Cyber Security Analyst

Responsibilities for this Position

Location:

USA VA Manassas

Full Part/Time:
Full time

Job Req: RQ220610

Type of

Requisition :

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Top Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Top Secret

Public Trust/Other

Required:

None

Job Family:

Cyber and IT Risk Management

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Cyber Defense, Monitoring Tools, Troubleshooting

Certifications:

None

Experience:

2 + years of related experience

US Citizenship

Required:

Yes

Job Description:

CYBERSECURITY ANALYST

Job Description

Summary:

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Cybersecurity/Network Analyst supporting Department of State customer. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.

At GDIT, people are our differentiators. As a Cybersecurity Analyst you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a TS level cleared Cybersecurity Analyst joining our team to support our customer.

Duties & Responsibilities

* Uses data collected from a variety of cyber defense tools (e.g., IDS alerts, firewalls, network traffic logs) to analyze events that occur within their environments for the purposes of mitigating threats

* Create dashboards in Splunk and analyze alerts and alarms

* Interprets, analyzes, and reports all events and anomalies in accordance with computer network directives, including initiating, responding, and reporting discovered events

* Evaluates, tests, recommends, coordinates, monitors, and maintains cybersecurity policies, procedures, and systems, including access management for hardware, firmware, and software.

* Ensures that cybersecurity plans, controls, processes, standards, policies, and procedures are aligned with cybersecurity standards.

* Identifies security risks and exposures, determines the causes of security violations and suggests procedures to halt future incidents and improve security.

* Develops techniques and procedures for conducting cybersecurity risk assessments and compliance audits, the evaluation and testing of hardware, firmware and software for possible impact on system security, and the investigation and resolution of security incidents such as intrusion, frauds, attacks or leaks.

Skills and Experience:

Required

* Certification in the field of cyber security (e.g., CompTIA Security+, CISSP, Information Assurance, or Certified Ethical Hacker)

* 3+ years of experience

* Basic knowledge of the principles, methods, and techniques used in engineering, information systems, and related technical support.

* Basic knowledge of related hardware and software

* Basic understanding of data manipulation of Indicators of Compromise (IOC's)

* Basic understanding of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

* Basic understanding of Vulnerability Management (Vulnerability Scanning and Patching)

* Basic understanding of Information Assurance

* Understand how to use Splunk and Science Logic

Location:

Customer Site

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE

At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

* Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities

* Support:
An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals

* Rewards:
Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off

* Community:
Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY

Explore a career in cyber at GDIT and you'll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your focus on defending and protecting what matters.

The likely salary range for this position is 81,348.

-  This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

The likely salary range for this position is $85,000 - $115,000. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly

Hours:

40

Travel Required:

Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:

Onsite

Work Location:

USA VA Manassas

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.

To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and…