Senior Cybersecurity Analyst

3 weeks ago


Arlington, Virginia, United States Leidos Full time

Cybersecurity Operations Center (SOC) Analyst

Leidos is seeking a highly skilled SOC Analyst to support our team in the prevention, identification, containment, and eradication of cyber threats to IT Enterprise through monitoring, intrusion detection, and protective security services.

This includes local area networks/wide area networks (LAN/WAN), commercial Internet connection, public facing websites, wireless, mobile/cellular, cloud, security devices, servers, and workstations.

The SOC Analyst will perform the following tasks:

  • Coordinate investigation and response efforts throughout the Incident Response lifecycle
  • Correlate and analyze events and data to determine the scope of Cyber Incidents
  • Acquire and analyze endpoint and network artifacts, volatile memory, malicious files/binaries, and scripts
  • Recognize attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures as potential indicators of compromise (IOCs) that can be used to improve monitoring, analysis, and Incident Response
  • Develop, document, and maintain Incident Response process, procedures, workflows, and playbooks
  • Tune and maintain security tools (EDR, IDS, SIEM, etc.) to reduce false positives and improve SOC detection capabilities
  • Document Investigation and Incident Response actions taken in Case Management Systems and prepare formal Incident Reports
  • Create metrics and determine Key Performance Indicators to drive maturity of SOC operations
  • Develop security content such as scripts, signatures, and alerts

Requirements:

  • Experience in an information technology field with a minimum of 10 years of experience in the areas of incident detection and response, malware analysis, or computer forensics
  • Bachelor's degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience
  • 10+ years as a SOC analyst or similar work roles
  • In-depth knowledge of each phase of the Incident Response life cycle
  • Expertise of Operating Systems (Windows/Linux) operations and artifacts
  • Understanding of Enterprise Network Architectures to include routing/switching, common protocols (DHCP, DNS, HTTP, etc.), and devices (Firewalls, Proxies, Load Balancers, VPN, etc.)
  • Ability to recognize suspicious activity/events, common attacker TTPs, and perform logical analysis and research to determine root cause and scope of Incidents
  • Familiarity with Cyber Kill Chain and utilization of the ATT&CK Framework
  • Scripting experience with Python, PowerShell, and/or Bash
  • Ability to independently prioritize and complete multiple tasks with little to no supervision
  • Flexible and adaptable self-starter with strong relationship-building skills
  • Strong problem-solving abilities with an analytic and qualitative eye for reasoning
  • Candidates must be able to obtain a CISA EOD
  • Must have at least one of the following certifications: GCIH, GCFA, GCFE, GREM, GISF, GXPN, GWEB, GNFA, OSCP, OSCE, OSEE, CCFP, CISSP, CCNO, CEH, LPT, SCSA, ENSA, ECIH, ECSS, ECES, CIRC


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