Gridiron IT Solutions is Hiring a Cyber Network Defense Analyst with Security Clearance Near Pensacola, FL
Gridiron IT is seeking a Cyber Network Defense Analyst (CNDA) to support this critical customer mission. Responsibilities: - Characterize and analyze network traffic to identify anomalous activity and potential threats to network resources - Coordinate with enterprise-wide cyber defense staff to validate network alerts - Perform management duties as required to support the team, projects and analysts - Document and escalate incidents (including event's history, status, and potential impact for further action) that may cause ongoing and immediate impact to the environment - Perform cyber defense trend analysis and reporting - Perform event correlation using information gathered from a variety of sources within the enterprise to gain situational awareness and determine the effectiveness of an observed attack - Provide daily summary reports of network events and activity relevant to cyber defense practices - Receive and analyze network alerts from various sources within the enterprise and determine possible causes of alerts - Provide timely detection, identification, and alerting of possible attacks/intrusions, anomalous activities, and misuse activities and distinguish these incidents and events from benign activities - Use cyber defense tools for continual monitoring and analysis of system activity to identify malicious activity - Analyze identified malicious activity to determine weaknesses exploited, exploitation methods, effects on system and information - Identify and analyze anomalies in network traffic using metadata - Validate intrusion detection system (IDS) alerts against network traffic using packet analysis tools - Identify applications and operating systems of a network device based on network traffic - Reconstruct a malicious attack or activity based off network traffic - Identify network mapping and operating system (OS) fingerprinting activities - Assist in the construction of signatures which can be implemented on cyber defense network tools in response to new or observed threats within the network environment or enclave Required Skills/Clearances: - U.S. Citizenship - Active TS/SCI clearance - Ability to obtain Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Entry on Duty (EOD) Suitability - 8 years of direct relevant experience in cyber defense analysis using leading edge technologies and industry standard cyber defense tools- - Experience successfully developing and deploying signatures - Experience detecting host and network-based intrusions via intrusion detection technologies (e.g., Snort) - Experience implementing incident handling methodologies - Experience implementing protocol analyzers - Experience collecting data from a variety of cyber defense resources - Experience reading and interpreting signatures (e.g. snort) - Experience performing packet-level analysis - Experience conducting trend analysis Desired Skills: -Python programming experience - Strong math and science background - Experience with Carnegie Mellon SiLK tool suite Required Education: BS Computer Science, Cyber Security, Computer Engineering, or related degree; or HS Diploma & 10 years of network investigations experience. Desired Certifications: • One or more of the following professional certifications: GNFA, GCIH, GCIA, GSEC, CASP , CySA , PaLMS, FedVTE • GSEC (SANS401), Arcsight (or other SEIM solution), Network , Security