Job Description
The Opportunity:
Are you ready to take an active role in the cyber defense of network assets within the federal intelligence community (IC)? Are you looking for an opportunity to protect critical infrastructure from the constant onslaught of cyber-attacks? If you want to sharpen your skills by analyzing threats real-time, you want to be a Cyber Defense Operations Analyst.
As an Analyst on our SOC team, you’ll monitor and analyze threats, using state-of-the-art tools like Splunk, ElK Stack, Cisco FirePower, FireEye, including NX, EX, or AX, Trellix/McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator, Solarwinds, and Cylance. You’ll use your cybersecurity skills to:
- Provide security monitoring and incident response services in alignment with the mission to protect network assets, including industrial control systems
- Act as an internal expert on matters relating to intrusion detection and incident response
- Support investigations into network intrusions and other cybersecurity breaches
- Support a coordinated response to complex cyber-attacks that threaten assets, intellectual property, and computer systems
- Contribute to the development and improvement of security monitoring and incident response processes and solutions to support our cybersecurity program, as required, and operate security monitoring and incident response toolsets with a focus on continuous improvement
- Research and recommend solutions for incident response and digital forensics
You’ll work with the team to understand, mitigate, and respond to threats quickly, restoring operations and limiting the impact. You’ll analyze incidents to figure out just how many systems are affected and assist recovery efforts. You’ll combine threat intelligence, event data, and assessments from recent events, and identify patterns to understand attackers’ goals to stop them from succeeding. This is a great opportunity to build your cybersecurity skills with hands on experience in threat assessment and incident response. Join us as we protect our nation's infrastructure from malicious actors.
Join us. The world can't wait.
You Have:
- 3+ years of experience with information security, including penetration testing, intrusion detection, incident response, threat analysis, or digital forensics
- Experience with cybersecurity systems, tools, platforms, or applications, including Splunk, Trellis EDR, Cisco FirePower, FireEye, NX, EX, AX, McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator, ACAS, or Cylance
- Knowledge of cybersecurity and IT architecture design and tools
- Ability to troubleshoot an active security event from detection to containment and provide recommendations
- Ability to work in an enterprise team setting
- Top Secret clearance
- Bachelor's degree
- IAT Level II Certification
Nice If You have:
- TS/SCI clearance
- IAM Level III or IAT Level III Certification
Clearance:
Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Top Secret clearance is required.
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Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $67,700.00 to $154,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.Work Model
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