Night-Shift Defensive Cyber Analyst | TS/SCI Clearance

Quantum Sky; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 100,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/Dental/Vision

401(k) match

Paid Time Off

STD/LTD/Life Insurance

Referral Bonuses

Professional development reimbursement

Parental leave

Job summary

Quantum Sky has an opening for a temporary Defensive Cyber Analyst to support the US Space Force under the D6 contract. The role focuses on continuous cybersecurity monitoring, intrusion detection, and cyber incident responses at Schriever Space Force Base, CO.

The position requires DoD CSSP certifications, 1–3 years of cybersecurity/IT experience, and an active TS/SCI clearance. Night shift duties are included; compensation is between $100,000 and $115,000 annually.

Qualifications

• Active DoD TS/SCI clearance required.
• 1-3 years of Cybersecurity/IT experience.
• Experience with Continuous Cybersecurity Monitoring, IDS, and Cyber Incident Response.
• CSSP experience preferred.
• Familiarity with Space Operations desirable.
• Experience with listed tools and log analysis.

Responsibilities

• Analyze cyber incidents, correlate details and formulate response actions.
• Recommend tuning and new tools to increase capability.
• Monitor government-provided DCO tools and systems.
• Conduct after-action reviews to capture mitigations taken.
• Contribute to DCO TTPs and concepts of operations.
• Identify security discrepancies and report incidents.
• Provide expert research to support expanding programs.

Skills

CSSP Analyst/Incident Responder

Active DoD TS/SCI

Cybersecurity experience

Education

BS in IT/Cybersecurity/Data Science/Info Systems/CS

Military IT/cyber training (M03385G; M10395B... etc)

Tools

Elastic Stack

Kibana

Suricata

Splunk

Snort

Wireshark

Bro/Zeek

tcpdump

ACAS

Office 365

Python/Bash scripting

Job description

Quantum Sky has an opening for a temporary Defensive Cyber Analyst to support the US Space Force under the D6 contract. The role focuses on continuous cybersecurity monitoring, intrusion detection, and cyber incident responses at Schriever Space Force Base, CO.

The position requires DoD CSSP certifications, 1–3 years of cybersecurity/IT experience, and an active TS/SCI clearance. Night shift duties are included; compensation is between $100,000 and $115,000 annually.