System Vulnerability Analyst

Planet Works, Inc; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Planet Works, Inc is seeking a System Vulnerability Analyst to join our security team at Fort Meade. The ideal candidate holds an active TS clearance with polygraph and has experience with AMOD tools and vulnerability assessment in DoD-related environments.

A bachelor’s degree plus five years of relevant experience is required, with JCAC serving as an offset for degree gaps. Responsibilities include producing reports and briefings on attacks, analyzing vulnerabilities, and developing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/EE/Math or related field.
• 5+ years of relevant experience.
• JCAC (Joint Cyber Analysis Course) may offset lack of degree.

Responsibilities

• Produce formal and informal reports, briefings, and perspectives on actual and potential attacks.
• Analyze vulnerabilities and attacks to assess effects on operations and missions.
• Compare attack techniques and develop operational countermeasures.
• Perform network analysis and anomaly detection; analyze data for malicious activity.

Skills

Zero Trust

Vulnerability analysis

Network analysis

MITRE ATT&CK

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/EE/Math or related field

5+ years of relevant experience

JCAC/offsetting experience acceptable

Tools

AMOD tools

Job description

System Vulnerability Analyst

The ideal candidate for this position must possess the following:

• Active TS clearance with polygraph.
• AMOD tools experience.
• A bachelor’s degree plus five (5) years of relevant experience.
• Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
• Additional work experience or completion of JCAC (Joint Cyber Analysis Course) may be utilized to offset a lack of a degree.

The ideal candidate for this position should possess the following skills:

• Zero Trust Experience is required.
• Identify vulnerabilities of and attacks to the design and operation of a system by relating vulnerabilities and attacks to effects on operations and missions supported by those systems.
• Compare and contrast various system attack techniques and develop operationally effective countermeasures.
• Produce formal and informal reports, briefings, and perspectives of actual and potential attacks against the systems or missions being studied.
• Analyst should be comfortable with network analysis, network anomaly detection, IOC’s Mitre ATT@CK framework, and be able to analyze data to discover malicious or unauthorized activity collected from various sources.