Cybersecurity Analyst

Description

Leading with our people, Digital Consultants’ mission is to deliver the highest level of professional solutions while being a trusted partner and advisor to our customers. With a culture of practicality, opportunity, and creativity, we remain dedicated to being honest, trustworthy, respectful, and ethical in everything we do. We are a certified SBA 8(a) small, disadvantaged business that supports multiple IT customers within the Federal, civilian, and private sectors. Digital Consultants also offers our employees growth opportunities, competitive wages, and a full benefits package. Our founding principles, Fairness and Common Sense, make working here more than a job; it’s the Digital family.

Digital Consultants is seeking a Cybersecurity Analyst to support the Norfolk Naval Shipyard CIO department (Code 109). The associated network capabilities are currently supporting activities that directly contribute to Navy Fleet readiness. Some of the functions supported by the network include automated tools that enhance the warfighter’s ability to execute their mission; support to mission areas such as Fleet logistics, maintenance, ship industrial and maintenance production activities, engineering, supply, legal, readiness, plans and policy, program planning and management, and personnel; hurricane disaster preparedness and response; world-wide support of bases, the war-fighter, and stations; readiness reporting and support; and securing the Homeland. NNSY CIO is responsible for the installation, administration, development, management, and/or maintenance of all networks and systems installed at NNSY and telecommunication services. The CIO provides IT approval for IT purchases made for and by NNSY. This department ensures that all systems and networks operate in a secure manner by implementing and managing an Information Assurance program that meets all Navy and DoD requirements.

Duties to include:

Network CS and Continuity Planning:

• Generate an assessment framework and methods for continued improvements of IA documentation, policy, and procedures and IA requirements for defending Naval Networking Environment (NNE) architectures.
• Interpret IA policy requirements; investigate IA capabilities for technology insertion; and evaluate insider threat and mitigation processes.
• Analyze existing and emerging certification and accreditation practices including national-level A&A transformation initiatives and recommend a methodology to optimize IA Management and standardize IA baseline certifications across the domain.

Network Security Support:

• Provide oversight and support for the development, configuration, management, and administration of IT network security hardware and software at Norfolk Naval Shipyard and its satellite locations.
• Perform network enhancement, system design, security, testing, implementation, and training for system administrators.
• Assist in developing a rapid incident response system to address security attacks and perform risk assessments.

Network Defense and Monitoring:

• Implement and manage a wide range of network security systems, including firewalls, intrusion prevention systems (IPS), vulnerability management systems (VMS), security information event management (SIEM), and intrusion detection systems (IDS).
• Support firewall administration, including configuring, monitoring, and troubleshooting network traffic.

Security Assessments and Authorization:

• Support the assessment and authorization (A&A) process, including reviewing existing and emerging certification practices and recommending methodologies to optimize IA management.
• Engage stakeholders to manage and coordinate necessary communications for A&A processes and provide support for post-inspection data and information analysis.

Incident Response and Security Documentation:

• Analyze and diagnose complex security issues and make recommendations for corrective actions.
• Generate assessment frameworks for improving IA documentation, policies, and procedures.
• Interpret IA policy requirements, investigate IA capabilities for technology insertion, and evaluate insider threat mitigation processes.

Network Security Appliance Management:

• Provide design and architecture support for network additions and modifications, ensuring security and integrity.
• Manage secure and non-secure VPN access and gateways and handle the review and storage of security logs.

Continuity Planning and Cybersecurity Compliance:

• Support continuity planning to ensure ongoing operations of NNSY's Command Information Office (CIO).
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