Cybersecurity Incident Manager (Day Shift)

Triangle Cyber, LLC; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Triangle Cyber, LLC seeks a Cybersecurity Incident Manager to provide on-site incident management support for a large federal client in Arlington, VA. You will triage incidents, assess scope and urgency, and coordinate response actions across security teams.

The role requires 5+ years in cyber incident management, an active Top Secret clearance, and a relevant bachelor's degree or equivalent experience. Must live within 60 miles of Arlington and work on-site weekdays during the day shift.

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level degree or equivalent hands-on experience in cybersecurity
• Active Top Secret clearance required
• 5+ years of directly relevant experience in cyber incident management or cybersecurity operations
• Ability to work on-site in Arlington, VA (within 60 miles) Monday–Friday, day shift
• Knowledge of incident response methodologies and handling procedures
• Knowledge of NIST 800-53/FISMA reporting requirements
• Understanding of National Cyber Incident Scoring System for triage prioritization
• Familiarity with common attack stages and vulnerability classifications
• Knowledge of basic system administration and OS hardening concepts
• Awareness of various threat environments (script kiddies to nation-state)
• Understanding of network defense concepts and CND best practices

Responsibilities

• Perform CND incident triage: scope, urgency, potential impact
• Correlate incident data to identify trends
• Recommend defense-in-depth principles and practices
• Research and compile known resolution steps for mitigation
• Apply cybersecurity concepts to detection and defense of intrusions
• Monitor external data sources to stay current on CND threat conditions

Skills

Incident triage

CND knowledge

Threat correlation

Defense-in-depth

Log analysis

Incident response

NIST 800-53 / FISMA familiarity

Security monitoring

Vulnerability assessment

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science / Cybersecurity / IT

High School Diploma + 4 years hands-on experience

Job description

Triangle Cyber is seeking a Cybersecurity Incident Manager (Day Shift/Onsite) 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], and 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)