Information Security Analyst Senior Advisor - Forensic Incident Response

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Top Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Top Secret/SCI

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Information Security

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Incident Response, Security Operation Center (SOC) Management, Security Operations Monitoring, System Security, Technical Writing

Certifications:

None

Experience:

8 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

Information Security Analyst Sr Advisor

Transform technology into opportunity as an Information Security Analyst Sr Advisor with GDIT. A career in enterprise IT means connecting and enhancing the systems that matter most. At GDIT you’ll be at the forefront of innovation and play a meaningful part in improving how agencies operate.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As an Information Security Analyst Sr Advisor you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on Information Security Analyst Sr Advisor joining our team to provide identification, collection, examination, and analysis of data in support of incident response activities. These investigations include policy violations, incident reconstruction, and malware analysis to support internal incident response along with counterintelligence and law enforcement activities  

•    Lead and conduct real-time and historical analysis using security analytics tools and digital forensics tool suites.

•    Perform initial incident triage, forensic imaging, host and network analysis.

•    Determine attacker activity on known compromised systems (Intrusion vector, privilege escalation, lateral movement, malware deployment, exfiltration, etc).

•    Discover, characterize, and assess anomalous network and platform activity on various information systems and networks.

•    Conduct memory analysis to recover crucial case artifacts.

•    Engage in static and dynamic malware analysis to determine its functionality.

•    Research and leverage cybersecurity intelligence sources to improve SOC incident detection and response capabilities.

•    Develop, manage, and maintain a forensic laboratory, including specialized hardware and software products.

•    Collaborate and coordinate with other organizations, including but not limited to the network operations, system administrators and ISSOs, as needed in support of all service activities.

•    Assist the Government with oversight and coordination for customer’s response to significant cyber incidents.

•    Produce and present analytics, case review, and incident reporting to the Information Security community and Government leadership.

•    Provide post-incident recommendations to improve cybersecurity posture.

•    Ability to travel, on short notice, to customer facilities to support incident response.

•    Develop and maintain SOPs regarding data collection, forensic examination, reporting and investigations, in support of operational requirements.

•    Strong experience with Unix/Linux system administration.

•    Strong experience with Windows system administration.

•    Strong experience analyzing various log formats such as those from endpoints, networking devices, and authentication services.

•    Experience with forensic tooling (AXIOM, FTK, Arsenal Recon, Zimmerman Tools, X-Ways, Ghidra, IDA, Volatility, etc).

•    Strong oral, written, and presentation abilities.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

Education:  Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field.

Required Experience: 8+ years progressive work experience within Information Security.

Required Technical Skills: Holds an intermediate level, industry recognized, certification (GCIH/GCFE/GCFA/GNFA//GREM/CFCE/CAWFE/EnCE/CCE).

Security Clearance Level: TS/SCI

Preferred Skills: 

•    At least 3 years’ experience related to DFIR, SOC, or LEO DF Unit.

•    At least 2 years’ experience with technical writing, developing technical documents, and incident response reporting. 

•    Deep knowledge related to the functionality of Windows OS, Mac OS-X, and Linux Operating systems and associated file systems (NTFS, HFS, ext, exFAT, etc).

•    Knowledge of Windows based memory forensics, including internal structure, and what data can be recovered.

•    Experience with analyzing raw packet capture.

Location: On Customer Site