Senior Information Assurance & Security Analyst – SIEM/IDPS Expert

Peraton; Arizona; On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is hiring an Information Assurance and Security Lead Associate in Arizona. The role analyzes alerts, develops signatures and rules for IDPS and SIEM, and leads vulnerability management to strengthen defenses.

Responsibilities include installing and maintaining IDPS sensors, troubleshooting alerts, producing weekly reports, and driving lifecycle management of signatures and policies. A DoD 8140 intermediate cert is required at start.

Qualifications

• Five years of experience with a BS/BA.
• Three years with an MS/MA.
• Seven years with an Associates degree.
• Nine years of experience without a degree.
• Must possess DoD 8140 DCWF 521 intermediate certification at start.

Responsibilities

• IDPS Installation and Maintenance: configure and install IPS/IDS sensors; weekly maintenance and updates.
• IDPS Troubleshooting: monitor IPS/IDS alerts and resolve per SOPs with vendor involvement.
• Generate IDPS Reports and products: provide weekly sensor reports and sensor statistics outputs.
• Signature Lifecycle management: manage incident/change/problem lifecycle for policy updates.
• Signature Development: research, test, and deploy custom signatures for policy baselines.
• SIEM Rule management: develop/test SIEM rules; review and modify; correlate events for attacks.
• SIEM Configuration: integrate log types into CSSP SIEM and monitor data feed health.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: coordinate with Incident Response, Content/Development, and other teams.
• STIG and Compliance support: weekly STIG checks; patch management; update repositories.
• Risk Management: perform risk assessments and implement mitigations for defensive cyber infra.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Risk assessment

Cross-functional collaboration

Incident response coordination

Education

BS/BA

MS/MA

Associates

PhD

Tools

IDPS

SIEM

STIG

Job description

Peraton is hiring an Information Assurance and Security Lead Associate in Arizona. The role analyzes alerts, develops signatures and rules for IDPS and SIEM, and leads vulnerability management to strengthen defenses.

Responsibilities include installing and maintaining IDPS sensors, troubleshooting alerts, producing weekly reports, and driving lifecycle management of signatures and policies. A DoD 8140 intermediate cert is required at start.