Cyber Defense Analyst | SOC & Incident Response

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 105,000 - 116,000; Full time

Job summary

ASM Research, an Accenture Federal Services company, is seeking a cybersecurity professional to monitor, detect, investigate, and respond to incidents affecting the DHMS program's information systems and data.

You will collaborate with IT, operations, compliance and risk teams to ensure security requirements are met, conduct security assessments, and develop documentation on data security best practices. A 3–5 year background and an Associate's Degree are required.

Qualifications

• Associate's Degree and 3–5 years of cybersecurity/InfoSec operations.
• Fundamental understanding of cybersecurity principles and security tools.
• Experience conducting security assessments and implementing mitigations.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and work independently or on a team.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, detect, investigate, and respond to cybersecurity incidents.
• Implement protective measures and mitigation strategies.
• Collaborate with IT, operations, compliance, and risk teams.
• Conduct security assessments using tools like firewalls and IDS/IPS.
• Develop documentation supporting data security best practices.
• Support application and server security activities and secure coding practices.
• Apply knowledge of identity/access management and secure operating environments.

Skills

Cybersecurity principles

Incident response

Security assessments

Firewalls/IDS-IPS

IAM (SSO/RBAC)

Communication skills

Education

Associate's Degree

Tools

Firewalls

IDS/IPS

Job description

ASM Research, an Accenture Federal Services company, is seeking a cybersecurity professional to monitor, detect, investigate, and respond to incidents affecting the DHMS program's information systems and data.

You will collaborate with IT, operations, compliance and risk teams to ensure security requirements are met, conduct security assessments, and develop documentation on data security best practices. A 3–5 year background and an Associate's Degree are required.