Cyber Defense Analyst II - TCW-C

Cyber Defense Analyst II

Full Time Fort Meade, MD

TS/SCI with CI Poly

Must comply with Executive Order 14042 Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors

Job Description:

Uses information collected from a variety of sources to monitor network activity and analyze it for evidence of anomalous behavior. Identifies, triages, and reports events that occur in order to protect data, information systems, and infrastructure. Finds trends, patterns, or anomaly correlations utilizing security-relevant data. Recommends proactive security measures. Conducts analysis to isolate indicators of compromise. Notify designated managers, cyber incident responders, and cybersecurity service provider team member of suspected cyber incidents and articulate the event’s history, status, and potential impact for further action in accordance with the organization’s cyber incident response plan.

Qualification Requirements:

• One (1) year of demonstrated and practical experience in TCP/IP fundamentals
• One (1) year of demonstrated experience with network traffic analysis tools such as Bricata, tcpdump or Wireshark.
• Two (2) yeas of demonstrated experience using security information and event management suites (such as Splunk, ArcSight, Kibana, LogRhythm)
• Two (2) years of demonstrated experience in network analysis and threat analysis software utilization
• Two (2) years of demonstrated experience maintaining or managing Cloud environments such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), using tools like Microsoft Sentinel

Certification Requirements:

• Requires DoD 8570 compliance with CSSP Analyst baseline certification, Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level I or Level II certification, and Computing Environment (CE) certification. The CE certification requirements can be fulfilled with either Microsoft OS, Cent OS/Red Hat OS CE certifications.
• CDA Level 2 (Wireless) positions:
  Wireless certification similar to Certified Wireless Network Administrator (CWNA) to Assessing and Auditing Wireless Networks (GAWN), Certified Wireless security Professional (CWSP), Offensive Security Wireless Fidelity (OSWP), Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA-Wireless), Or Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP-Wireless).
• CDA Level 2 (SCADA) positions:

ICS/SCADA certification similar to Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional (GICSP) certification OR Global Response and Industrial Defense (GRID) certification.

• Requires successful completion of the Splunk software training course: “Fundamentals 1”

Education and Experience Required:

• Four (4) years of demonstrated experience as CDA in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity required.
• A technical bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university may be substituted for two (2) years of CDA experience on projects of similar scope, type, and complexity.