Cyber Incident Responder — 24x7 Ops, Secret Cleared

Northrop Grumman; Colorado; On-site; USD 76,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Plan

Savings Plan

Paid Time Off

Education Assistance

Training and Development

Flexible Work Arrangements

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Systems—Missile Defense Integration seeks a Cyber Incident Analyst Responder – Regional CNDA (26-457) based at Schriever Space Force Base, CO. The role supports national-level defense and requires rotating 24x7 shifts with on-site work.

The position emphasizes implementing DoD security directives, monitoring networks, and coordinating with multiple teams to protect C2BMC mission systems and services. A clear path to security clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field with 2 years of experience, or Master’s with relevant experience.
• Active Government-Issued 8140 certification at IAT Level II or higher required.
• Active in-scope Secret clearance required to start, Top Secret/SCI desired.
• Experience identifying worms/viruses using signatures and behavioral indicators.
• Experience with intrusion detection systems, firewalls, log aggregation and correlation tools.

Responsibilities

• Perform continuous network security monitoring, intrusion detection, and incident response across BMD COMNET and C2BMC mission systems.
• Develop and maintain a network defense visibility display and adjust security posture to reduce risk.
• Collect, store, correlate, and present security data and metrics to senior leaders for ORM decisions.
• Perform proactive security functions to deter, detect, isolate, contain and recover from intrusions.
• Operate and administer CND tools (firewalls, log analysis, alerts) to protect infrastructure.

Skills

Network security

Intrusion detection

Incident response

Security monitoring

Security analytics

Team coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related field

Tools

SideWinder

ArcSight

HBSS

Tripwire

Firewalls

Job description

Northrop Grumman Space Systems—Missile Defense Integration seeks a Cyber Incident Analyst Responder – Regional CNDA (26-457) based at Schriever Space Force Base, CO. The role supports national-level defense and requires rotating 24x7 shifts with on-site work.

The position emphasizes implementing DoD security directives, monitoring networks, and coordinating with multiple teams to protect C2BMC mission systems and services. A clear path to security clearance is required.