Cybersecurity Shift Incident Manager

Triangle Cyber, LLC; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Triangle Cyber, LLC seeks an on-site Cybersecurity Incident Manager to support a large federal client in Arlington, VA. Multiple positions available.

Roles include incident triage, trend correlation, and defense‑in‑depth planning, with a focus on NIST/ FISMA compliance. Applicants must hold an active Top Secret clearance and have 2+ years in cyber incident management or cybersecurity operations, plus a BS in a related field or an HS diploma with equivalent hands-on experience.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret clearance required.
• 2+ years of directly relevant incident management or cybersecurity operations experience.
• BS in CS/ cybersecurity/ IT or HS diploma with hands-on incident management experience.
• Knowledge of incident response methodologies, NIST 800-62, and FISMA reporting.
• Knowledge of the National Cyber Incident Scoring System for triage prioritization.
• Understanding attack stages and vulnerability classification.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

CND incident triage

Incident response

Cybersecurity operations

Threat analysis

Log data analysis

Hardening techniques

CND policies

Education

BS in Computer Science / Cybersecurity / Information Technology

HS diploma with 4+ years hands-on incident management or cybersecurity experience

Tools

SIEM

Network monitoring

Job description

Triangle Cyber is seeking a Cybersecurity Incident Manager (multiple positions) to provide on‑site 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 two (2+) 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 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)
• (ISC)² – Certified Cyber Forensics Professional (CCFP) (retired)
• (ISC)² – Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

Our federal client requires that all applicants be U.S. citizens.

Our federal client requires that all applicants have an active Top Secret clearance.

This is an on‑site position located in Arlington, VA. Please select the shifts that you would be willing to work *

(1) Mon-Fri, 6AM-2:30PM (8hr)

(2) Mon-Fri, 2PM-10:30PM (8hr)

(3) Sun-Thu, 10PM-6:30AM (8hr)

(4) Thu-Fri 8AM-4:30PM (8hr) & Saturday-Sunday 6AM-6:30PM (12hr)