UAM Analysts

PKH Enterprises; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 115,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

PKH Enterprises seeks a User Activity Monitoring (UAM) Analyst to support a federal client. The role involves detecting, analyzing, and mitigating insider threats, with responsibilities spanning monitoring user activity, investigating alerts, and implementing countermeasures.

The position is onsite in Washington, DC and requires an active TS/SCI clearance. Ideal candidates have 3–10 years of UAM or insider threat experience, familiarity with network analysis and forensics, and relevant

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, information assurance, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 3-10 years relevant experience in UAM or insider threat detection, including ability to develop dashboards, filters, and audit policy triggers.
• Familiarity with network traffic analysis, intrusion detection, and forensic investigations.
• Certifications: CISSP, CEH, Security+, or DoD-8570 IAT Level II.
• Active TS/SCI clearance.

Responsibilities

• Monitor & Analyze user activity data to detect anomalous behavior and potential insider threats.
• Triage & Investigate alerts, documenting findings and reporting them through case management systems.
• Develop & Implement countermeasures against known adversarial tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, counterintelligence, and law enforcement teams to refine detection strategies.
• Conduct Forensic Analysis on network traffic, intrusion attempts, and data loss prevention technologies.
• Support Insider Threat Programs by integrating multiple security data sources and refining detection triggers.
• Provide Briefings & Reports to leadership on trends, risks, and mitigation strategies.

Skills

Dashboard development

Audit policy triggers

Network traffic analysis

Intrusion detection

Forensic investigations

Education

Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity

Tools

Nuix

Case management systems

Windows

Linux

Unix

Job description

Job Description UAM Analyst – PKH Enterprises is looking for a User Activity Monitoring (UAM) Analysts to support a federal client. These analysts will play a crucial role in detecting, analyzing, and mitigating potential security risks. This work will be onsite in Washington, DC.

Responsibilities

• Monitor & Analyze user activity data to detect anomalous behavior and potential insider threats.
• Triage & Investigate alerts, documenting findings and reporting them through case management systems.
• Develop & Implement countermeasures against known adversarial tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, counterintelligence, and law enforcement teams to refine detection strategies.
• Conduct Forensic Analysis on network traffic, intrusion attempts, and data loss prevention technologies.
• Support Insider Threat Programs by integrating multiple security data sources and refining detection triggers.
• Provide Briefings & Reports to leadership on trends, risks, and mitigation strategies.

Required

• Education: Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, information assurance, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Experience: We are hiring analysts in roles from junior, mid to senior level.
• 3-10 years relevant experience in UAM or insider threat detection, including ability to develop dashboards, filters, and audit policy triggers.
• Familiarity with network traffic analysis, intrusion detection, and forensic investigations.
• Certifications: CISSP, CEH, Security+, or DoD-8570 IAT Level II.
• Clearance: Candidates must hold an active TS/SCI clearance.

Preferred Experience

• Knowledge of Windows, Linux, Unix operating systems.
• Experience with Nuix a plus
• Experience with UAM toolsAbility to develop dashboards, filters, and audit policy triggers.

Company Description PKH Enterprises (PKH) is a small, woman-owned professional services firm dedicated to helping clients address challenging policy and technology issues. The PKH team is comprised of professionals with varied backgrounds combining legal, policy and technical expertise and offers the services and experience of business process engineers, senior subject matter experts and certified project managers. Our diverse capabilities help our clients improve performance and achieve innovative solutions to their most complex business problems. Our clients turn to us as partners and trusted advisors, and depend on our ability to anticipate, recognize and address their specific needs. PKH has a reputation for excellence and remains dedicated to generating successful results for tasks at all levels of project execution.

PKH Enterprises is an Equal Opportunity Employer.