Senior Cybersecurity Analyst

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); Híbrido; USD 106 000 - 144 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Health plan

Paid time off

Flexible schedule

Resumo da oferta

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. is seeking a cybersecurity incident responder to investigate, analyze, and respond to incidents within enterprise networks using a range of Microsoft Defender XDR tools and other security monitoring technologies.

You will monitor alerts, report events, help improve detection capabilities, and assist in maintaining security controls and policies; the role offers remote flex work and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualificações

• 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity, information security, security operations, incident response, cyber defense, or related disciplines.
• Experience with Microsoft Defender XDR including Defender for Endpoint/Identity/Office 365.
• Knowledge of security frameworks such as NIST, RMF, CMMC, FedRAMP, CIS Controls, ISO 27001.

Responsabilidades

• Investigates, analyzes, and responds to cybersecurity incidents.
• Monitors and analyzes security alerts across enterprise environments.
• Evaluates and updates cybersecurity policies, controls, and procedures.

Conhecimentos

Cybersecurity incident response

Security operations

SIEM/SOAR

Microsoft Defender XDR

Threat hunting

Log analysis

Communication skills

Formação académica

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS or related

Technical training or certifications

Ferramentas

Microsoft Defender XDR

Microsoft Sentinel

SIEM/SOAR tooling

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Job Description

Investigates, analyzes, and responds to cybersecurity incidents within a network environment or enclave. Uses data collected from a variety of cyber defense tools and platforms, including intrusion detection systems (IDS), firewalls, endpoint protection technologies, network traffic logs, Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Defender for Identity, and Microsoft Defender for Office 365, to analyze events and mitigate threats. Monitors, investigates, and responds to security alerts, incidents, and suspicious activity across enterprise environments using Microsoft security technologies and other security monitoring tools. Interprets, analyzes, and reports all events and anomalies in accordance with computer network directives, including initiating, responding to, documenting, and reporting discovered incidents. Evaluates, tests, recommends, coordinates, monitors, and maintains cybersecurity policies, procedures, and systems, including access management for hardware, firmware, software, and cloud services. Ensures cybersecurity plans, controls, processes, standards, policies, and procedures are aligned with organizational and regulatory security requirements. Identifies security risks and exposures, determines the causes of security violations, and recommends corrective actions to prevent recurrence and improve organizational security posture. Supports the implementation and administration of Microsoft Purview solutions, including Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Information Protection, Sensitivity Labels, Insider Risk Management, and data governance controls. Develops techniques and procedures for conducting cybersecurity risk assessments, compliance audits, threat investigations, and the evaluation and testing of hardware, firmware, software, and cloud technologies for potential security impacts. Investigates and responds to security incidents involving unauthorized access, malware, phishing, data exfiltration, insider threats, fraud, attacks, or information leaks. Collaborates with technical and business stakeholders to improve detection capabilities, incident response processes, and overall security operations effectiveness. May coach and provide guidance to less-experienced professionals.

Education and Experience

Technical Training, Certification(s), or Degree, and 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity, information security, security operations, incident response, cyber defense, or related disciplines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Microsoft Defender XDR, including Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Identity, Defender for Office 365, and Defender for Cloud Apps.
• Experience with Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Insider Risk Management, Information Protection, and Data Lifecycle Management.
• Experience investigating security incidents across cloud, endpoint, identity, email, and collaboration environments.
• Knowledge of threat hunting, incident response, log analysis, and detection engineering.
• Experience with SIEM and SOAR technologies, including Microsoft Sentinel.
• Familiarity with security frameworks and compliance standards such as NIST, RMF, CMMC, FedRAMP, CIS Controls, or ISO 27001.
• Relevant certifications such as Security+, CySA+, CISSP, GIAC, SC-200 (Security Operations Analyst), SC-300 (Identity and Access Administrator), SC-400 (Information Protection Administrator), or comparable certifications.

Salary

The likely salary range for this position is $106,250 - $143,750. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Contract and Working Hours

• Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
• Travel Required: None
• Telecommuting Options: Remote Work Location: Any Location / Remote Additional Work Locations:

Benefits

Total Rewards at GDIT: Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post‑tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long‑term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

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