Tier 2 Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT) Analyst

Peraton•Beltsville, MD

61d•$80,000 - $128,000

About The Position

Peraton is seeking an experienced Tier 2 Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT) Analyst to join Peraton's Department of State (DoS) Diplomatic Security Cyber Mission (DSCM) program, which provides leading cyber and technology security expertise to enable innovative, effective, and secure business processes that protect our nation's diplomatic missions worldwide. Location: Beltsville, MD and Rosslyn, VA Work Hours: Eves Shift 14:00-22:00 and SUN-THU. First 90 days on shift 0600-1400 for training. In this role, you will:

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience, or a High School diploma and 6 years of relevant experience.
Must possess at least one of the following certifications prior to start date: CCNA-Security, CND, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+ CE, or SSCP
Demonstrated experience in the Incident Response lifecycle.
Knowledge of SOAR ticketing and automated response systems (e.g. ServiceNow, Splunk SOAR, Microsoft Sentinel).
Demonstrated experience with using Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platforms (e.g. Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Elastic, Q-Radar).
Demonstrated experience in using Endpoint Detection and Response systems (e.g. MDE, ElasticXDR, CarbonBlack, Crowdstrike).
Knowledge of cloud security monitoring and incident response.
Knowledge of integrating IOCs and Advanced Persistent Threat actors.
Ability to analyze cyber threat intelligence reporting and understanding adversary methodologies and techniques.
Knowledge of malware analysis techniques.
Knowledge of the MITRE ATT&CK and D3FEND frameworks.
U.S. citizenship required.
Active Interim Secret clearance in order to start.

Responsibilities

Detect, classify, process, track, and report on cyber security events and incidents.
Perform advanced in-depth analysis of coordinated Tier 1 alert triage and requests in a 24x7x365 environment.
Analyze logs from multiple sources (e.g., host logs, EDR, firewalls, intrusion detection systems, servers) to identify, contain, and remediate suspicious activity.
Characterize and analyze network traffic to identify anomalous activity and potential threats.
Protect against and prevent potential cyber security threats and vulnerabilities.
Perform forensic analysis of hosts artifacts, network traffic, and email content.
Analyze malicious scripts and code to mitigate potential threats.
Conduct malware analysis to generate IOCs to identify and mitigate threats.
Collaborate with Department of State teams to analyze and respond to events and incidents.
Monitor and respond to the CIRT Security Orchestration and Automation Response (SOAR) platform, hotline, email inboxes.
Create tickets and initiate workflows as instructed in technical SOPs.
Coordinate and report incident information to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).
Collaborate with other local, national and international CIRTs as directed.
Submit alert tuning requests.