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TCI has an immediate need for a
Hybrid Tier 2 Cyber Security Analyst in Falls Church, VA. This is not a Corp2Corp opportunity. This is a long-term contract opportunity with the probability of hire. In addition to competitive, market-rate based pay, TCI provides all our Consultants with Comprehensive Medical/Dental Insurance, 401k, Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability benefits. Please note that this position requires US Citizenship and a DoD Public Trust Security Clearance Night Shift Hours 11:00 pm to 8:00am with days off being Thursday and Friday. RESPONSIBILITIES- Identification of Cyber Security problems which may require mitigating controls.
- Analyze network traffic to identify exploit or intrusion related attempts.
- Recommend detection mechanisms for exploit and or intrusion related attempts.
- Provide subject matter expertise on network-based attacks, network traffic analysis, and intrusion methodologies.
- Escalate items which require further investigation to other members of the Threat Management team.
- Execute operational processes in support of response efforts to identified security incidents.
- Participates in a team of Security operations engineers investigating alerts, anomalies, errors, intrusions, malware, etc. to identify the responsible, determine remediation, and recommend security improvements.
- Follows precise analytical paths to determine the nature and extent of problems being reported by tools, e-mails, etc.
- Follows strict guidance on reporting requirements.
- Keeps management informed with precise, unvarnished information about security posture and events.
- Engages with other internal and external parties to get and share information to improve processes and security posture.
- Guide team efforts and communicates to leadership.
- Leads analyzing/investigating reports or anomalies.
- 3-5 years of related experience on a Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT), Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), Computer Security Incident Response Center (CSIRC) or a Security Operations Center (SOC).
- 3+ years IT security experience.
- 2+ years of experience in network traffic analysis.
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or Information Security preferred or a technically related field OR equivalent related work experience.
- Strong working knowledge of TCP/IP Fundamentals and Network Level Exploits.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Strong understanding of IDS/IPS technologies, trends, vendors, processes and methodologies.
- Strong understanding of common IDS/IPS architectures and implementations.
- Strong understanding of IDS/IPS signatures, content creation and signature characteristics including both signature and anomaly-based analysis and detection.
- Must be US Citizen and eligible for a Public Trust clearance and may be required to obtain a higher security clearance.
- Splunk experience developing queries.
- Cloud monitoring experience is a plus.
- Excellent writing skills.
- CERTIFICATIONS: (One or more desired) CompTIA Security +, CPTE Certified Penetration Testing Engineer or CEH Certified Ethical Hacker, GCIH (GIAC Certified Incident Handler) or ECIH (EC-Council Certified Incident Handler) or CISA Certified Information Systems Auditor.
- ID: #49580612
- State: Virginia Fallschurch 22040 Fallschurch USA
- City: Fallschurch
- Salary: $58 - $68
- Job type: Permanent
- Showed: 2023-03-29
- Deadline: 2023-05-26
- Category: Writing/editing