Incident Manager - I

Base One Technologies; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Base One Technologies in Arlington, VA seeks a cyber incident management professional to correlate incident data, triage threats, and coordinate resolution across teams.

Responsibilities include applying NIST/FISMA-aligned practices, researching mitigations, and monitoring threat intel to protect enterprise networks. Candidates should hold an active TS/SCI clearance and DHS suitability eligibility.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance is required.
• Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability.
• 1+ year of directly relevant experience in cyber incident management or cybersecurity operations.
• Knowledge of incident response and handling methodologies.
• Familiarity with NIST 800-62 and FISMA reporting.
• Knowledge of NCCIC National Cyber Incident Scoring System for triage prioritization.
• Knowledge of general attack stages (foot printing, scanning, enumeration, access, escalation, maintenance, exploitation, covering tracks).
• Knowledge of vulnerabilities and associated attacks.
• Knowledge of basic system administration and OS hardening, CND policies and regulations.
• Knowledge of different operational threat environments (script kiddies, non-nation-state, nation-state).

Responsibilities

• Correlating incident data to identify trends in reported incidents.
• Recommending defense in depth principles and practices.
• Performing Computer Network Defense incident triage to determine scope, urgency, and potential impact.
• Researching and compiling known resolution steps to mitigate incidents.
• Applying cybersecurity concepts to detection and defense of intrusions and analyzing log data.
• Monitoring external data sources to stay current on CND threat conditions.
• Identifying incident causes and obtaining background info from external entities.
• Receiving and analyzing network alerts from enterprise sources and determining causes.
• Tracking and documenting CND incidents from detection to resolution while coordinating with other teams.
• Providing support during assigned shifts (M-F 1400-2230 EST).

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

DHS Suitability

Cyber incident mgmt

NIST 800-62

FISMA awareness

NCCIC scoring

Attack lifecycle

Vulnerability knowledge

System hardening

Threat environments

Education

BS in Cybersecurity/Incident Mgmt

HS Diploma + 3 years exp

Job description

• Correlating incident data to identify specific trends in reported incidents
• Recommending defense in depth principles and practices (i.e. Defense in Multiple Places, layered defenses, security robustness, etc.)
• Performing Computer Network Defense incident triage to include determining scope, urgency, and potential impact
• Researching and compiling known resolution steps or workarounds to enable mitigation of potential Computer Network Defense incidents within the enterprise
• Applying cybersecurity concepts to the detection and defense of intrusions into small, and large-scale IT networks, and conduct cursory analysis of log data
• Monitoring external data sources to maintain currency of Computer Network Defense threat condition and determine which security issues may have an impact on the enterprise
• Identifying the cause of an incident and recognizing the key elements to ask external entities when learning the background and potential infection vector of an incident,
• Receiving and analyzing network alerts from various sources within the enterprise and determine possible causes of such alerts
• Tracking and documenting Computer Network Defense (CND) incidents from initial detection through final resolution, and work with other components within the organization to obtain and coordinate information pertaining to ongoing incidents
• Providing support during assigned shifts (M-F 1400-2230 EST)

Required Skills

• Must have an active TS/SCI clearance
• Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability
• 1+ years of directly relevant experience in cyber incident management or cybersecurity operations
• Knowledge of incident response and handling methodologies
• Having close familiarity with NIST 800-62 (latest revision), and FISMA standards as they pertain to reporting incidents.
• Knowledge of the NCCIC National Cyber Incident Scoring System to be able to prioritize triaging of incident
• Knowledge of general attack stages (e.g., foot printing and scanning, enumeration, gaining access, escalation of privileges, maintaining access, network exploitation, covering tracks, etc.)
• Skill in recognizing and categorizing types of vulnerabilities and associated attacks
• Knowledge of basic system administration and operating system hardening techniques, Computer Network Defense policies, procedures, and regulations
• 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)

Desired Skills

• 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)

Required Education

• BS Incident Management, Operations Management, Cybersecurity or related degree. HS Diploma with 3 years incident management or cyber security experience