Cyber Security Operations Specialist - Tier 2

D2 Consulting; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/Dental/Vision

401(k) match

Accrued PTO

STD/LTD/Life Insurance

Referral Bonuses

Professional development reimbursement

Job summary

D2 Consulting seeks a CSOC Tier 2 analyst to support 24x7 incident response. You will conduct malware analysis, forensics, and containment actions, coordinating with government channels and other contracts as required.

Responsibilities include building incident timelines, documenting actions, and producing operation reports while maintaining rigorous evidence in ticketing systems.

Qualifications

• US Citizenship and active TS/SCI clearance required.
• University degree (BA/BS) or equivalent experience.
• Compliance with DoD 8140.01 and DoD 8570.01-M IAT II/CSSP Analyst Certification.
• Familiarity with TCP/IP, network protocols and cyber kill chain.
• Experience using SIEM for event analysis.
• Ability to work one of five shifts.

Responsibilities

• Provide CSOC Tier 2 services for 24x7x365 incident response coordination and execution.
• Coordinate containment, eradication, and recovery actions per Government direction.
• Perform malware analysis and forensic artifact handling.
• Develop incident reports and maintain detailed documentation in ticketing systems.
• Produce daily CSOC reports and weekly status updates.

Skills

US Citizenship

TS/SCI clearance

University degree

CSOC incident response

DoD 8140/8570 compliance

Incident coordination

TCP/IP

SIEM analysis

Shift work

Education

BA/BS or equivalent

Tools

JIMS

ICMS

SIEM

Job description

• ACTIVE TS/SCI SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED**

• ACTIVE TS/SCI SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED**

This role is in anticipation of funded work. You will provide CSOC Tier 2 services, which is 24x7x365 coordination, execution, and implementation of all actions required for the containment, eradication, and recovery measures for events and incidents. CSOC Tier 2 services includes malware and implant analysis, and forensic artifact handling and analysis. While not in a period of incident response, you will conduct continuous exercises and dry runs to improve response outcomes in the event of a cyber-incident.

More about your role:

• Malware and implant analysis, and forensic artifact handling and analysis. While not in a period of incident response, you will conduct continuous exercises and dry runs to improve response outcomes in the event of a cyber incident.
• Coordinate and implement tasks, performing analysis, and building/documenting response activities required during cyber security incident response, to include but not limited to actions such as implementing containment measures, IP blocks, domain blocks, and disabling user accounts on direction of the Government
• Coordinate with Security and Installations Directorate (SI) Office of Counterintelligence (SIC), Insider Threat Office (SIII), in addition to other law enforcement and counterintelligence personnel as required to perform advanced investigation and triage of incidents
• Collaborate with appropriate authorities in the production of security incident reports
• Categorize incidents and events
• Coordinate with other contracts, organizations, activities, and other services as appropriate to ensure incidents are properly reported, contained, and eradicated
• Coordinate with other contracts, organizations, activities, and other services as appropriate to de-conflict blue / red team activity with open incidents/event and to ensure NGA recovers from an incident/event
• Build timelines, documents, briefings, and other products as required to inform stakeholders of incident response actions, analysis, and the impact of both adversary activity and blue force response actions
• Document actions taken and analysis in the authorized ticketing system to a level of detail where the actions taken and analysis are capable of being systematically reconstructed
• Develop and when approved by the Government generates and updates reports in the Joint Incident Management System (JIMS), Incident Case Management System (ICMS), and/or other authorized reporting systems as directed
• Develop, maintain, sustain, and when properly authorized by the Government execute custom scripts, tools, and capabilities to collect and analyze data, and to respond to incidents/events
• Perform digital media analysis on host, server, and network data as required to analyze and respond to an incident, to include but not limited to volatile and non-volatile memory and/or system artifact collection and analysis
• Develop and identify indicators of compromise to send to Cybersecurity stakeholders and other Contract Services
• Provide adversary attribution
• Perform malware analysis and signature development
• Provide input to and coordinates with all applicable stakeholders to develop and deliver the daily CSOC Significant Activity Report, the daily CSOC Operations Update, and the Weekly CSOC Status Report
• Serve as C-IRT members as required and serve under the direct control of, and take direction from, the Government C-IRT Commander
• Develop and coordinate courses of action with various Government and contract stakeholders, and when properly authorized by the Government, execute Defensive Cyberspace Operations-Internal Defensive Measures on behalf of the NGA on NGA networks and systems
• Perform digital media analysis and malware reverse engineering on host, server, and network data as required to analyze and respond to an incident, to include but not limited to volatile and non-volatile memory and/or system artifact collection and analysis
• When properly authorized by the Government, execute custom scripts, tools, and capabilities to collect and analyze data, and to respond to incidents/events
• Develop, document, and provide to the Government incident investigation reports which include sufficient information to document the entire lifecycle of the incident and the response, including but not limited to adversary and friendly forces activity, host and network analysis, timelines, and recommendations for corrective actions, recommendations for new Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTP) and other recommendations as appropriate, within 30 days of C-IRT stand-down
• Conduct Quality Control reviews of a percentage closed CSOC Tier 2 tickets each week to ensure proper analysis, categorization, documentation, and notification;

You’ll Bring These Qualifications:

• Must be a US Citizen with an Active TS/SCI to start work but required to obtain a CI Poly within 6 months.
• Typically has a University Degree (BA/BS) or equivalent experience and minimum 4 years of related work experience
• All Contractor personnel performing CSOC Tier 2 services shall have a certification that is compliant with DoD 8140.01 and DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II and CSSP Analyst Certification
• TCP/IP, Protocol analyzers, network protocols, Cyber Attack Lifecycle, Mitre Attack framework, Obfuscation techniques (i.e. base64; rot13; XOR; URL encoding; etc.)
• Utilizing SIEM for event analysis
• Ability to work 1 of 5 work shifts

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:

• IAT Level III
• 5+ years of related CSOC tier 2 or 3 work experience

Additional Information

• All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
• Compensation is unique to each candidate and relative to the skills and experience they bring to the position. The salary range for this position is typically $90-95k. This does not guarantee a specific salary as compensation is based upon multiple factors such as education, experience, certifications, and other requirements, and may fall outside of the above-stated range.
• Highlights of our benefits include Health/Dental/Vision, 401(k) match, Accrued PTO, STD/LTD/Life Insurance, Referral Bonuses, professional development reimbursement, and more!

D2 Consulting is committed to a merit-based recruitment process and encourages applications from all qualified individuals. As a Veteran-Owned Small Business, we particularly welcome applications from veterans who have the requisite skills and experience. Job applicants that are interested in one of our openings and may require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, should contact us to request an accommodation.