Senior Insider Threat Analyst

Socket.dev; Germantown (MD); On-site; USD 160,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental & Vision

Paid Vacation

401(k) Match

Cross-training opportunities

Job summary

MELE Associates, Inc. is seeking a senior insider threat professional for an on-site role in Germantown, MD. The position focuses on developing threat detection strategies and coordinating with federal agencies to protect sensitive information.

The role requires extensive cybersecurity experience, a background in insider threat programs, and active clearance eligibility. Travel and collaboration with multiple teams are expected in this essential government contracting environment.

Qualifications

• 10 years of cybersecurity or security-related experience.
• 5 years supporting a federal agency Insider Threat program.
• Active clearance or equivalent within 4.5 years of entry, TS with SCI eligibility preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develops NNSA Insider Threat positions for detection and analysis.
• Collaborates to improve DLP, SIEM, and UEBA protections of sensitive information.
• Coordinates policy positions and information sharing for insider threat risk mitigation.
• Tracks actions and coordinates inputs for annual DOE ITP reports.
• Engages with stakeholders to assess program resources and funding.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Insider Threat

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Develops NNSA Insider Threat positions to support detection and analysis of Insider Threats using government and commercial systems for identifying suspicious activities and potential insider threats, utilizing data analytics to discern irregular patterns and behaviors.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to elevate the efficacy of security technologies, encompassing Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), and User and Entity Behavioral Analytics (UEBA), in safeguarding sensitive information.
• Collects and analyzes policy and disparate information to assist NNSA Insider Protection Program Manager and NNSA Local Insider Threat Working Groups to coordinate and develop comprehensive information sharing processes for managing insider threats, ensuring adherence to NITTF and DOE benchmarks and regulatory mandates.
• Formulates NNSA policy positions to provide NNSA enterprise-wide information sharing insider threat risk mitigation strategies to better integrate DOE ITP responsibilities, ensuring that the DSO can centrally manage all aspects of the ITP.
• Develops NNSA NA-70 strategies for accessing data for insider threat analysis from multiple sources.
• Developing processes to track actions taken in response to data sharing findings and recommendations NNSA ITP receives from independent assessments and provide coordinate NNSA input to DOE ITP annual reports to include actions ITP has taken to address program assessment findings and recommendation NNSA ICW with contracting officers, to ensure contractor specific data sharing ITP responsibilities are clearly stated and consistently applied across sites.
• NNSA work with ITP stakeholders to assess the programs human, financial and technical resources and make recommendations identify all departmental resources that support ITP data sharing.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• 10 years’ experience in cybersecurity or security related field
• 5 years’ experience supporting a federal agency Insider Threat program
• Within the past 5 years:
  • CERT Insider Threat Program Manager Certificate,
  • CERT Insider Risk Management Measures of Effectiveness Certificate, or
  • Certified Counter-Insider Threat Professional (Fundamentals & Analysis)
• A bachelor’s degree or similar credential may be substituted for 4 years of experience

• Active Q or TS clearance w/ SCI eligibility or Favorably adjudicated Tier V personnel security background investigation not more than 4.5 years from proposed entry onto contract.

LOCATION: This is a full-time on-site position in Germantown, MD with 20% travel.

SALARY: Salaries are determined based on several factors including external market data, internal equity, and the candidate’s related knowledge, skills, and abilities for the position. The salary range for this position is $160K to $175K.

Benefits MELE Offers

• Employer-paid employee Medical, Dental and Vision Care.
• Low-Cost Family Health Care offered.
• Federal Holidays and three (3) weeks’ vacation
• 401(k) with Employer Match
• Cross-training opportunities

About MELE

With over 300 employees and offices in Rockville, MD, Washington, DC, and Albuquerque, NM, MELE is a veteran-owned government contractor empowering its customers with innovative solutions for more than three decades. MELE has team members located across the U.S. and has served more than a hundred countries across hundreds of project locations. The company offers technical, engineering, and programmatic support expertise to a host of U.S. federal and international agencies, including, but not limited to, the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, INTERPOL, and the International Atomic Energy Agency. MELE’s services include national security, intelligence, IT/cybersecurity, facility management and engineering, CBRNE defense and nuclear security, emergency response training/management, and mission and program support.

MELE Associates, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. MELE Associates, Inc. is an E-Verify employer.