CND Analyst: 24x7 Threat Hunting & Incident Response

Career Listings; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

401(k) matching

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Paid time off

Profit sharing

Training & development

Tuition assistance

Vision insurance

Job summary

SarelaTech is seeking a Computer Network Defense (CND) Analyst to provide enterprise-level cyber defense support for the DLA CSSP. You will monitor, detect, and respond to cybersecurity events across government information systems and networks.

Join a 24x7 cybersecurity operations team focusing on threat hunting, malware analysis, incident reporting, and continuous process improvement to protect confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data and systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Cybersecurity, IT, CS, or related field required.
• Five+ years supporting Cyber Network Defense (CND) or Defensive Cyber Operations.
• Two+ years incident investigation, root cause analysis, and log analysis.
• Experience with SIEM, IDS/IPS, packet analysis, threat intel, and monitoring tools.
• Strong knowledge of IR methodologies, malware analysis, threat hunting, and forensics.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, analyze, investigate, and respond to cybersecurity events across enterprise networks and data.
• Perform proactive threat hunting and analysis using SIEM, IDS/IPS, logs, and threat intel.
• Conduct incident triage, root cause analysis, containment, eradication, and post-incident reporting.
• Develop, tune, and maintain detection capabilities including SIEM rules and IDS/IPS signatures.
• Perform malware analysis and support forensic collection and analysis of digital evidence.
• Prepare incident reports, AARs, lessons learned, and operational metrics.
• Coordinate incident reporting with government stakeholders.
• Support readiness through tabletop exercises and security awareness training.

Skills

SIEM platforms

IDS/IPS

Incident Response

Threat Hunting

Digital Forensics

Packet Analysis

Threat Intelligence

PowerShell

Python

Bash

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, or related technical discipline

Tools

PowerShell

Python

Bash

Perl

Job description

SarelaTech is seeking a Computer Network Defense (CND) Analyst to provide enterprise-level cyber defense support for the DLA CSSP. You will monitor, detect, and respond to cybersecurity events across government information systems and networks.

Join a 24x7 cybersecurity operations team focusing on threat hunting, malware analysis, incident reporting, and continuous process improvement to protect confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data and systems.