Cybersecurity Protect Analyst

SpahrLLC; Fort Belvoir (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Competitive salary

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Paid time off

Training & development

Vision insurance

Job summary

Spahr is seeking a Cybersecurity Protect Analyst to support the DTRA Tier II CSSP team. The role emphasizes hands-on guidance for security posture issues, vulnerability management, and compliance with DoDIN directives in a fast-paced environment.

You will coordinate with data stewards on DED governance, perform ACAS-based assessments, and monitor threat intel to anticipate evolving attack vectors, all while aligning with CSSP standards and auditing requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience as the cybersecurity liaison for subscriber organizations, providing advanced, hands-on guidance.
• Familiarity with CSSP Data Element Dictionary governance and data schema validation.
• Knowledge of vulnerability tracking using KEV, CVSS, CVE identifiers, and NVD resources.
• Experience with endpoint security tooling and malware defense validation.

Responsibilities

• Subscriber Engagement & Liaison: Act as the cybersecurity liaison for subscriber orgs, guiding complex security posture issues.
• Data Element Dictionary Governance: Auditor for the CSSP DED, ensure canonical mappings and schema compliance.
• Vulnerability Tracking & KEV Management: Track KEV catalogs, coordinate remediation with system owners.
• Vulnerability Assessment & Analysis (VAA): Conduct ACAS-based assessments and derive prioritized remediation steps.
• CTI Integration: Monitor threat intelligence feeds and IOC alerts to adjust defensive posture.
• ESM & Compliance Support: Support DoDIN evaluation readiness and evidence gathering.
• Blue Team & Posture Validation: Conduct blue team assessments under Government supervision.
• Endpoint & Malware Defense Validation: Validate endpoint protection and boundary defense configurations.
• Directive Implementation: Track and validate compliance with CPCON shifts and TASKORDs.
• Audit Readiness & Evidence Gathering: Lead evidence gathering for audits and internal reviews.

Job description

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Competitive salary
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Training & development
• Vision insurance

We are seeking a Cybersecurity Protect Analyst to support our Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Tier II Cybersecurity Services Provider (CSSP) Team. Spahr is a fast-growing high-tech company that understands both the pace of technology today and the need to have a comprehensive well-planned information management environment. \"Integrity. Purpose. Resolve\" embodies our values and is paramount to both our and our customer’s success. By relentlessly upholding our values and investing in our employees we foster a culture of integrity and selfless service, build resilient teams that are ready to solve hard problems, and deliver real impact for the client.

We offer our full-time employees a competitive benefits package to include health, dental, vision, 401K, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability plans, vacation time and holidays. Visit us at https://www.spahrllc.com.

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Required Responsibilities:

• Subscriber Engagement & Liaison: Act as the technical cybersecurity liaison for subscriber organizations, providing advanced, hands-on guidance for resolving complex security posture issues, patching delays, and system misconfigurations.
• Data Element Dictionary (DED) Governance: Act as the primary auditor for the CSSP Data Element Dictionary (DED). Coordinate with data producers and data stewards to maintain canonical field mappings and machine-readable schemas. Oversee validation rules for identity-attributed, network, and object-access events to guarantee schema compliance across all DTRA subscriber tenants.
• Vulnerability Tracking & KEV Management: Actively track and analyze CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog using standardized cybersecurity frameworks, including Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) identifiers, National Vulnerability Database (NVD) resources, Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) severity vectors, and Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, to evaluate localized risks, prioritize mitigation efforts, and coordinate rapid remediation with system owners.
• Vulnerability Assessment & Analysis (VAA): Execute comprehensive vulnerability assessments using the Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS) and other enterprise scanning tools, analyzing raw scan data to deliver actionable, prioritized remediation steps to stakeholders.
• Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) Integration: Monitor, evaluate, and digest cyber threat intelligence feeds, indicator of compromise (IOC) alerts, and open-source threat reports to anticipate emerging vectors and proactively adjust defensive postures.
• ESM & Compliance Support: Support CSSP Evaluator Scoring Metric (ESM) compliance assessments, gathering technical evidence, conducting internal control reviews, and maintaining organizational readiness for JFHQ-DoDIN mandated evaluations.
• Blue Team & Posture Validation: Coordinate and conduct \"Blue Team\" assessments under Government supervision to evaluate subscriber security postures for DoW compliance, while validating detection playbooks and signature effectiveness by emulating adversary tactics to trigger alerts and detect Red Team activities.
• Endpoint & Malware Defense Validation: Perform technical validation of endpoint security tools, host-based security systems, and boundary defense mechanisms to ensure malware protection policies are active, correctly configured, and reporting to central CSSP consoles.
• Directive Implementation: Track, implement, and technically validate compliance with USCYBERCOM TASKORDs, Cyber Protection Condition (CPCON) shifts, and JFHQ-DoDIN operational directives.
• Audit Readiness & Evidence Gathering: Lead compliance focused working groups with subscriber IT teams. Guide them through gathering technical evidence, conducting internal control reviews, and ensuring total readiness for rigorous DoW and agency-level cybersecurity audits (e.g., CORA, CSSP evaluations).