Cybersecurity Analyst

Cybersecurity Jobs; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

BDR Solutions LLC seeks a Cybersecurity Analyst to support the security program by monitoring, investigating, assessing, and improving the security environment using modern tools and controls.

The role involves monitoring security alerts, handling incidents, conducting vulnerability assessments, and producing detailed reports. You will maintain documentation, collaborate with IT teams, and support compliance with NIST and ISO 27001 in a global setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity or similar field.
• Minimum 3 years of IT experience, including 3 years in an information security role and 3 years with Splunk Enterprise.
• One or more Information Security Certifications: Security+, CEH, CISSP, CISA, CISM, CBCP, or GIAC.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and analyze security alerts from SIEM, IDS/IPS, firewalls, and endpoint protection.
• Investigate and respond to security incidents to support timely containment and remediation.
• Perform vulnerability assessments and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Create vulnerability reports with trends and actionable details (critical to low findings).
• Maintain and update security documentation, including incident reports and playbooks.
• Collaborate with IT teams to implement security controls and best practices.
• Conduct threat intelligence research to identify emerging risks and attack vectors.
• Support compliance efforts with frameworks like NIST and ISO 27001.
• Assist with security awareness training for employees.
• Participate in security audits and risk assessments.
• Provide recommendations to improve overall security posture.
• Coordinate with engineering, operations, development, and customers to align with information security policies.
• Assess current technology architecture for vulnerabilities and risks.
• Support internal and third‑party security audits.
• Coordinate incident management processes and reporting.
• Manage day-to-day threat and vulnerability management and communicate residual risk.
• Ensure audit trails and logs are configured for review and compliance.
• Support security-testing procedures for systems, networks, and applications.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Problem solving

Team player

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity

Tools

Splunk Enterprise

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

BDR Solutions LLC seeks a Cybersecurity Analyst to support the security program by monitoring, investigating, assessing, and improving the security environment using modern tools and controls.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and analyze security alerts from SIEM, IDS/IPS, firewalls, and endpoint protection.
• Investigate and respond to security incidents to support timely containment and remediation.
• Perform vulnerability assessments and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Create daily, weekly, monthly, and/or quarterly vulnerability reports tracking critical, high, medium, and low findings with actionable detail (including examples of trends such as increases, remediations, percent changes, affected platforms, and vulnerability categories).
• Maintain and update security documentation, including incident reports and playbooks.
• Collaborate with IT teams to implement security controls and best practices.
• Conduct threat intelligence research to identify emerging risks and attack vectors.
• Support compliance efforts using relevant frameworks, including NIST and ISO 27001.
• Assist with security awareness training for employees.
• Participate in regular security audits and risk assessments.
• Provide recommendations to improve overall security posture.
• Coordinate with engineering, operations, development, and customers to maintain practices aligned to defined information security policies and standards.
• Conduct continuous assessment of current technology architecture for vulnerabilities, weaknesses, and other risks.
• Support internal and third-party security audits.
• Coordinate and report on technical aspects of incident management processes and operational components, including detection and measurement.
• Manage day-to-day threat and vulnerability management, identify risk tolerances, recommend treatment plans, and communicate residual risk.
• Ensure audit trails, system logs, and cybersecurity monitoring data sources are configured per cybersecurity policy and available to necessary parties for review and compliance.
• Support security-testing procedures to verify security of systems, networks, and applications and assist remediation of identified vulnerabilities.
• Liaise among internal teams and external vendors to ensure compliance and a strong security posture.
• Consult with IT staff so security is included in evaluation, selection, installation, and configuration of hardware, applications, and software.
• Recommend and coordinate implementation of technical controls to enforce defined security policies.
• Implement and maintain Splunk / Tenable platform infrastructure and configuration, plus support day-to-day operational and user needs.
• Customize Splunk queries and support service help desk requests related to the Splunk / Tenable platforms.
• Perform advanced searching, forensics, and analytics using security tools to support cybersecurity tasks.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship required; select applicants will be subject to a government security investigation to meet eligibility for access to classified information and obtain a government-granted security clearance.
• Eligible for DOD Top Secret clearance with SCI.
• One or more Information Security Certifications: Security+, CEH, CISSP, CISA, CISM, CBCP, or GIAC.
• Bachelor’s in Cybersecurity or similar field.
• Minimum 3 years of IT experience, including: 3 years in an information security role and 3 years with Splunk Enterprise.
• Strong understanding of the business impact of security tools, technologies, and policies.
• Analytical and high-level problem-solving skills for complex information security issues.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook) for documentation, reporting, and presentations.
• Excel: pivot tables, formulas, data analysis, and data visualization for reporting.
• Word: professional documentation and formatting.
• PowerPoint: creating clear and engaging presentations.
• Outlook: email and calendar management.
• Ability to complete responsibilities timely, professionally, and with quality.
• Collaborative team player; able to communicate clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences for a globally dispersed team.
• Ability to translate goals into action, follow through, take initiative, and seek opportunities to improve performance.
• You do not need to possess 100% of the listed qualities to be considered.
• Available to work onsite as required by the job.
• Employment is contingent upon contract award (not guaranteed; proceeds only if the contract is awarded and funded).

Technologies

• Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Splunk, Splunk Enterprise