Cyber Defense Analyst: Incident Response & Monitoring

Command Post Technologies, Inc; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401k with company matching

ESOP

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible hours

Parental Leave

Job summary

Command Post Technologies, Inc. (CPT) is seeking Computer Network Defense (CND) Analysts for anticipated opportunities supporting DARPA in Arlington, Virginia.

The selected candidate will monitor networks, detect threats, and respond to incidents to protect classified and unclassified information systems. The position requires hands-on experience with network security tools, incident investigations, and collaboration with cybersecurity operations teams in complex enterprise environments.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of cybersecurity operations experience.
• Working knowledge of TCP/IP, routing, switching, firewalls, and network protocols.
• Experience analyzing network traffic and security events to identify suspicious activity.

Responsibilities

• Monitor network activity to detect threats and anomalous behavior.
• Perform intrusion detection and analysis using IDS/IPS and firewalls.
• Investigate alerts, correlate events, document findings and recommended actions.
• Support incident response activities including containment and remediation.
• Coordinate with engineers and DoD cybersecurity personnel to support defense operations.
• Maintain operational documentation and security monitoring records.

Skills

Cybersecurity operations

Network defense

Incident response

Documentation & reporting

Tools

Wireshark

Snort

Splunk

ACAS

Job description

Command Post Technologies, Inc. (CPT) is seeking Computer Network Defense (CND) Analysts for anticipated opportunities supporting DARPA in Arlington, Virginia.

The selected candidate will monitor networks, detect threats, and respond to incidents to protect classified and unclassified information systems. The position requires hands-on experience with network security tools, incident investigations, and collaboration with cybersecurity operations teams in complex enterprise environments.