Cybersecurity Analyst

Planet Technologies; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 110,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Planet Technologies is seeking a Cybersecurity Analyst to join our Washington, DC team. The role focuses on enforcing federal cybersecurity standards, researching encryption and vulnerability management, and maintaining centralized logging and auditing documentation.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience with federal requirements, threat analysis, and incident response. On-site work in Washington DC is required, with eligibility for the necessary clearance.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of experience enforcing technical Cybersecurity compliance within federal standards
• Experience conducting analysis of encryption, vulnerability management and centralized logging/auditing
• Strong knowledge of federal standards and ability to provide technical summaries and leadership input

Responsibilities

• Research and enforce cybersecurity compliance across the organization's systems
• Collaborate with Security Assessment Teams to identify noncompliant systems and vulnerabilities
• Remediate shortcomings and communicate with stakeholders on findings and timelines
• Conduct in-depth technical analysis and maintain thorough records of actions, evidence and communications
• Coordinate audits and data calls related to Federal Government requirements
• Analyze logs to detect anomalous activity and potential data exfiltration
• Stay updated on current vulnerabilities and exploitation methods
• Interpret and disseminate federal security guidance to non-technical audiences
• Ensure adherence to current Federal Government security policies and required documentation
• Respond to incidents to assist in detection, containment, and remediation
• Participate in After Action Reviews (AARs) of incident responses
• Assist with vulnerability management notifications from internal sources and vendors
• Produce and interpret forensically sound images of data when required

Skills

Cybersecurity compliance

Encryption analysis

Vulnerability management

Logging & auditing

Education

Certifications (preferred)

Job description

Planet Technologies, the Nation’s leading Microsoft services provider to the public sector, is looking for a highly motivated individual to join our growing team as a Cybersecurity Analyst. In this role, you will be supporting impactful projects that make a difference for our country.

The Cybersecurity Analyst participates in researching and enforcing technical cybersecurity compliance. They will investigate the detailed system attributes of encryption, vulnerability management, multi-factor authentication, and centralized logging and auditing, among other disciplines. In this role you must have detailed knowledge of the federal standards and technologies used to carry out the required disciplines and will provide technical summaries and input on the data.

Responsibilities

• The Cybersecurity Analyst is responsible for researching and enforcing technical cybersecurity compliance within the organizations systems. They investigate the detailed system attributes of encryption, vulnerability management, multi-factor authentication, and centralized logging and auditing, among other disciplines. The appropriate candidate must have detailed knowledge of the federal standards and technologies used to carry out the required disciplines and will provide technical summaries and input on the data.
• Works with multiple levels of Security Assessment Teams to perform detailed analysis and identify noncompliant systems and possible vulnerabilities.
• Assist in providing methods to remediating shortcomings to stakeholders both internal and external for affected systems.
• Conduct in-depth technical analysis, confirming compliance information and maintaining a detailed record of all actions taken, evidence and communications.
• Assist in interpretation and implementation of Federal Government requirements systems when necessary and coordinate various audits and data calls as appropriate
• Analyze logs to determine anomalous traffic and potential exfiltrated data.
• Maintains working knowledge of current vulnerabilities of systems and how they can be exploited.
• Interprets guidance and technical requirements for implementation security requirements to prevent security breaches from happening and disseminates the guidance in a more readable format to others.
• Ensures that current Federal Government security policies are being followed to the extent they able to and all required documentation is provided.
• Responds to incidents when required to assist in detection, isolation, remediation, and investigation of the incident.
• Participate in After Action Reviews (AARs) of incident responses
• Assists with vulnerability management notifications from internal sources as well as vendors to ensure that required vulnerabilities are remedied within the required timeline and reported accurately within that timeline.
• Produces, analyzes, and interprets forensically sound images of data and other electronic storage media when required or requested.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 8 years of experience enforcing technical Cybersecurity compliance, experience investigating system attributes for encryption, vulnerability management and centralized logging and auditing within federal standards
• Experience providing technical summaries, with recommendations to leadership
• Previous experience working with multi-layered assessment teams and providing methods of remediation and audits to ensurein-depth technical analysis, confirming compliance information and maintaining a detailed record of all actions taken, evidence and communications.
• Deep understanding and the ability to analyze threat intelligence data to identify emerging threats and proactively defend against them.
• Previous experience ensuring Federal Government security policies are being followed to the extent they able to and all required documentation is provided
• Understanding of how to particpate in After Action Reviews and the ability to produce, analyze and interpret forensically sound images of data and other electronic storage media when required or requested.
• Certifications preferred: CompTIA CySA+, CompTIA CASP+, CompTIA PenTest+, CompTIA SecurityX, EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH), EC-Council Certified Incident Handler (C|IH), GIAC GPEN, GIAC GCIH)
• Ability to work on site in Washington DC five days a week
• An active Top Secret Clearance

Planet Technologies is the leading provider of Microsoft Consulting Services to public sector and commercial organizations. Planet has significant experience in deploying business intelligence, cloud services, unified communications, and systems management with an emphasis building, deploying, and managing custom solutions that transform the business operations of federal government agencies.

Planet Technologies does not discriminate in employment opportunities, terms and conditions of employment, or practices. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, gender, religious or political beliefs, national origin or heritage, disability, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any characteristic protected by law.

Select positions at Planet Technologies have Federal Agency Clearance Requirements and may require up to a 10-year background investigation and/or US Citizenship (clearable).

Salaries for Cybersecurity Analysts at Planet Technologies range from $110,000 and $190,000. Several factors will impact final pay offered to a successful candidate including but not limited to the type and years of experience within the job, clearance level, the type of years and experience within the industry, education, training, etc.

Visit www.go-planet.com to learn more about us. Details about our benefits can be found here Planet Technologies 2026-2027 Benefits Guide