Senior CND Analyst: Zero Trust & Cloud Security

NANA Regional Corporation; Alexandria (VA); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) and retirement options

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Akima Data Management (ADM) seeks a mission‑driven Senior Computer Network Defense Analyst to lead threat detection, incident response, and Zero Trust‑aligned security engineering across enterprise, hybrid, and classified environments.

The role requires deep expertise in threat detection, incident handling, and cloud monitoring, with responsibilities spanning monitoring, triage, containment, and leadership briefings. On‑site in Alexandria, VA with DoW responsibilities and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Active Top-Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
• Advanced Splunk experience (search, dashboards, correlation rules, UEBA).
• Strong firewall/IDS/IPS monitoring skills.
• Endpoint detection and response expertise.
• Cloud‑security monitoring across Azure cloud and hybrid environments.
• Strong analytical writing skills for incident reports and leadership briefings.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, cybersecurity, or related field; or 10+ years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
• Professional certification (e.g., CISSP, CEH, Azure Certified) required.

Responsibilities

• Perform continuous monitoring across cloud, hybrid, and on‑premise environments using Splunk, firewall telemetry, endpoint security tools, and cloud‑native logs.
• Lead triage, investigation, containment, and remediation of high‑severity security incidents; coordinate actions across CND, engineering, and mission teams.
• Apply identity‑centric security, micro‑segmentation, continuous authentication, and least‑privilege controls during investigations and response activities.
• Build, tune, and maintain correlation rules, dashboards, and detection logic to identify anomalous behavior, lateral movement, and cloud‑based threats.
• Monitor firewall logs, IDS/IPS alerts, segmentation policies, and cross‑domain data flows to detect malicious activity and policy violations.

Skills

Advanced Splunk experience

Firewall/IDS/IPS monitoring

Endpoint detection and response

Cloud-security monitoring

Analytical writing skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Information Systems / Cybersecurity

10+ years experience in lieu of degree

Tools

Microsoft Defender

CrowdStrike

Job description

Akima Data Management (ADM) seeks a mission‑driven Senior Computer Network Defense Analyst to lead threat detection, incident response, and Zero Trust‑aligned security engineering across enterprise, hybrid, and classified environments.

The role requires deep expertise in threat detection, incident handling, and cloud monitoring, with responsibilities spanning monitoring, triage, containment, and leadership briefings. On‑site in Alexandria, VA with DoW responsibilities and comprehensive benefits.