Cyber Defense Analyst II: Incident Response

Nightwing Group; Arlington (VA); Hybride; USD 110 000 - 150 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Nightwing Group in Arlington, VA is seeking a Cyber Network Defense Analyst II to join our on-site incident response team supporting a U.S. Government customer.

You will analyze network traffic, validate alerts, document incidents, and help restore services after breaches while working with enterprise defense staff to improve detection and response capabilities. Preferred candidates have 5+ years in cyber defense, TS/SCI clearance, and experience with Snort or similar IDS, plus Python and SiLK

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Active TS/SCI clearance preferred or ability to obtain.
• 5+ years of direct cyber defense experience.

Responsabilités

• Characterize and analyze network traffic to identify anomalous activity and potential threats.
• Coordinate with enterprise cyber defense staff to validate alerts.
• Document and escalate incidents with history, status, and impact.
• Perform cyber defense trend analysis and reporting.
• Provide daily summaries of network events relevant to cyber defense.
• Use defense tools for monitoring and analysis to detect malicious activity.

Connaissances

Cyber defense analysis

Python programming

Intrusion detection

Formation

BS Computer Science, Cyber Security, Computer Engineering

HS Diploma & 7+ years of experience

Outils

Snort

Carnegie Mellon SiLK

Packet analysis tools

Description du poste

Nightwing Group in Arlington, VA is seeking a Cyber Network Defense Analyst II to join our on-site incident response team supporting a U.S. Government customer.

You will analyze network traffic, validate alerts, document incidents, and help restore services after breaches while working with enterprise defense staff to improve detection and response capabilities. Preferred candidates have 5+ years in cyber defense, TS/SCI clearance, and experience with Snort or similar IDS, plus Python and SiLK