Cyber Security Analyst

Boston Government Services; Oak Ridge (TN); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401K

Paid vacation

Long and short-term disability

Job summary

Boston Government Services is seeking a Cyber Security Analyst for a versatile role supporting federal clients. The position involves account management, access review, and incident response within a distributed environment.

You will analyze threats, develop playbooks, and contribute to threat hunts while coordinating with IT teams and stakeholders to improve detections and containment timelines. This role offers flexible work arrangements and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years in a SOC, cyber security 'blue team', or closely related role.
• Strong grasp of TCP/IP, OSI model, and common protocols (HTTP, DNS, SMTP). Windows/Linux/macOS fundamentals; AD/Azure AD concepts; basic cloud logging.
• Experience with at least one SIEM and one EDR/XDR platform.
• Ability to craft queries using common languages; regex, JSON and APIs; basic scripting in Python/PowerShell/Bash.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills; able to operate under pressure in a shift or on-call environment.
• Must be a U.S. citizen; successful drug screening.

Responsibilities

• Resetting user passwords and resetting service account passwords.
• Analyzing usage patterns to identify inactive accounts or inappropriate use and reviewing access requests.
• Lead investigations end-to-end (triage to containment), delivering timelines and root cause analysis.
• Execute/coordinate containment and remediation with proper approvals and verification.

Skills

Analytical skills

Blue team security

Threat hunting

Incident response

Team collaboration

Tools

SIEM

EDR/XDR

Splunk SPL

CrowdStrike

ServiceNow

Job description

Overview

Boston Government Services, LLC. (BGS) has created this Evergreen Talent Pool post for gathering qualified candidates for a position relating to Cyber Security Analyst which would support our clients.

BGS is an engineering, technology, and security firm helping to advance missions of national importance for government programs, national laboratories, national security facilities, nuclear operations, and complex commercial projects. We support clients at every stage, from strategic planning and program management to the execution of project management, procurement, supply chain management, quality, safety, security, nuclear and systems engineering and technical activities. We strive to attract and retain the best talent because it delivers the best results and \"Delivery Certainty\" for our clients. Our capabilities are based on our experience in complex, secure, and highly regulated environments. We leverage our expertise and capabilities to provide mission-driven integrated services, systems, and solutions tuned to our clients\' mission needs, challenges, requirements, expected results, and strategic direction.

Work that Matters. People that Matter More. At BGS, we believe meaningful work starts with great people. We foster a culture built on respect, collaboration, and accountability-where employees are empowered to contribute ideas, grow professionally, and make an impact. We care about our employees\' well-being through competitive benefits, clear expectations, and an environment that values both excellence and connection.

If you align with BGS\' company values and culture, we would love for you to explore opportunities to join our growing team by checking out the job description below!

Responsibilities

• Resetting user passwords for cause (e.g., when they have been identified as being suspected compromised or \u2018known compromised\u2019).
• Working with service owners to reset service account passwords for various reasons.
• Ensuring authorizers are designated for in-scope accounts.
• Analyzing usage patterns for accounts (e.g., service, administrative) to identify inactive accounts or inappropriate account use.
• Reviewing approval requests for various new access or accounts.
• Triaging unusual access requests (e.g., access from 3rd party VPN providers, impossible travel) or phishing reports.
• Evaluate endpoint and detection response (EDR) installation and coverage.
• Identify systems without EDR and provide to IT teams for remediation.
• Monitoring external attack surface for unapproved systems, undocumented systems, and newly disclosed vulnerabilities.
• Reviewing systems with existing public access to ensure requirements for these systems are followed (e.g., event logging, multifactor authentication).
• Attend online/Teams meetings with team and others as appropriate.
• Work with team to provide status on current task, suggest improvements, discuss implementation, etc.

Candidate

• Analyze data and perform initial planning to address identified issues.
• Assist with the creation of playbooks to address identified issues.
• Seek to understand the intention of detections and corresponding playbooks.
• Execute various playbooks dealing with identified issues with minimal assistance (e.g., identification of compromised passwords, inappropriate use of administrative accounts, systems not providing event logs, systems without a functional EDR installed).

