Senior J-9 Hac Incident Response Analyst

PD Inc; Maryland; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

PD Inc International is seeking an experienced Senior J-9 HaC Incident Response Analyst to provide cybersecurity management support in a U.S. government DoD environment.

The role is based at Fort Meade, MD, and requires active Secret clearance and a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent. Responsibilities include monitoring, analyzing, and responding to cyber incidents, maintaining logs and chain of custody, and coordinating with CSSP and PoCs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• Five+ years incident response, cybersecurity and SIEM or log review.
• Three+ years Microsoft Office Products.
• Active Secret Clearance.
• Current 8570/8140 certification.

Responsibilities

• Ensure DISA approved security tools monitor, alert, and retain event logs in accordance with DoD and DISA policies.
• Facilitate remediation of incident report deficiencies with J-9 HaC Points of Contact (PoC).
• Maintain situational awareness of the network within the J-9 HaC and report suspicious activity, including insider threats.
• Perform audit log reviews with DISA approved tools to detect, analyze, investigate, escalate, monitor, and mitigate suspicious events; escalate to CSSP PoCs.
• Maintain chain of custody and data integrity of incident response data and evidence.
• Investigate mitigation of Negligent Disclosure of Classified Information or other spillages.
• Coordinate incident response support through Ecosystem PoCs.
• Maintain copies of latest incident response tool kits per CSSP and DoD/DISA policies.
• Document, train, and raise awareness of mitigated threats to reduce risk to Government personnel.

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience

Job description

Senior J-9 Hac Incident Response Analyst

Location: Fort Meade, MD 20755

Clearance Level: Active Secret Clearance

Job Type: Full-Time

Citizenship: Must be U.S. Citizen

Job Overview

PD Inc International is seeking an experienced and mission‑driven Senior J-9 Hac Incident Response Analyst to provide Cybersecurity Management support in a U.S. government (DoD) environment.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience


• Experience: Five+ years incident response, cybersecurity and Security Information and Event Management or log review; Three+ years Microsoft Office Products


• Certifications: Current 8570/8140 requirement certification


• Clearance Requirements: Active Secret Clearance

Responsibilities

Subtask 1 – Incident Response Analysis

• Ensure DISA approved security tools are monitoring, alerting, and retaining event logs in IAW DoD and DISA policies and procedures


• Facilitate remediation of incident report deficiencies with J-9 HaC Points of Contact (PoC)


• Maintain situational awareness of the network within the J-9 HaC and report suspicious activity to include insider threat events. Process all threat events as critically time sensitive.


• Perform audit log reviews with DISA approved security monitoring and data aggregation tools to detect, analyze, investigate, elevate, monitor, and mitigate suspicious events. Escalate suspicious events to DISA Cybersecurity Service Provider (CSSP) PoCs and stakeholders


• Maintain chain of custody and data integrity of incident response system data, files, and evidence of reported incidents


• Investigate and facilitate the mitigation of Negligent Disclosure of Classified Information or other spillage, and DoD threat tippers


• Coordinate incident response support through Ecosystem PoCs


• Maintain copies of the latest incident response tool kits per CSSP and Incident Response and Recovery Team IAW DoD and DISA policies and procedures


• Document, train, and provide awareness of mitigated threats to reduce risk of repeat incidents to Government personnel

Deliverables

• Weekly metrics


• MSR


• Deliverables that apply to all tasks listed in section 6, Performance Requirements

Benefits

• Highly competitive salary


• 401(k)


• Health care


• Paid time off


• No‑limit student loan forgiveness (merit based)


• Security clearance sponsorship for new/qualified employees


• Casual dress code


• Free parking


• Corporate discounts


• Gym memberships