Blue Team Engineer/ Analyst

Responsibilities

Peraton is currently seeking to hire a Blue Team Engineer / Analyst to become part of Peraton’s Department of State (DoS) Diplomatic Security Cyber Mission (DSCM) program providing leading cyber and technology security experience to enable innovative, effective and secure business processes.

 

Location: Rosslyn, VA. Flexible for occasional telework – must be local to work location.

 

This role supports the Blue Team. The customer requirement requires every employee to be onsite for the first 90 days. After the 90 day period, a hybrid schedule may be offered.

 

What You'll Do:

• Assist with enterprise efforts on to assess systems, provide technical recommendations using a variety of tools, and coordinate remediation of findings.
• Leverage multiple SIEM platforms and SOAR to ensure tracking and coordinate with relevant teams to determine exposure to vulnerabilities and mis-configurations, and to get them remediated.
• Ensure security of all types of cloud systems from various major vendors, including Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Platform-as-a-Service, and Software-as-a-Service offerings in use.
• Communicate cybersecurity recommendations to responsible parties such as system owners, and engaging in both tracking and verification of their remediation efforts.
• Develop and test new tools and services as they become available for applicability of findings on customer networks, and later refining those findings to eliminate false positive results.
• Apply a zero-trust architecture framework to on-premises, standalone, and cloud IaaS, PaaS and SaaS system types
• Build working relationships, within the team, office, and with external stakeholders to effectively complete the mission, while acknowledging and respecting stakeholder needs and requirements.

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Qualifications

Required: 

• Bachelor's degree and 2 years of relevant experience experience. An additional 4 years of relevant experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Possess one of the following certification OR be able to obtain within 90-days of hire date: A+ CE; CCNA-Security; CND; Network+ CE; SSCP, or Security+
• Proficient in SIEM platform usage, such as Splunk.
• Proficient in the use of Endpoint Detection & Response tools, such as Tanium and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.
• Proficient in the use of the ServiceNow SOAR platform.
• Some understanding and experience with using cloud native portals such as Azure Security Center or AWS Security Hub to identify mis-configurations and security issues.
• Competent in communicating across all media to build relationships with stakeholders and achieve mission objectives.
• U.S. citizenship required
• Active Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain a Top Secret security clearance.

 

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$80,000 - $128,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.