Cybersecurity Watch Officer LCAT 1

Job#: 3044200

Job Description:

Cybersecurity Watch Officer

Location: Fort Meade, Maryland

Contract Layout: estimated  6 Month Contract to Permanent Hire

Contract Pay Rate: $63.41 - $65.00 / Hourly on W-2

Starting Salary at Permanent Hire: $130,000 & Full Benefits

• Top Secret (Eligibility)
• Security+CE
• 2-4 Years of Overall Work Experience
• 1-2 Years of any SOC, IT Security, Cyber/Cybersecurity, Vulnerability, Incident Response, Threat, Network Security, Watch Officer, or other Similar Experience
• Experience using SIEM/Security/Monitoring Tools for alerts, reviewing alerts from IDS/IPS, firewalls
• Experience performing troubleshooting to mitigate risks and documents incidents

• Provide threat analysis, track relevant prioritized incidents and provide recommended reporting requirements in coordination with the Cross Functional Fusion Team.
• Leverage intelligence and operational data, information, and processes to identify threats, improve security, and reduce the enterprise's exposure of vulnerabilities.
• Execute continuous network monitoring and incident/problem resolution.
• Triage events, incidents, and develop AO specific trends.
• Support various collaborative and cross functional (Intelligence, Current Operations, Future Operations, Logistics, Planning, Resourcing and Requirements) forums to achieve centrally coordinated, threat informed and prioritized vulnerability scoring and mitigation methodology.

• Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection.
• We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure.
• Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a Support Linc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts.
• In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA.
• Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach.
• You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.