Security Analyst/Incident Responder

AnaVation•Alexandria, VA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

AnaVation is looking for a Security Analyst (Incident Responder) to assist the client leadership with vulnerability management and incident response activities. The ideal candidate will be comfortable engaging with client leadership on a regular basis and interacting with senior level team members.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent demonstrated experience and knowledge.
6 years experience as a Security Administrator or equivalent knowledge.
Hands-on experience conducting incident response activities and vulnerability analysis of various systems, applications, security tools, databases, and networks logs.
Performing vulnerability scans with tools such as Tenable or Qualys.
Experience with Crowdstrike, TenableSC, Splunk. (Experience with comparable tools may be considered).
Experience with NIST SP 800-61 rev2 Computer Security Incident Handling Guide.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Familiarity with multi-tiered network applications, common ports and protocols used in those communications, the Common Vulnerability System (CVS) and the exploitation mechanisms of common vulnerability types (e.g., buffer overflows, cross-site-scripting, SQL injection).
Ability to perform online research and comprehend attack signatures while comparing them to network traffic to perform proper analysis of detections.
Ability to use common tools such as Wireshark to examine network traffic.
Certifications: Security + required.

Nice To Haves

Self-Starter ability to quickly become competent with new security-related tools and processes.
Ability to conduct Deep Dive analysis to determine root cause assessment of various network scanning agents scanning or communication failures.
Ability to coordinate remediation strategies with agency department technical staff through completion.
Familiarity with the various use cases and alignment of data from each tool to various security disciplines in configuration management, vulnerability management, risk management and incident management.
Understanding of the role of interactive training such as phishing exercises for assessment of organizational abilities.
Familiarity with the use of data analysis tools, including the use of Microsoft Excel or PowerBI to combine data from multiple sources.
Familiarity with information security terminology and being able to develop or select technical training in the discipline of information security geared to an organization.
Familiarity with data management and reporting of training data and statistics using common tools such as Microsoft Excel and Word.

Responsibilities

Lead and manage Incident Response (IR) activities to include triage, investigating, interviewing, resolving, and reporting on events.
Creating, updating, and/or revising the IR Playbook and IR Plan.
Monitor, maintain and administer policies and rules within EDR and SIEM tools (e.g., Crowdstrike, Splunk).
Support and develop reports during and after incidents, which include all actions taken to properly mitigate, recover and return operations to normal operations.
Develop and implement defensive cyber best practice tactics, techniques, and procedures.
Maintain Incident Ticketing tracking system and related tickets within Remedy or other tracking tools.
Monitor and take action within multiple tools providing security functions such as vulnerability management (e.g., Nessus), configuration management (e.g., Tenable Security Center, IBM BigFix, SCCM), endpoint protection (e.g., antivirus, ATP), intrusion detection software and hardware.
Manage and perform Splunk queries to examine and query log data from the Enterprise Logging as a Service system and perform log analysis.
Ensure system and application logs are being sent to enterprise SIEM tool for log monitoring.
Conduct and manage vulnerability scans using Tenable SC and/or Qualys.
Analyze scan results, prioritize findings by risk and impact, coordinate with responsible parties for remediation and validate false positives.
Interacting with GRC tool (e.g., CSAM) to perform daily/weekly vulnerability analysis.
Creating and compiling weekly security metrics into dashboards and charts.
Presenting vulnerability analysis to system admins, system owners, and leadership.
Flexible with other security related tasks as needed by the customer.