Defensive Cyber Operations; DCO) Analyst - Temporary
Job in
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, 80509, USA
Listed on 2026-10-11
Listing for:
Quantum Sky
Seasonal/Temporary
position Listed on 2026-10-11
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
Cybersecurity, Information Security & Data Protection, Systems Analyst, IT Consultant
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Quantum Sky has an opening for a temporary Defensive Cyber Analyst to support the United States Space Force (USSF) D6 Contract by providing continuous Cybersecurity Monitoring, Intrusion Detection and Cyber Incident Responses. This position is planned to go until June 2027.
Responsibilities:- Analyze cyber incidents, correlate incident details and formulate response actions.
- Provide recommendations on tuning and maximizing capability of existing tools, while providing recommendations for other tools to increase capability.
- Monitor government provided DCO tools and systems.
- Conduct after action processes to capture efforts taken to mitigate unauthorized actions.
- Participate in development of DCO Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs).
- Participate in development of DCO concept of operations, processes and procedures.
- Identify security discrepancies and report security incidents.
- Provide expert research and analysis in support of expanding programs and area of responsibility.
- Minimum of one (1) active DoD 8570.07-M Cyber Security Services Provider (CSSP) "Analyst" or "Incident Responder" certifications:
- BS degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Data Science, Information Systems, or Computer Science OR
- Appropriate Military IT/cyber training (M03385G; M10395B; M223854 or A-150-1980 or A-150-1202 or A-150-1203 or A-150-1250 or A-531-0451 or A-531-4421 or A-531-1900 or WSS 011 or DISA-US1377)
- 1-3 years of Cybersecurity/IT experience
- Experience performing Continuous Cybersecurity Monitoring, Intrusion Detection and Cyber Incident Response.
- Cybersecurity Service Provider (CSSP) experience is preferred.
- Familiarity with Space Operations is highly desired.
- Experience with the following tools:
- Elastic Stack, Kibana, Suricata, Splunk, Snort, Wireshark, Bro/Zeek logs, tcpdump, editcap, ACAS, Microsoft Office 365, Python or Bash scripting.
- Active DoD TS/SCI clearance
- Night Shift 645p-645a MT, either Sun-Tues, or Thurs-Sat, and every other Wed.
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