Cyber Network Defense Analyst II

Nightwing Technologies, LLC

Arlington (VA)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Nightwing Technologies, LLC is seeking a Cyber Network Defense Analyst to support a U.S. Government customer. You will analyze network traffic, validate alerts, document incident histories, and perform trend analysis to protect critical assets.

The role requires active TS/SCI clearance, strong IDS experience, and a BS degree in a related field. Responsibilities include signature deployment, packet-level analysis, and daily briefing of network events.

Qualifications

U.S. citizenship and TS/SCI clearance required.
5+ years of direct cyber defense analysis experience.
Experience with Snort and other IDS tools.
Ability to obtain DHS EOD suitability.
BS degree in CS/Cyber Security/CE or related field.
Experience developing and deploying signatures.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

U.S. Citizenship

Active TS/SCI clearance

DHS EOD Suitability

5+ years cyber defense experience

Signature development/deployment

Intrusion detection (IDS)

Incident handling methodologies

Protocol analyzers

Data collection from cyber defense

Signature interpretation (Snort)

Packet-level analysis

Trend analysis

Education

BS in Computer Science / Cyber Security / Computer Engineering or related field

HS Diploma & 7+ years of network investigations experience

Tools

Snort

SiLK

Job description

Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration and intelligence mission support services to meet our customers' most demanding challenges. Our capabilities include cyber space operations, cyber defense and resiliency, vulnerability research, ubiquitous technical surveillance, data intelligence, lifecycle mission enablement, and software modernization. Nightwing brings disruptive technologies, agility, and competitive offerings to customers in the intelligence community, defense, civil, and commercial markets.

Nightwing is supporting a U.S. Government customer to provide support for onsite incident response to civilian Government agencies and critical asset owners who experience cyber-attacks, providing immediate investigation and resolution. Contract personnel perform investigations to characterize of the severity of breaches, develop mitigation plans, and assist with the restoration of services. Nightwing is seeking a Cyber Network Defense Analyst to support this critical customer mission.

The CDNA uses information collected from a variety of sources to monitor network activity and analyze it for evidence of suspicious behavior. Monitoring and analysis are performed to identify and report events that occur, or might occur, within the network, in order to protect information, information systems, and networks from threats.

Responsibilities:

Characterize and analyze network traffic to identify anomalous activity and potential threats to network resources
Coordinate with enterprise-wide cyber defense staff to validate network alerts
Document and escalation incidents (including event's history, status, and potential impact for further action) that may cause ongoing and immediate impact to the environment
Perform cyber defense trend analysis and reporting
Perform event correlation using information gathered from a variety of sources within the enterprise to gain situational awareness and determine the effectiveness of an observed attack
Provide daily summary reports of network events and activity relevant to cyber defense practices
Receive and analyze network alerts from various sources within the enterprise and determine possible causes of alerts
Provide timely detection, identification, and alerting of possible attacks/intrusions, anomalous activities, and misuse activities and distinguish these incidents and events from benign activities
Use cyber defense tools for continual monitoring and analysis of system activity to identify malicious activity
Analyze identified malicious activity to determine weaknesses exploited, exploitation methods, effects on system and information
Identify and analyze anomalies in network traffic using metadata
Validate intrusion detection system (IDS) alerts against network traffic using packet analysis tools
Identify applications and operating systems of a network device based on network traffic
Reconstruct a malicious attack or activity based off network traffic
Identify network mapping and operating system (OS) fingerprinting activities
Assist in the construction of signatures which can be implemented on cyber defense network tools in response to new or observed threats within the network environment or enclave

Required Skills/Clearances:

U.S. Citizenship
Active TS/SCI clearance
Ability to obtain Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Entry on Duty (EOD) Suitability
5+ years of direct relevant experience in cyber defense analysis using leading edge technologies and industry standard cyber defense tools-
Experience successfully developing and deploying signatures
Experience detecting host and network-based intrusions via intrusion detection technologies (e.g., Snort)
Experience implementing incident handling methodologies
Experience implementing protocol analyzers
Experience collecting data from a variety of cyber defense resources
Experience reading and interpreting signatures (e.g. snort)
Experience performing packet-level analysis
Experience conducting trend analysis

Desired Skills: