Cybersecurity Analyst

BreakPoint Labs LLC; Vicksburg (MS); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Valiant Solutions is seeking a highly motivated Cybersecurity Analyst to join a fast-paced CSSP environment. The role emphasizes vulnerability management, continuous monitoring, and risk analysis, with responsibilities spanning detection, reporting, and remediation.

The candidate will work on reports for end customers, validate scanning quality, and support the Protect Team Lead. A Security+ CE and CEH CE are required, with a Secret clearance eligible for upgrade.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity or related field.
• Strong communication and report-writing skills.
• Ability to work in a metrics-driven, team-oriented environment.

Responsibilities

• Conduct continuous network monitoring and analysis using defensive cyber tools.
• Enumerate vulnerable terrain in support of Tier 1 reporting.
• Provide end customers with vulnerability assessment reports with tailored, prioritized mitigation actions.
• Track vulnerability management efforts from identification, to notification, to remediation.
• Investigate and report potential false positives from continuous monitoring tools.
• Analyze risk score trends and ascertain root causes to anomalies.
• Track compliance trends and provide prioritized findings to end customers.
• Assist subscribers in deployment of Nessus agents.
• Enumerate and report installed software and services, including unauthorized instances.
• Validate network scanning quality and compliance with applicable TASKORDS.
• Troubleshoot credentialed vulnerability scanning failures and provide remediation guidance.
• Research emerging threats and vulnerabilities to aid in risk identification.
• Assist in incident response by querying data and sharing IOCs.
• Conduct User Activity Monitoring in support of Insider Threat Program.
• Provide prompt, quality customer service with strong written and oral communication.
• Provide direct support to Protect Team Lead.

Skills

Security concepts

Incident response

Communication

Risk assessment

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Cybersecurity

Tools

Tenable SecurityCenter

ACAS

IDS/IPS concepts

Job description

Valiant Solutions is seeking a highly motivated self-starter to serve in the capacity of a Cybersecurity Analyst within a fast-paced Cybersecurity Services Provider (CSSP) environment.

Position Responsibilities:

• Conduct continuous network monitoring and analysis using various defensive cyber tools.
• Enumerate vulnerable terrain in support of Tier 1 reporting.
• Provide end customers with vulnerability assessment reports with tailored, prioritized mitigation actions.
• Track vulnerability management efforts from identification, to
  notification, to remediation.
• Investigate and report potential false positives from continuous
  monitoring tools.
• Analyze risk score trends and ascertain potential root causes to risk score anomalies.
• Track compliance trends and provide prioritized list of findings to end customers.
• Assist subscribers in the deployment of Nessus agents.
• Enumerate and report instances of specific platforms, installed software, and services (including unauthorized instances).
• Validate network scanning quality and compliance IAW applicable DCDC TASKORDS.
• Troubleshoot credentialed vulnerability scanning failures and provide remediation guidance.
• Research emerging threats and vulnerabilities to aid in the identification of network security risks.
• Assist in incident response activities by querying existing data and sharing matching indicators of compromise (IOC).
• Conduct user activity monitoring (UAM) in support of the Insider Threat Program.
• Provide prompt, quality customer service with excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Provide direct support to the Protect Team Lead.

Required Experience:

• Experience with Tenable SecurityCenter/Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS) strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of network scanning principles and the potential impacts of intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS) to scan data accuracy.
• Knowledge in Evaluator Scanning Metrics (ESM) criteria.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, metrics-driven, and team oriented environment.
• Ability to communicate complex technical and programmatic information, often in the form of verbal and visual operational updates, situation reports and briefings.

Required Certifications: Security+ Continuing Education (CE) [CompTIA] AND Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) [EC-Council]

Security Clearance Required: A minimum of a Secret with the ability to upgrade to a Top Secret

Education Level Required: Bachelor’s Degree: Area(s) of Study Cybersecurity