Part Time, Tier 2 Cyber Incident Response Analyst - (w/ active TS) - Weekend Nights
Critical Solutions
- Washington DC
- $33.00-45.00 per hour
- Permanent
- Part-time
Critical Solutions is seeking a Tier 2 Cyber Incident Response Analyst to support threat monitoring, detection, event analysis, and incident reporting. The Security Operations Center is a 24/7 environment. You will be responsible for monitoring enterprise networks and systems, detecting events, and reporting on any and all threats that are directed against those systems regardless of their classification level or type.Typically, the client's sensor grid acquires millions of events per day and events are analyzed and categorized in accordance with the Cyber Security Incident Response Plan. The Incident Response Analyst will provide the client with a fully comprehensive array of analytical activities in support of external threat monitoring, detection, event analysis, and incident reporting efforts including presentation reviews, internal and external threat reporting, analysis of inbound and outbound public internet traffic, suspicious e-mail messages, administering access request to specific public sites, communicating and coordinating the characterization of events and the response.PRIMARY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provides support for complex computer network exploitation and defense techniques to include deterring, identifying, and investigating computer and network intrusions; providing incident response and remediation support;
- Performing comprehensive computer surveillance/monitoring, identifying vulnerabilities; developing secure network designs and protection strategies, and audits of information security infrastructure.
- Provides technical support for continuous monitoring, computer exploitation and reconnaissance; target mapping and profiling; and, network decoy and deception operations in support of computer intrusion defense operations.
- Provides technical support for forensics services to include evidence seizure, computer forensic analysis, and data recovery, in support of computer crime investigation.
- Researches and maintains proficiency in open and closed source computer exploitation tools, attack techniques, procedures, and trends.
- Performs research into emerging threat sources and develops threat profiles.
- Provides technical support for a comprehensive risk management program identifying mission-critical processes and systems; current and projected threats; and system vulnerabilities.
- Active Top Secret with SCI eligibility required*
- Be able to commute onsite and support Weekend night shift, 10 PM - 10 AM EST
- Minimum of four (4) years of general work experience and three (3) years of relevant experience in functional responsibility
- Bachelor's Degree, or an equivalent combination of formal education, experience
- Experience in the following tools and technologies:
- BRO IDS
- Splunk SIEM
- RSA Netwitness
- FireEye
- Sourcefire (Snort)
- CrowdStrike EDR
- Fidelis XPS
- Strong analytical and organizational skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Experience with MS Word and other MS Office Applications
- Experience with securing various environments preferred
- Experience working a SOC and doing incident response is preferred
- Experience and education preferred in eCPPT, OSCP, GCFW, GCIH, other relevant IT security certifications, or advanced vendor certifications such as Splunk Certified Architect or SourceFire Certified Administrator; Security+, GSEC, or other relevant IT security product certifications such as Tenable Certified Nessus Auditor, or SnortCP; CISSP, CISM, or ISO 27001
- Weekend Night Shift, 10 pm EST - 10 am EST
- This role will be an ad hoc shift with potential hours ranging from 24-96 per month on either Saturday or Sunday.
- Onsite. Washington, DC
- Must be willing and able to commute to Washington, DC