Cyber Network Defense Analyst II

Nightwing Technologies, LLC; Sterling (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Nightwing Technologies, LLC is seeking Cyber Threat Hunters to support DHS Hunt and Incident Response Team (HIRT). You will perform digital forensics, incident response, and threat hunting across network and host environments, coordinating with government staff and customers to validate alerts and determine impact.

Responsibilities include correlating forensic findings with network events, imaging-critical systems, conducting triage, and producing comprehensive investigative reports for ongoing

Qualifications

• US citizenship required.
• Active TS/SCI clearance required.
• Ability to obtain DHS EOD suitability.
• 2+ years in cyber defense analysis using standard tools.
• Ability to author cyber investigative reports and duplicate evidence forensics.

Responsibilities

• Correlate forensic findings to network events to develop intrusion narratives.
• Document system state information prior to imaging.
• Perform forensic triage to determine scope, urgency, and impact.
• Track and document forensic analysis from start to finish.
• Coordinate with Government and customer personnel to investigate alerts and findings.
• Analyze forensic images and prepare write-ups for reports.

Skills

Cyber threat hunting

Network forensics

Incident response

DFIR

Threat analytics

Tools

Forensic tools

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 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.

The DHS's Hunt and Incident Response Team (HIRT) secures the Nation's cyber and communications infrastructure. HIRT provides DHS's front-line response for cyber incidents and proactively hunting for malicious cyber activity. Nightwing, as a prime contractor to DHS, performs HIRT investigations to develop a preliminary diagnosis of the severity of breaches. Nightwing provides HIRT remote and onsite advanced technical assistance, proactive hunting, Teir 2 and Teir 3 incident response, and immediate investigation and resolution using host-based, cloud-based and network-based cybersecurity analysis capabilities. Team personnel provide front line response for digital forensics/incident response (DFIR) at Teir 2 and Teir 3 levels along with proactively hunting for malicious cyber activity. We are seeking Cyber Threat Hunters to support this critical customer mission.

Responsibilities

• Correlate forensic findings to network events in support of developing an intrusion narrative
• Collect and document system state information (e.g. running processes, network connections) prior to imaging, as required
• Perform forensic triage of an incident to include determining scope, urgency and potential impact
• Track and document forensic analysis from initial participation through resolution
• Coordinate with Government staff and customer personnel to validate/investigate alerts or additional preliminary findings
• Conduct analysis of forensic images, and available evidence in support of forensic write-ups for inclusion in reports and written products
• Assist to document and publishing Computer Network Defense (CND) guidance and reports pertaining to incident findings
• 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 elevate incidents (including event's history, status, and potential impact for further action) that may cause ongoing and immediate impact to the environment
• 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/host events and activity relevant to cyber defense practices
• Receive and analyze network & host 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
• 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
• Identify applications and operating systems of a network device based on network traffic
• Identify network mapping and operating system (OS) fingerprinting/other baselining 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
• 2+ years of direct relevant experience in cyber defense analysis using leading edge technologies and industry standard cyber defense tools-
• Ability to create forensically sound duplicates of evidence (forensic images)- Ability to author cyber investigative reports documenting digital forensics findings- Proficiency with analysis and characterizatio