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Job Number: R0112318
Cyber Sensor Grid Manager, SeniorThe Challenge:Are you ready to take an active role in cyber defense for a defense agency? Are you looking for an opportunity to protect critical infrastructure from the constant onslaught of cyber attacks? If you want to sharpen your skills by analyzing threats real-time, you want to be a Security Operations Center (SOC) analyst. As an analyst on our SOC team, you'll monitor and analyze threats, using state-of-the-art tools and techniques. You'll use your cyber security skills to monitor, analyze, detect, and respond to cyber events and incidents within information systems and networks. You will support an integrated, dynamic cyber defense and leverage cybersecurity solutions to deliver cybersecurity operational services, including intrusion detection and prevention, situational awareness of network intrusions, security events and data spillage, and incident response actions. You will operate and maintain security toolsets to support organizations' continuous monitoring and ongoing authorization programs. You'll work with the team to understand, mitigate, and respond to threats quickly, restoring operations and limiting the impact. You'll analyze incidents to figure out just how many systems are affected and assist recovery efforts. You'll combine threat intelligence, event data, and assessments from recent events, and identify patterns to understand attackers' goals to stop them from succeeding. This is a great opportunity to build your cyber security skills with hands on experience in threat assessment and incident response. Join us as we protect the Department of Defense.Empower change with us.You Have:- Experience with Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) or Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) sensor technologies
- Knowledge of Cisco FirePower and web content filters including ability to perform system administration of IDS sensors
- Knowledge of log management and SIEM tools usage and architecture
- Ability to test, implement, deploy, operate, maintain, and administer the infrastructure hardware and software in order to effectively manage the organization's Cybersecurity operational services
- Ability to provide support for development, implementation, integration, and sustainment
- Ability to explain current information security threats, including Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS), botnets, malware, Advanced Persistent Threats (APT), buffer overflows, SQL injection, and phishing
- Ability to develop use cases for detecting malicious and suspicious activity
- Ability to obtain a security clearance
- BA or BS degree or 7+ years of experience in cyber in lieu of degree
- 8570 certification IAM II
- 3+ years of experience as a member on a Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT), Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), Computer Security Incident Response Center (CSIRC), or a Security Operations Center (SOC)
- CompTIA Security+ Certification, Certified Penetration Testing Engineer (CPTE) or Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH) or EC-Council Certified Incident Handler (ECIH), or Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
- Competitions - From programming competitions at our PyNights (Python competition and learning events) to competing in CTFs, we've got plenty of chances for you to show off your skills.
- Paid Research - Have an innovative idea to explore or hypothesis to test? You can participate in challenges via our crowdsourcing platform, the Garage, and other programs to be awarded dedicated time and/or funding to advance your skills.
- Cyber University - CyberU has more than 5000 instructor-led and self-paced cyber courses, a free online library that you can access from just about anywhere-including your phone-and certification exam prep guides that include practical assessments to prepare you for your exam.
- Academic Partnerships - In addition to our tuition reimbursement benefit, we've partnered with University of Maryland University College to offer two graduate certificate programs in cybersecurity-fully funded without a tuition cap.
- Maker/Hackerspaces - Race drones, print 3D gadgets, drink coffee from our Wi-Fi coffee maker, and get hands-on training on tools and tech from in-house experts in our dedicated maker and hackerspaces.
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