Tier 1 - Vulnerability Assessment Analyst

Leidos•Ashburn, VA

2d•$69,550 - $125,725

About The Position

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Security Operations Center (SOC) is a US Government program responsible for preventing, identifying, containing, and eradicating cyber threats to CBP networks. This involves monitoring, intrusion detection, and protective security services for CBP information systems, including LAN/WAN, commercial internet connections, public-facing websites, wireless, mobile/cellular, cloud, security devices, servers, and workstations. The CBP SOC is accountable for the overall security of CBP enterprise-wide information systems and investigates and reports suspected and confirmed security violations. The DHS CBP SOC Program has a critical need for a Tier 1 Vulnerability Assessor to join our Vulnerability Assessment Team (VAT) program. This position will provide Vulnerability Assessment support to the United States Department of Homeland Security, focusing on performing vulnerability scans of enterprise IT assets using the approved scanning infrastructure. Additional responsibilities include researching and analyzing current threats and vulnerabilities that may affect the enterprise, writing security advisories, and participating as a team member in focused adversarial assessments.

Requirements

All Department of Homeland Security CBP SOC employees are required to favorably pass a 5-year (BI) Background Investigation.
Bachelors’ degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Cyber Security, or related field and 2+ years of related experience. Additional years of experience and cyber certifications may be considered in lieu of degree.
Familiar with the management, operational, and technical aspects of IT Security in a complex enterprise environment.
Familiarity with CVE’s, Current vulnerabilities, Technology Standards and Controls.
Experience with in-depth analysis of vulnerabilities and troubleshooting scan issues.
Strong familiarity with STIGs and STIG compliance scanning.
Should have at least one of the following certifications: SANS GIAC: GCED, GCIA, GCFA, GPEN, GWAPT, GCFE, GREM, GXPN, GMON or GCIH ISC2 CCFP, CCSP, CISSP CERT CSIH EC Council: CHFI, LPT, ECSA, Offensive Security: OSCP, OSCE, OSWP and OSEE EnCase: EnCE Dod 8570: IAT L3, CNDSP Analyst or IR Carnegie Mellon: CCSIH

Nice To Haves

Experience in cyber government, and/or federal law enforcement.
Experience in Vulnerability scanning and analysis.
Experience in financial, CSP and FISMA audits.
Experience with Database (DBPro), Web application (WebInspect), OS (Tenable) scanning and Splunk queries

Responsibilities

Perform research on current threats and vulnerabilities and analyze the security posture of the enterprise.
Author security advisories.
Manage enterprise vulnerability compliance, CISA Binding Operational Directives, CISA Emergency Directives, ISVM.
Present vulnerability scan information to leadership, auditors, system engineers, etc.