Government Cloud Incident Response Analyst

Salesforce

Herndon (VA)

On-site

USD 111,000 - 122,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Salesforce in Northern Virginia is seeking an Incident Response Analyst to join the Government Cloud Security Operations team. You will respond to cyber security events in SNS Cloud environments, document incidents, and coordinate responses with cross-functional teams.

This role requires U.S. citizenship and a TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance, a related technical degree, and 2+ years in cybersecurity or incident response; familiarity with cloud security tools (AWS, Splunk, Azure Sentinel).

Qualifications

The candidate must be a U.S. citizen and must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret/SCI security clearance with Polygraph.
2+ years experience in cybersecurity, engineering, and/or incident response roles.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills required for coordinating responses to sophisticated incidents across the organization with many non technical and technical stakeholders.
Strong problem solving ability to determine solutions to encountered or anticipated challenges.
Strong technical understanding of the information security threat landscape (attack vectors and tools, best practices for securing systems and networks, etc.).
Experience with AWS Cloud, Splunk, Azure Sentinel, or ElasticStack, etc. preferred.

Responsibilities

Respond to and investigate cyber security events within the SNS Cloud environments.
Track and document security events and incidents in a ticketing system.
Analyze log data for signs of malicious activity in a SIEM.
Work across multi-disciplined teams to coordinate incident response actions for high-priority security issues.
Develop and apply mitigations and automate workflows as needed.