Cyber Operations Analyst

Overview

Apogee has an exciting new opportunity for a Cyber Operations Analyst located in Colorado Springs, CO. This effort supports CYBERCOM Initial Skills Training with the Cyber Combat Course.

Responsibilities

• Provide Day One orientation to new students. These orientations will always take place on the first duty day of the week
• Track individual students' daily progress and provide metrics to the government

• Facilitate a classroom of up to 20 students through the TryHackMe Junior Penetration Tester Learning Path and the Junior Offensive Pentesting Learning Path course and/or provide one-on-one assistance with students when requested or required.

• Analyze training gaps and shortfalls and make recommendations for course adjustments
• Conduct academic reviews on failing students in conjunction with the government. Make recommendations on remedial training
• Coordinate group training events separate from COPC at least once a week unless otherwise directed by the government. These events will be capture the flag events or solving training boxes together as a group with guidance and facilitation from the facilitators. Make recommendations on different resources to use for these events. The government may additionally bring other subject matter experts in to conduct some of these events depending on skillsets and experiences
• Provide weekly activity reports (WARs) to the government on student progress
• Participate in and pass any certifications to be facilitated in the course

Qualifications

Minimum Experience:

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen Clearance: Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearanceCertifications: Minimum IAT Level 2 certification or equivalent cyber operational certificationEducation: High School Diploma Years of Experience: 11+ years relevant Cyber Security experience in lieu of degree 

• At least three (3) years of cyber security experience with emphasis on "blue team," defensive cyberspace operations (DCO), or security operations center (SOC) experience
• At least three (3) years of experience with Security Information & Event Management Systems (SIEM), Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), and Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) tools, such as Elastic Stack, Security Onion, Splunk, HBSS, and equivalent tools

Additional Experience:

• Have a strong background and familiarity with the Windows and Linux operating systems, networking, traffic analysis, and the MITRE ATT&CK framework
• Cyber Protection Team (CPT) or equivalent experience to provide a military perspective and real-world examples to the students and the other facilitators
• Must complete, at a minimum, the Junior Penetration Tester and Offensive Pentesting learning paths on the TryHackMe platform

 

Preferred Qualifications:Clearance: SecretEducation: Bachelor's degreeYears of Experience: 5 years relevant experience 

Additional Experience:

• Penetration testing or "red team" experience is highly desired
• Offensive Security Certified Professional and Certified Red Team Professional certifications highly desired

Additional InformationLocation: On-siteTravel: None

Pay Range

USD $86,060.00 - USD $125,000.00 /Yr.