH or CySA+ cover both) with 6 months of start date.
Must have an active DoD Secret Security Clearance
Have experience with most MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio).
Be able to multi-task and prioritize various projects and assignments in a dynamic work environment in order to meet scheduled/unscheduled customer requests.
Be willing to travel 25% of the time.
Be willing to work rotating shifts in a 24x7x365 operational environment and respond quickly to emergencies as needed.

Nice To Haves

Have an Associate's degree (or higher) in Cybersecurity, Computer Science or related field
Have experience with security analysis and solutions in a WAN/LAN environment to include Routers, Switches, Network Devices, and Operating Systems (e.g., Windows, and Linux)
Have experience with other Security Operations Centers (SOC)/DCO tools/applications, such as Firewalls, Intrusion Detection Systems / Intrusion Prevention Systems, Network Security Manager, Forward Proxy, Spam Firewall, etc.
Have experience analyzing security compliance scans performed across a WAN (ACAS/Nessus preferred)
Have experience analyzing network and host-based threats (ESS preferred)
Be able to obtain a DoD Top Secret clearance
Be familiar with Security Operations Centers (SOC)/DoD
Be familiar with DCO/Cybersecurity Service Provider (CSSP)-guiding security policies and procedures
Have an active DoD Top Secret Clearance

Responsibilities

Perform Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO)/Cyber Security Service Provider (CSSP) duties outlined in Evaluator Scoring Metrics (ESM).
Perform cybersecurity duties on customer networks (proactively and reactively) to improve enterprise-wide security posture.
Perform preliminary analysis, identification, and response actions to detect, characterize, and respond to cyber incidents IAW CJCSM 6510.01B.
Perform event/incident investigations from start to conclusion, to include gathering data, analysis, and reporting.
Properly document all steps in the incident response process while taking care to preserve and protect incident artifacts, evidence, and chain of custody.
Analyze correlated asset, threat, and vulnerability data against known adversary exploits and techniques to determine impact and improve network defensive posture.
Support the development, establishment, review and update of DCO procedures, processes, manuals, and other documentation.
Leverage actionable Cyber Threat Intelligence data to search for indicators of compromise and make recommendations for improvements.
Review data of ongoing intrusions or cybersecurity incidents and report, analyze, and document/report the findings in accordance with CJCSM 6510.01B guidelines.
Provide support to internal and external Insider threat and law enforcement / counterintelligence (LE/CI) agencies during cyber incidents / investigations.