Cyber Defense Analyst 3

Title: Cyber Defense Analyst - Level 3
Location: San Antonio, TX   OPS Consulting is seeking a qualified Cyber Defense Analyst - Level 3 (ICS, SCADA) candidate who uses information collected from a variety of sources to monitor network activity and analyze it for evidence of anomalous behavior. Identifies, triages, and reports events that occur to protect data, information systems, and infrastructure. Finds trends, patterns, or anomaly correlations utilizing security-relevant data. Recommends proactive security measures. Conducts analysis to isolate indicators of compromise. Notify designated managers, cyber incident responders, and cybersecurity service provider team member of suspected cyber incidents and articulate the event’s history, status, and potential impact for further action in accordance with the organization’s cyber incident response plan.

Qualifications:

 

• Eight (8) years of demonstrated experience as a CDA in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required. A technical bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university may be substituted for two (2) years of CDA experience on projects of similar scope, type, and complexity.
• A technical bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university may be substituted for two (2) years of CDA experience on projects of similar scope, type, and complexity.
• Requires DoD 8570 compliance with CSSP Analyst baseline certification.
• Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level I or Level II certification.
• Computing Environment (CE) certification.
• Requires Global Information Assurances Certificate (GIAC).
• Requires Global Certified Incident Handler (GCIH) certification.
• Two (2) years of demonstrated and practical experience in TCP/IP fundamentals. 
• Two (2) years of demonstrated experience with tcpdump or Wireshark.
• Three (3) years of demonstrated experience using security information and event management suites (such as Splunk, ArcSight, Kibana, LogRhythm).
• Three (3) years of demonstrated experience in network analysis and threat analysis software utilization.

Security Clearance:

• A current government clearance, background investigation, and polygraph are required.

 

The Swift Groups is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.