Incident Response Analyst, TS/SCI Active Polygraph

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Cyber Security

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Cybersecurity, Malware, Risk Management

Certifications:

None

Experience:

8 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

We are GDIT. We support and secure some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects across the country. At GDIT, cyber security is not just a singular part of our mission—it connects every one of us because it’s embedded into every aspect of what we do.

GDIT is your place. You make it your own by bringing your ideas and unique perspective to our culture. By owning your opportunity at GDIT, you are helping us ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on an Incident Response Analyst joining our team to support ODNI Customer activities at McLean, VA.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As an Incident Response Analyst supporting the ODNI Customer, you will be trusted to work on innovative solutions that will transform and enhance the Enterprise IT environment to meet the growing global mission. In this role, a typical day will include:

• Collect intrusion artifacts (e.g., source code, malware, trojans) and use discovered data to enable mitigation of potential cyber defense incidents within the enterprise.
• Coordinate and provide expert technical support to enterprise-wide cyber defense technicians to resolve cyber defense incidents.
• Coordinate incident response functions within a cloud environment.
• Monitor external data sources (e.g., cyber defense vendor sites, Computer Emergency Response Teams, Security Focus) to maintain currency of cyber defense threat conditions and determine which security issues may have an impact on the enterprise.
• Perform cyber defense trend analysis and reporting.
• Perform initial, forensically sound collection of images and inspect to discern possible mitigation/remediation on enterprise systems.
• Receive and analyze network alerts from various sources within the enterprise and determine possible causes of such alerts.
• Write and publish after-action reviews.
• Write and publish cyber defense techniques, guidance, and reports on incident findings to appropriate constituencies.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• Current TS/SCI clearance with polygraph
• BA/BS degree or equivalent work experience
• 8+ years of relevant work experience
• Must meet Department of Defense (DOD) 8570.01-M baseline certification requirement for Information Assurances Technical (IAT) Level III CASP+CE, CCNP Security, CISA, or CISSP or Associate, GCED, GCIH, or CCSP.
• Minimum of 3 year experience Computer Forensic Analyst and or Computer Network Defense CND Forensic Analyst
• Skill in conducting vulnerability scans and recognizing vulnerability in security systems (e.g., Cloud Environments) AWS, Google, IBM, Azure, and Oracle.
• Skill in preserving evidence integrity according to standard operating procedures or national standards.
• Knowledge of intrusion detection methodologies and techniques for detecting host and network-based intrusions.
• Knowledge of cyber defense and information security policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Skill in protecting a network against malware. (e.g., NIPS, anti-malware, restrict/prevent external devices, spam filters).
• Knowledge of incident categories, incident responses, and timelines for responses.
• Knowledge of incident response and handling methodologies.
• Skill in performing damage assessments.
• Knowledge of network security architecture concepts including topology, protocols, components, and principles (e.g., application of defense-in-depth).
• Skill in securing network communications.
• Skill in using security event correlation tools.
• Knowledge of network services and protocols interactions that provide network communications.
• Knowledge of OSI model and underlying network protocols (e.g., TCP/IP).
• Knowledge of cloud service models and how those models can limit incident response.
• Knowledge of network protocols such as TCP/IP, Dynamic Host Configuration, Domain Name System (DNS), and directory services.
• Knowledge of system administration, network, and operating system hardening techniques.
• Knowledge of different classes of attacks (e.g., passive, active, insider, close-in, distribution attacks).
• Knowledge of cyber attackers (e.g., script kiddies, insider threat, non-nation state-sponsored, and nation sponsored).
• Knowledge of cyber attack stages (e.g., reconnaissance, scanning, enumeration, gaining access, escalation of privileges, maintaining access, network exploitation, covering tracks).
• Knowledge of malware analysis concepts and methodologies.
• Skill of identifying, capturing, containing, and reporting malware.
• Knowledge of system and application security threats and vulnerabilities (e.g., buffer overflow, mobile code, cross-site scripting, Procedural Language/Structured Query Language [PL/SQL] and injections, race conditions, covert channel, replay, return-oriented attacks, malicious code).
• Knowledge of what constitutes a network attack and a network attack’s relationship to both threats and vulnerabilities.
• Skill in recognizing and categorizing types of vulnerabilities and associated attacks.

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The likely salary range for this position is $140,908 - $190,640. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:

Onsite

Work Location:

USA VA McLean

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 30 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

We connect people with the most impactful client missions, creating an unparalleled work experience that allows them to see their impact every day. We create opportunities for our people to lead and learn simultaneously. From securing our nation’s most sensitive systems, to enabling digital transformation and cloud adoption, our people are the ones who make change real.

GDIT 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.