Advanced Cyber Security Analytics Engineer

D2 Consulting; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/Dental/Vision

401(k) match

Accrued PTO

STD/LTD/Life Insurance

Referral Bonuses

Professional development reimbursement

Job summary

D2 Technical Services is seeking a highly experienced cybersecurity analyst to develop and maintain defensive countermeasures across the enterprise. You will work in a Fusion model, collaborating with Focused Operations and other teams to proactively prevent compromises and eradicate persistent adversaries.

Responsibilities include tuning SIEM signatures, analyzing incident data, and supporting Purple Team exercises.

Qualifications

• U.S. citizen with active TS/SCI clearance.
• 8+ years of advanced cyber security analytics experience.
• Certification compliant with DoD 8140.01 and DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level III CSSP Analyst.
• Experience with data mining or building queries in a SIEM.
• Strong understanding of signature development and tuning.
• Strong understanding of network protocols and analysis with protocol analyzers.
• Knowledge of static file signatures and how they apply to defenses.
• Familiarity with regular expressions.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain defensive countermeasures for the enterprise.
• Collaborate with Focused Operations to prevent compromises and eradicate adversaries.
• Review intelligence reports and incident reports; conduct Purple Teaming exercises.
• Tune rules/signatures/scripts for SIEM and incident response.
• Coordinate with Cyber Data Analytics and other teams to improve alert efficiency.
• Assist Cyber Incident Response Team during ongoing incidents and triage.

Skills

Cyber security analytics

Regex proficiency

SIEM queries

Signature development

Network protocol analysis

Python/bash/powershell scripting

Education

DoD 8140.01 / DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level III CSSP Analyst certification

Tools

Python

Bash

PowerShell

Job description

• ACTIVE TS/SCI SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED**

Reporting to the Lead of Focused Operations, under the Branch Chief of Defensive Cyber Operations, you will be tasked with developing and maintaining defensive countermeasures for the enterprise. Working within a Fusion model, will collaborate with other teams within Focused Operations with the distinct task of proactively preventing a successful compromise and eradicating persistent adversaries already in the enterprise. This will be done through various means such as reviewing future and past intelligence reports, reviewing incident reports, through regular Purple Teaming exercises, and continuously validating Defensive Countermeasures already deployed.

More about your role:

• Analyzes trends and patterns of data on NGA networks to identify and predict previously undiscovered events and incidents and develop or tune rules/signatures/scripts as needed.
• Coordinates with Defensive Cyber Operations and Focused Operations to develop or tune rules/signatures/scripts.
• Coordinates with other Cybersecurity Operations Services to investigate and obtain information about potential sources of compromise on enterprise systems and develop or tune rules/signatures/scripts as needed.
• Correlates and analyzes precursors to incidents and develop or tune rules/signatures/scripts as needed.
• Will collaborate with the Cyber Data Analytics team to achieve SIEM alert efficiency though evaluation of valid alerts and false positives, and develop or tune rules/signatures/scripts as needed
• Work with the Cyber Incident Response Team by assessing ongoing incident activity to predict adversary responses and locations of compromise to assist with triage.
• Documents all work in the authorized ticketing system with a sufficient level of detail to ensure all stakeholders can systematically reconstruct the analysis;
• Provide input to reoccurring meetings and briefings as required.

Required Qualifications:

• Must be a US Citizen with an Active TS/SCI.
• 8+ years of related advanced cyber security analytics work experience.
• Must have a certification that is compliant with DoD 8140.01 and DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level III and CSSP Analyst.
• Experience with data mining or building queries in a SIEM.
• Strong understanding of signature development and tuning.
• Strong understanding of network protocols and analysis with protocol analyzers.
• Knowledge of static file signatures, i.e. "magic numbers" and how it applies to developing countermeasures for files in transit and that reside locally on a host.
• Good working knowledge of regular expressions.

Preferred Skills:

• Comfortable in a hex editor.
• Ability to write python/bash/powershell scripts.
• Ability to analyze each use case, as it pertains to detection logic, and identify the corresponding capability.
• Good understanding of Purple Team Tactics.
• Familiarity with security in a cloud environment and how it applies to visibility gaps, data lakes and data mining.

Additional Information

• All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
• Compensation is unique to each candidate and relative to the skills and experience they bring to the position. The salary range for this position is typically $90-$100k. This does not guarantee a specific salary as compensation is based upon multiple factors such as education, experience, certifications, and other requirements, and may fall outside of the above-stated range.
• Highlights of our benefits include Health/Dental/Vision, 401(k) match, Accrued PTO, STD/LTD/Life Insurance, Referral Bonuses, professional development reimbursement, and more!

D2 Technical Services is committed to a merit-based recruitment process and encourages applications from all qualified individuals. As a Veteran-Owned Small Business, we particularly welcome applications from veterans who have the requisite skills and experience. Job applicants that are interested in one of our openings and may require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, should contact us to request an accommodation.