Senior Network Forensics Analyst (Edge Devices) – Incident Response

NewGen Technologies; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

NewGen Technologies is seeking a Network Forensics Analyst with deep expertise in edge device technologies to support government missions. You will lead hunt and incident response efforts, analyzing network traffic, PCAPs, and device logs across Cisco, Ivanti, Palo Alto, Ciena, and Juniper.

The role requires extensive experience in incident response and network forensics, with the ability to communicate findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders and collaborate across distributed

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security, Computer Engineering, or related field; OR HS Diploma and 10+ years of technical experience.
• 8+ years of directly relevant experience in network forensics and incident response.
• 3+ years evaluating and implementing new cyber response or network forensic capabilities.
• Hands-on experience with incident response or network operations involving edge devices from at least two listed vendors.
• Strong understanding of network architecture and security (routing, switching, VPNs, firewalls, segmentation).
• Knowledge of CND policies and U.S. government environment requirements.

Responsibilities

• Serve as hunt and incident response SME focusing on network-centric edge device compromises
• Evaluate and integrate new network forensic and monitoring capabilities
• Coordinate with government leads during onsite and remote investigations
• Characterize and analyze network traffic using PCAP, flow, and device logs
• Reconstruct malicious activity and map attacker paths across the network
• Assess topology, configurations, and defenses for Cisco, Ivanti, Palo Alto, Ciena, Juniper platforms

Skills

Threat hunting

Incident response

Network forensics

Edge devices

Network architectures

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Cybersecurity/Engineering

HS Diploma with 10+ years experience

Tools

Cisco

Ivanti

Palo Alto

Ciena

Juniper

Job description

NewGen Technologies is seeking a Network Forensics Analyst with deep expertise in edge device technologies to support government missions. You will lead hunt and incident response efforts, analyzing network traffic, PCAPs, and device logs across Cisco, Ivanti, Palo Alto, Ciena, and Juniper.

The role requires extensive experience in incident response and network forensics, with the ability to communicate findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders and collaborate across distributed