Overview
Cyber Security Analyst Jobs in Washington, District of Columbia, USA at Peraton
Title: Cyber Security Analyst
Company: Peraton
Location: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Type: Full Time
Category: IT/Tech, Security
Responsibilities
The Cyber Security Analyst will be responsible for the following but not limited to:
Coordinates across the enterprise to ensure network security devices are monitored and generating alerts.
Manages the Information Technology (IT) infrastructure, including physical networks (e.g., LANs/WANs, servers, terminals) and server applications (e.g., People Soft, Oracle).
Configures, installs, maintains, and upgrades server applications and hardware.
Evaluates, tests, recommends, coordinates, monitors, and maintains information systems (IS) and cyber security policies, procedures, and systems, including access management for hardware, firmware, and software.
Ensures IS and cyber security plans, controls, processes, standards, policies, and procedures align with IS standards and overall IS and cyber security.
Identifies security risks and exposures, determines causes of security violations, and suggests procedures to prevent future incidents and improve security.
Develops techniques and procedures for conducting IS and cyber security risk assessments and compliance audits, evaluating and testing hardware, firmware, and software for possible impacts on system security, and investigating and resolving security incidents.
Conducts research and evaluates technical and all-source intelligence with emphasis on network operations and cyber warfare tactics, techniques, and procedures focused on threats to networked weapons platforms and US and DoD information networks.
Analyzes network events to determine impact on current operations and conducts all-source research to determine advisory capability and intent.
Prepares assessments and cyber threat profiles of current events based on the collection, research, and analysis of classified and open-source information.
Correlates threat data from various sources.
Develops and maintains analytical procedures to meet changing requirements and ensure maximum operations.
Collects data using standard intelligence methods and business processes.
Produces high-quality papers, presentations, recommendations, and findings for senior US government intelligence and network operations officials.
Qualifications
Requires a BS/BA with 2-4 years, MS/MA with 0-2 years, or no bachelor’s degree and 8-10 years of relevant work experience.
Proven experience in provisioning, patch management, and configuration management activities for all security devices.
Device monitoring of tiered alerts for all operational networks.
Proven experience in lifecycle management of all security devices, including tech refresh recommendations.
Familiarity with COTS technologies used in a Cybersecurity Operations Center environment.
Support for security incident resolution.
Must have a current DoD 8570.1-M IAT Level II certification (i.e., Security+ CE).
Must possess an active TS/SCI clearance.
Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, including heavily subsidizedemployee benefitscoverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap, and participation in an attractive bonus plan.
Peraton Overview
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and tec…
