Incident Manager (Junior)

Node; United States; On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Basic Life

Health Savings Account

401K

Three weeks of PTO

10 Paid Holidays

Pre-Approved Online Training

Job summary

Node is seeking a Cyber Shift Incident Manager (Junior) to support a U.S. Government customer on-site in Arlington, VA. The role focuses on incident response, containment, and coordination across teams during assigned shifts (Shift 2, M-F 1400-2200) with an active Top Secret/SI clearance.

The candidate will investigate cyber incidents, triage severity, and develop mitigation plans to restore services. Strong knowledge of NIST/FISMA and NCCIC scoring is required.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of directly relevant experience in cyber incident management or cybersecurity operations.
• Knowledge of incident response and handling methodologies.
• Familiarity with NIST 800-62 (latest revision) and FISMA reporting requirements.
• Knowledge of NCCIC National Cyber Incident Scoring System for prioritizing triage.
• Understanding of common attack stages and vulnerability classifications.
• Awareness of system administration and OS hardening concepts.

Responsibilities

• Correlate incident data to identify trends in reported incidents.
• Recommend defense in depth principles and practices.
• Perform CND incident triage to determine scope, urgency, and impact.
• Research and compile known resolution steps to mitigate incidents.
• Apply cybersecurity concepts to detect and defend intrusions and analyze logs.
• Monitor external data sources to stay updated on CND threat conditions.
• Identify causal factors and gather background from external entities on infection vectors.
• Receive and analyze network alerts and determine possible causes.
• Track and document CND incidents from detection to resolution, coordinating with others.

Skills

Incident management

NIST 800-62

FISMA standards

NCCIC scoring system

CND policies

System hardening

Threat modeling

Vulnerability knowledge

Network security

Log analysis

Education

BS in Cybersecurity/related

HS Diploma + 4-6 yrs exp

Job description

Incident Manager/ Cyber Shift Incident Manager (Junior)

Location: Arlington, VA

Must have an active Top Secret Security Clearance

Providing support during assigned shifts (Shift 2, M-F 1400-2200)

Node is supporting a U.S. Government customer to provide support for onsite incident response to civilian Government agencies and critical asset owners who experience cyber-attacks, providing immediate investigation and resolution. Contract personnel perform investigations to characterize the severity of breaches, develop mitigation plans, and assist with the restoration of services.

Node is seeking a Cyber Shift Incident Manager to support this critical customer mission.

Responsibilities:

• 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

Requirements

Required Skills:

• U.S. Citizenship
• Must have an active TS/SCI clearance
• Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability
• 2+ 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 4-6 years of incident management or cyber security experience

Desired Certifications:

GCIH, GCFA GISP, GCED, CCFP or CISSP

Benefits

We are proud to offer competitive compensation and benefits packages to include

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Basic Life
• Health Saving Account
• 401K
• Three weeks of PTO
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Pre-Approved Online Training