Cybersecurity Incident Manager Day (Day Shift)

Triangle Cyber, LLC; Arlington (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Triangle Cyber is seeking a Cybersecurity Incident Manager (Day Shift) to provide onsite incident management support for a large federal client. You will perform CND incident triage, correlate data for trends, recommend defense-in-depth measures, and research resolution steps to mitigate incidents across enterprise networks.

This role requires a Top Secret clearance, 5+ years in incident management or cybersecurity operations, and a BS in CS/Cybersecurity (or HS diploma with four years hands-on

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret clearance required.
• 5+ years in cyber incident management or cybersecurity operations.
• BS in CS/Cybersecurity/IT or related field (or HS diploma with 4+ years hands-on experience).
• On-site work within 60 miles of Arlington, VA, Monday–Friday (Day Shift).

Responsibilities

• Triage CND incidents to determine scope, urgency, and impact.
• Correlate incident data to identify trends in reported incidents.
• Recommend defense-in-depth principles and practices for mitigation.
• Research resolution steps or workarounds for enterprise incidents.
• Apply cybersecurity concepts to detection and defense of intrusions; analyze log data.
• Monitor external data sources to stay current on CND threat conditions.

Skills

Incident management

Cybersecurity operations

Threat analysis

NIST 800-62 knowledge

Vulnerability assessment

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Cybersecurity/IT or related

Job description

Triangle Cyber is seeking a Cybersecurity Incident Manager (Day Shift) to provide onsite incident management support for a large federal client.

What You’ll Do

• Perform Computer Network Defense (CND) incident triage to include determining scope, urgency, and potential impact
• Correlate incident data to identify specific trends in reported incidents
• Recommend defense-in-depth principles and practices (i.e., Defense in Multiple Places, layered defenses, security robustness, etc.)
• Research and compile known resolution steps or workarounds to enable mitigation of potential CND incidents within the enterprise
• Apply cybersecurity concepts to the detection and defense of intrusions into small and large-scale IT networks, and conduct cursory analysis of log data
• Monitor external data sources to maintain currency of CND threat conditions and determine which security issues may have an impact on the enterprise

Required

• Must have an active Top Secret clearance
• Must have at least five (5+) years of directly relevant experience in cyber incident management or cybersecurity operations
• Must have a Bachelor of Science (or higher) in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related degree, or a High School Diploma with at least four (4) years of hands-on incident management or cybersecurity experience
• Must reside within 60 miles of Arlington, VA, and be willing to work on-site, Monday through Friday (Day Shift).
• Must have knowledge of incident response and handling methodologies
• Must have knowledge of NIST 800-62 (latest revision), and FISMA standards as they pertain to reporting incidents
• Must have knowledge of the National Cyber Incident Scoring System to be able to prioritize triaging of incident
• Must have knowledge of general attack stages (e.g., footprinting and scanning, enumeration, gaining access, escalation of privileges, maintaining access, network exploitation, covering tracks, etc.)
• Must have skill in recognizing and categorizing types of vulnerabilities and associated attacks
• Must have knowledge of basic system administration and operating system hardening techniques, Computer Network Defense policies, procedures, and regulations
• Must have knowledge of different operational threat environments (e.g., first generation [script kiddies], second generation [non nation-state sponsored], third generation [nation-state sponsored])
• Must have knowledge of system and application security threats and vulnerabilities (e.g., buffer overflow, mobile code, cross-site scripting, PL/SQL and injections, race conditions, covert channel, replay, return- oriented attacks, and malicious code)

Preferred

• Knowledge of different operational threat environments (e.g., first generation [script kiddies], second generation [non nation-state sponsored], and third generation [nation-state sponsored])
• Knowledge of system and application security threats and vulnerabilities (e.g., buffer overflow, mobile code, cross-site scripting, PL/SQL and injections, race conditions, covert channel, replay, return- oriented attacks, and malicious code)
• GIAC – GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
• GIAC – GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)
• GIAC – GIAC Information Security Professional (GISP)
• GIAC – GIAC Certified Enterprise Defender (GCED)
• (ISC)² – Certified Cyber Forensics Professional (CCFP) (retired)
• (ISC)² – Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)