Cyber Network Defense Analyst Level III

2 months ago


Arlington, Virginia, United States Zachary Piper Solutions Full time
Cyber Network Defense Analyst Job Description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a highly skilled Cyber Network Defense Analyst to join our team in supporting the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Hunt and Incident Response Team (HIRT). As a prime contractor to DHS, we perform HIRT investigations to develop a preliminary diagnosis of the severity of breaches. Our team provides remote and onsite advanced technical assistance, proactive hunting, rapid onsite incident response, and immediate investigation and resolution using host-based, network-based, and cloud-based cybersecurity analysis capabilities.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Monitor network activity and analyze it for evidence of suspicious behavior.
  • Identify and report events that occur, or might occur, within the network, in order to protect information, information systems, and networks from threats.
  • Review data collected to analyze cyber events, and the network environment, to find trends, patterns, or anomaly correlations that indicate more serious attacks or future threats.
  • Recommend proactive measures to contain the incident, including identification of intruder local changes/suspect interactions, isolation, in-depth digital media analysis, consultation with law enforcement or counterintelligence organizations, development of signatures to detect this malicious behavior, and development and deployment of eradication tools.
Requirements:
  • U.S. Citizenship
  • Active TS/SCI clearance
  • Ability to obtain Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Entry on Duty (EOD) Suitability
  • 5+ years of direct relevant experience in cyber defense analysis using leading edge technologies and industry standard cyber defense tools
  • Experience successfully developing and deploying signatures
  • Experience detecting host and network-based intrusions via intrusion detection technologies (e.g., Snort)
  • Experience implementing incident handling methodologies
  • Experience implementing protocol analyzers
  • Experience collecting data from a variety of cyber defense resources
  • Experience reading and interpreting signatures (e.g., Snort)
  • Experience performing packet-level analysis
  • Experience conducting trend analysis
Desired Skills:
  • GSEC (SANS401), Arcsight (or other SEIM solution), Network+, Security+, and Python programming experience would be ideal
  • Strong math and science background
  • Experience with Carnegie Mellon SiLK tool suite
Required Education:
  • BS Computer Science, Cyber Security, Computer Engineering, or related degree; or HS Diploma & 7-9 years of network investigations experience
Desired Certifications/Education:
  • One or more of the following professional certifications: GNFA, GCIH, GCIA, GSEC, CASP+, CySA+, PaLMS, FedVTE

Join our team of cybersecurity experts and contribute to the protection of the nation's cyber and communications infrastructure.



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