Cyber Blue Team Analyst
$120,000–$135,000 year
On-siteFort Belvoir, Virginia, United States
Job Summary
Conduct cyber assessments of vulnerabilities in critical U.S. and Allied systems, networks, infrastructures, and assets by identifying threats to information technology and operational technology. Develop recommendations to remediate system vulnerabilities based on DoD Mission Assurance Assessment benchmarks, examining telecommunications and cyber space operations from an adversarial viewpoint. Perform assessments ranging from one to six weeks in duration, including testing and evaluating protection strategies to demonstrate exploitation of identified weaknesses. This contingent position supports the Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Nuclear Enterprise Support Directorate program and requires a Top Secret clearance with SCI access.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, information technology, computer engineering, electrical engineering or related discipline
- 4 years of experience
- 10 years Commensurate experience
- Current DoD Top Secret clearance
- the ability to obtain SCI access
- Active certifications required – IAT II as described in DoDD 8570.01
- Active certifications required – CSSP Auditor
- Demonstrated experience with Linux environments (Red Hat, CentOS, Ubuntu)
- Understanding of information technology threats, and cybersecurity practices
- Hands-on experience with security monitoring, threat hunting, packet analysis, malware analysis, signature development, and/or shell scripting
- Hands-on experience with network monitoring and packet inspection tools
- Programming experience (Perl, Python, C, etc.)
Desired Qualifications
- Possess the knowledge, skills, and ability to operate the advanced cyber analytical toolkit and perform required assessments
- Possess working knowledge of DoD's IT system and network certification and accreditation processes to include system security authorization agreements
- Experience conducting Information Operations Computer Network Defense/Exploitation assessments
- Experience with firewalls and network TAP technologies
- Experience installing, configuring, administering software applications
- Demonstrated skills in troubleshooting problems with software and hardware
- Experience configuring, managing and maintaining networking equipment
- Working knowledge of Department of Defense's Information Assurance
- Experience in Vulnerability Alert processes
- Working knowledge of Computer Network vulnerability/compliance analysis software
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