Cybersecurity Analyst / Deputy Team Lead

Responsibilities

Peraton is currently seeking a Cybersecurity Analyst / Deputy Team Lead to become part of Peraton’s Department of State (DoS) Diplomatic Security Cyber Mission (DSCM) program providing leading cyber and technology security experience to enable innovative, effective, and secure business processes.  Peraton’s DSCM program encompasses technical, engineering, data analytics, cyber security, management, operational, logistical, and administrative support to aid and advise DoS Cyber & Technology Security (CTS) Directorate. 

 

Location: Rosslyn, VA 

 

In this role, you will:  

• Support the Security Standards & Baselines (SSB) team within the Technology, Innovation, and Engineering (TIE) Office.    
• Promote awareness of security issues among management and ensure sound security principles are reflected in organizations’ visions and goals.
• Perform extensive research and documentation of security threat vectors.
• Ensure that rigorous application of information security/information assurance policies, principles, and practices are implemented in the delivery of all IT services.
• Evaluate a wide array of existing, new, modified, and/or emerging technologies and develop recommended security configuration baselines documents that implement Departmental policy, technical security solutions, and industry best practices in alignment with Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) as much as possible.
• Respond to various technical and policy questions from a wide range of customers/users with guidance and clarifications.
• Provide programmatic tracking of actions and tasking, create schedules, and estimates of team level of effort against baseline reviews
• Administrative support to the organization to manage resource development and growth in line with project and individual growth timelines
• Develop briefing reports and presentations to Sr leadership with technical resources to describe program tasking and workflow
• Working with the team lead, assess resource gaps and cross-organization collaboration opportunities to improve team execution
• Provide guidance and coaching to team members, administrative duties
• Collaborate with fellow team members and various internal and external stakeholders to share information and knowledge to establish and maintain a productive line of communication.
• Manage information and updates in SharePoint repositories.
• Keep awareness of items involving fellow team members to provide back up support and coverage as needed.

 

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Qualifications

Required: 

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 9 years’ experience required with substitution. Master’s degree with 7 years, or PHD and 4 years’ experience.  
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience developing and executing research plans.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience working with Windows Server on an enterprise level.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience managing Active Directory in a multi-domain environment.
• Either possess or be able to obtain ONE of the following certifications before start date:
  • CCNA-Security,
  • CND,
  • CySA+,
  • GICSP,
  • GSEC,
  • Security+ CE,
  • SSCP.
• Must have business acumen, be team-orientated and have strong customer service skills.
• U.S. citizenship and an active Secret security clearance.
  • The ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance.

Desired: 

• Technical writing skills desired
• Server/application virtualization on an enterprise level
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers on an enterprise level
• Engineering/maintaining database infrastructure including SQL and Oracle
• Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS), Azure, Active Directory
• Developing and managing virtualized IT systems
• Networking technologies
• Configuration and/or administrating enterprise mobile device deployments

 

Peraton Overview

Peraton drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. Every day, our employees do the can’t be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers.

Target Salary Range

$112