Senior Cyber Network Defense Analyst IV

Nightwing; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 122,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Vision and Dental insurance

401k plan

PTO and Holidays

Job summary

Nightwing is seeking a Cyber Network Defense Analyst to support a U.S. Government mission. The role involves monitoring network activity, analyzing threats, and coordinating responses to mitigate incidents. Clearances and citizenship requirements apply.

This position offers on-site work in Arlington, VA with opportunities to contribute to cyber defense across multiple government sectors.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of direct relevant experience in cyber defense analysis.
• Experience developing and deploying signatures.
• Experience detecting host and network-based intrusions via IDS tools (e.g., Snort).
• Experience implementing incident handling methodologies.
• Experience implementing protocol analyzers.
• Experience collecting data from cyber defense resources.
• Experience reading and interpreting signatures (e.g., Snort).
• Experience performing packet-level analysis.
• Experience conducting trend analysis.

Responsibilities

• Characterize and analyze network traffic to identify anomalous activity and potential threats.
• Coordinate with cyber defense staff to validate network alerts.
• Document incidents with history, status and impact for action.
• Provide daily summary reports of network events for cyber defense.
• Validate IDS alerts against network traffic.

Skills

Cyber threat hunting

Signature development

Intrusion detection

Incident handling

Protocol analyzers

Packet-level analysis

Trend analysis

Data collection

Python programming

Education

BS in Computer Science / Cyber Security / Computer Engineering

Tools

Snort

Job description

Nightwing is seeking a Cyber Network Defense Analyst to support a U.S. Government mission. The role involves monitoring network activity, analyzing threats, and coordinating responses to mitigate incidents. Clearances and citizenship requirements apply.

This position offers on-site work in Arlington, VA with opportunities to contribute to cyber defense across multiple government sectors.