Security Analyst II

Security Analyst II

The Senior Security Analyst II is responsible for the design, configuration, testing, and deployment of on-prem and cloud services. They will provide Incident Response, threat hunting and proactive support of all development activities in both the cloud and on-prem environments.

This position will be a 2-month contract and will be 2 days on site their Alexandria, VA office.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Ensuring anomalous activity is detected and the potential impact of events is understood.
• Ensuring that information systems and assets are monitored to identify cybersecurity events and verify the effectiveness of protective measures.
• Ensuring detection processes and procedures are maintained and tested to ensure awareness of anomalous events.
• Ensuring response activities are coordinated with internal and external stakeholders (e.g., external support from service providers).
• Ensuring analysis is conducted to ensure effective response and support recovery activities.
• Ensuring activities are performed to prevent expansion of an event, mitigate its effects, and resolve the incident.
• Ensuring response processes and procedures are executed and maintained, to ensure response to detected cybersecurity incidents.
• Ensuring recovery processes and procedures are executed and maintained to ensure restoration of systems or assets affected by cybersecurity incidents.
• Ensuring recovery planning and processes are improved by incorporating lessons learned into future activities.
• Ensuring restoration activities are coordinated with internal and external parties (e.g. coordinating centers, other CSIRTs, and vendors).
• Additional activities as necessary to support the overall cybersecurity and PBS mission.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience working as a systems engineer or administrator.
• Minimum of 4 years’ experience working as a security analyst.
• Minimum of 5 years’ cybersecurity experience.
• GCIH, GCIA, GMON, GCED, or equivalent GIAC defense focused certifications desired.
• Certifications by EC-Council, ISC2, Cisco, Microsoft, Fortinet, CompTIA, Offensive Security, etc. to be considered based on relevance to defensive cybersecurity operations.
• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field such as cybersecurity, information technology, or computer science; equivalent combination of experience may be considered.

Desired Skills & Experience:

• Expert knowledge in the following technologies and concepts: DFIR, IAM, PAM, DLP, NGFW, EDR, SIEM, IDS/IPS.
• Strong foundational knowledge in IT technologies and concepts not limited to email security technologies, application security, cloud security (IaaS & PaaS, etc.), MITRE ATT&CK, SIEM, SOAR, CASB, MSSPs, DNS, Linux, Windows.
• Fundamental knowledge of NIST, MDM, OWASP, PowerShell/Python/JavaScript, MacOS, malware analysis, LOLBAS, vulnerability management, WAF, CIS Benchmarks.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis now and in the future.
This position doesn’t provide sponsorship.

You will receive the following benefits:

• Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your family
• Dental & Orthodontia Benefits
• Vision Benefits
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Voluntary Life Insurance, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• 401(k) including match with pre and post-tax options
• Paid Sick Time Leave
• Legal and Identity Protection Plans
• Pre-tax Commuter Benefit
• 529 College Saver Plan

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Veterans/Disability/Women. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.