Job Description
Job Title: Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Location: Washington, DC 20551
Duration: Contract (6 to 12+ Months)
Eligibility Requirements for This Role:
- Must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident (Green Card holder).
- Must be able to successfully pass a background investigation conducted by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
- Must be comfortable securely providing Personal Identifiable Information (PII) for clearance processing.
- Must be willing to have a photo taken for issuance of a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) badge.
- May be required to appear on-site for PIV card issuance.
Must have Certifications
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
- Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
- GIAC Network Forensic Analyst (GNFA)
- GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)
- Equivalent
Personnel Qualifications
- At least five years of experience performing the functions associated with this labor category.
- Experience administering and maintaining the logic for a variety of intrusion detection, prevention, and analysis platforms that are designed to identify and/or technically counter attempted intrusions as part of a defense-in-depth program that protects both local (on- premises) and cloud computing systems. This includes authoring and implementing custom detection content for signature-based detection systems, security information and event management (SIEM) systems, host-based detection systems, and firewall logic.
- Experience monitoring real-time network activity flagged by a variety of intrusion detection, prevention, and analysis platforms and experience analyzing the resulting raw data, metadata, and event logs to confirm suspected intrusion attempts into either local (on- premises) or cloud computing systems.
- Experience investigating network anomalies and responding to cybersecurity incidents in either local (on-premises) or cloud computing systems, including all phases of the digital forensics and incident response process (e.g. preparation, scoping, containment, eradication, remediation, recovery, lessons learned, and closeout).
- Experience implementing and maintaining a fully operational data loss prevention capability that prevents the loss of data from local (on-premises) and/or cloud computing systems.
Capabilities
- Administer and maintain logic for a variety of intrusion detection, prevention, and analysis platforms.
- Author and implement custom detection content for signature-based detection systems, security information and event management (SIEM) systems, host-based detection systems, and firewall logic.
- Monitor real-time network activity flagged by a variety of intrusion detection, prevention, and analysis platforms and analyze raw data, metadata, and event logs to confirm suspected intrusion attempts into either local (on-premises) or cloud computing systems.
- Investigate network anomalies and respond to cybersecurity incidents in either local (on-premises) or cloud computing systems.
- Implement and maintain a fully operational data loss prevention capability that prevents the loss of data from local (on-premises) and/or cloud computing systems.
Best regards,
Yatin Arora
Lead Technical Recruiter
Acruex Inc.
Yatin.arora@acruex.com
Job Tags
Permanent employment, Contract work, Local area,