Cyber Intrusion Detection System Administrator - TS/SCI with Polygraph

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT); Reston (VA); On-site; USD 149,000 - 201,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plan options

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) is seeking a Cybersecurity Analyst Principal to support the DIA mission, protecting systems, networks and data. The role involves leading cyber tool stacks, incident reporting, signature tuning and dashboard creation.

You will collaborate with government agencies, monitor IDS/IPS alerts, and guide less-experienced staff while utilising Splunk, Snort, Suricata, Palo Alto, Fidelis and other tools. On-site work required at customer location.

Qualifications

• BS Degree or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of related experience.
• Experience with PCRE, Yara rules and snort signatures.
• Security clearance TS SCI / with Polygraph.
• US citizenship required.
• Role performed directly at customer site.

Responsibilities

• Lead/Manage/Support our customers cyber tool stack and implement defensive rules.
• Collaborate with other government agencies to record and prepare incident reports and analysis.
• Provide insight to Detection and Response teams on signature functionality and tuning.
• Monitor and analyze signature alerts from IDS/IPS for false positives.
• Create Splunk Dashboards.
• Provide guidance and work leadership to less-experienced staff.
• Utilise Splunk, Snort signatures, Regular Expressions, Suricata, Palo Alto Firewalls, Fidelis, etc.
• Experience using advanced data analytics tools such as Splunk, SQL, Python.

Skills

Splunk

IDS/IPS

Python

SQL

Regex/PCRE

Yara rules

Snort signatures

Suricata

Palo Alto

Fidelis

Education

BS Degree

Tools

Splunk

Snort signatures

Suricata

Job description

Job Description

CYBERSECURITY ANALYST PRINCIPAL

Advance your career while impacting our national security in cyber as a Cybersecurity Analyst Principal at GDIT. Here, technologists have many paths to grow a meaningful career supporting cyber missions and operations across the federal government.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT

As a Cybersecurity Analyst Principal, the work you'll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of DIA. You will play a crucial role in helping to protect our customers systems, networks, and data.

• Lead/Manage/Support our customers cyber tool stack and ability to implement defensive rules.
• Collaborate with other government agencies to record and prepare incident reports and analysis methodology and results.
• Provide insight to Detection and Response teams on signature functionality and providing signature tuning as needed.
• Monitoring and analyzing signature alerts from Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS) for false positives.
• Creating Splunk Dashboards
• Provide guidance and work leadership to less-experienced staff
• Utilise Splunk, Snort signatures, Regular Expressions, Suricata, Palo Alto Firewalls, Fidelis, etc
• Experience using advanced data analytics tools and techniques, such as Splunk, SQL, Python, and statistical modeling.
• Utilise Splunk, Snort signatures, Regular Expressions, Suricata, Palo Alto Firewalls, Fidelis, etc

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED

Bring your cyber expertise and drive for innovation to GDIT. The Cybersecurity Analyst Principal must have:

• Education: BS Degree or equivalent experience
• Experience: 8+ years of related experience
• Technical skills: experience with Perl Compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE), authoring Yara rules and snort signatures
• Security clearance level: TS SCI / with Polygraph
• US citizenship required
• Role requirements: work is performed directly at customer site.

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE

At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

• Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
• Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
• Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
• Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY

Explore a career in cyber at GDIT and you'll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your focus on defending and protecting what matters.

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The likely salary range for this position is $148,750 - $201,250. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Total Rewards at GDIT

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

Our Identity Verification Process

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

About Our Work

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.

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