Tier 2 Monitoring Analyst - Senior

SkyePoint Decisions is a leading Cybersecurity Architecture and Engineering, Critical Infrastructure and Operations, and Applications Development and Maintenance IT service provider headquartered in Dulles, Virginia with operations across the U.S. We provide innovative enterprise-wide solutions as well as targeted services addressing the complex challenges faced by our federal government clients. Our focus is on enabling our clients to deliver their mission most efficiently and effectively – anytime, anywhere, securely.

We combine technical expertise, mission awareness, and an empowered workforce to produce meaningful results.

This is a contingent position based upon customer approval.

SkyePoint Decisions is seeking a Tier 2 Monitoring Analyst to support the Diplomatic Security Cyber Mission (DSCM) program providing leading cyber and technology security experience to enable innovative, effective, and secure business processes.

This position is located in Arlington, VA and will be onsite 5 days a week. No hybrid/telework allowed.

This position will support Sunday – Thursday 6:00am to 2:00pm.

• Support the Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT) and will be responsible for running day to day operations and analysis of the team.
• Develop the overall maturity of the team both from a holistic and professional level.
• This person is also the liaison between other CIRT teams and contract/government management.
• Provide Monitoring support in environment.
• Provide leadership and mentoring to security analysts.
• Share in-depth knowledge and intelligence gained from cyber security events with stakeholders.
• Protect against and prevent potential cyber security threats and vulnerabilities.
• Monitor and analyze network traffic to identify potential security threats and vulnerabilities.
• Monitor and analyze Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) alerts to identify security issues for remediation and investigate events and incidents.
• Provide response, technical assistance and expertise for significant cyber incidents, investigations, and related operational events.
• Develop and implement training programs for monitoring analysts.
• Develop and maintain security policies, procedures, and documentation.
• Conduct detailed research to increase awareness and readiness levels of the security operations center.
• Conduct advanced analysis and recommend remediation steps.
• Analyze network events to determine impact.
• Conduct all-source research to determine threat capability and intent.
• Develop and maintain analytical procedures to meet changing requirements.
• Analyze identified malicious activity to determine weaknesses exploited, exploitation methods, effects on system and information.
• Determine tactics, techniques, and procedures for intrusion sets.
• Work with stakeholders to resolve computer security incidents and vulnerability compliance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance with security standards and best practices.
• Collect and analyze intrusion artifacts (e.g., source code, malware, and system configuration) and use discovered data to enable mitigation of potential cyber defense incidents within the enterprise.
• Perform real-time cyber defense incident handling (e.g., forensic collections, intrusion correlation and tracking, threat analysis, and direct system remediation) tasks to support incident response.

• Bachelor's degree and minimum 9 Years experience; 7 Years with Masters; 4 Years with PhD. Four (4) additional years of experience can be substituted in lieu of the degree requirement.
• Must possess ONE of the following certifications or the ability to obtain prior to start date: CASP+ CE, CCNP Security, CEH, CFR, CHFI, CISA, CISSP (or Associate), Cloud+, CND, CySA+, GCED, GCIH, GICSP, SSCP.
• Security Operations Center experience, network event analysis and/or threat analysis.
• Tuning and/or configuring SIEM and vulnerability tools experience.
• Cloud computing technologies to include Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS) experience.
• Expertise in traditional computing technologies architecture, design and security.
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