Advanced Candidate

• Adapt on-the-fly when an existing playbook is insufficient.
• Provide basic feedback on playbooks and detections.
• Produce clear reports (MTTD/MTTR, FP rate, backlog) for technical and executive audiences; maintain thorough case notes.
• Recommend additional new use cases for detections based on an analysis of threats and data.
• Identify telemetry quality and visibility issues (SIEM parsing/normalization, EDR/XDR sensor health, asset/identity tagging).

Excellent Candidate

• Conduct proactive threat hunts; convert findings into new detections and control recommendations.
• Create advanced use cases for detections based on an analysis of threats and data, including sample criteria to identify the behavior and mapping detections to MITRE Telecommunication & CK.
• Drive continuous improvements to existing processes or tooling.
• Perform quality reviews and improve handoffs/runbooks.
• Coach, guide, teach others on the team.
• Lead investigations end-to-end (triage to containment), delivering timelines, root cause, scope, IOCs, and impacted assets.
• Execute/coordinate containment and remediation (host isolation, credential resets, blocks) with proper approvals and verification.

Experience

• Experience in system and network administration.
• Staying up to date with the latest cyber security threats, vulnerabilities, and best practices.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Meticulous attention to detail to ensure thorough assessments and accurate reporting.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to effectively convey findings and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to work collaboratively with other cyber security professionals, IT staff, and external vendors.
• Considerable knowledge/experience of assessing security controls.
• Experience and skill in conducting audits or reviews of technical systems.
• Experience working in a government environment.
• Experience working in a distributed IT environment.
• Ability to qualify for HSPD-12 card for use in two-factor authentication.
• Able to work both independently and as a contributing member of a small technical team.
• Able to disseminate knowledge to current staff.

Requirements

• 1-3 years in a SOC, cyber security 'blue team', or closely related role.
• Strong grasp of TCP/IP, OSI model, and common protocols (HTTP, DNS, SMTP). Windows/Linux/macOS fundamentals; Active Directory/Azure AD concepts; basic cloud logging.
• Experience with at least one SIEM and one EDR/XDR platform.
• Experience with ticketing/case management.
• Ability to craft queries using common languages; comfort with regex, JSON and APIs; basic scripting in Python/PowerShell/Bash.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills both with stakeholders, peers, and internal customers; able to operate under pressure in a shift or on-call environment.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Successful drug screening.

Relevant Certifications (nice to have)

Security+, CySA+, SSCP; Microsoft SC-200/AZ-500; Splunk Core/Enterprise Security; GIAC (GCIH, GCIA, GCFA, GCTI); cloud provider security certs.

Preferred Qualifications

• 3-5 years relevant experience including investigations, data analysis, and detection tuning.
• Comfort using Splunk Processing Language (SPL), CrowdStrike EDR, and ServiceNow.
• Experience with SOAR tools and automation development.
• Experience using identity security/management tools (e.g., Entra ID, Active Directory, Shibboleth, CrowdStrike Identity Protection).
• Cloud security experience (e.g., CloudTrail/GuardDuty, Azure Defender/M365, GCP Security Command Center).
• Basic forensics skills and network analysis fundamentals (host triage, timelines, artifact analysis, packet/PCAP review).
• Understanding of the Cyber Security Framework (CSF) and NIST 800-53 controls.

Location/Work Arrangement

• This position may be remote, hybrid, or fully onsite depending on the client need. Schedule is full-time, Monday - Friday 40-hour week.

Benefits

BGS offers a competitive total compensation package to eligible employees. Benefits include Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Paid Vacation, 401K, Long and Short-Term Disability.

EEO

BGS is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

Exclusive Agreement Disclaimer

BGS has standing contracts with federal agencies throughout the United States. We require an affirmative exclusive agreement to represent all candidates to our clients. By submitting this application, you are consenting to allow BGS to represent you as a candidate for the role in which you are applying.