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Cyber Defense Analyst (Junior)
Agile DefenseWashington, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 10 Jan 2025
About the role
At Agile Defense we know that action defines the outcome and new challenges require new solutions. That’s why we always look to the future and embrace change with an unmovable spirit and the courage to build for what comes next.
Our vision is to bring adaptive innovation to support our nation's most important missions through the seamless integration of advanced technologies, elite minds, and unparalleled agility—leveraging a foundation of speed, flexibility, and ingenuity to strengthen and protect our nation’s vital interests.
Req# 401Job Title: Cyber Defense Analyst (Junior)Location: Required 1 day a week onsite - 900 2nd Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Clearance Level: Active - Public Trust
Required Certification(s): · An industry technical certification such as Security + and above
SUMMARY: Agile Defense Company is currently seeking a talented and ambitious self-starting, Junior Cyber Defense Analyst for a challenging position supporting one of our premier clients who conducts 24/7 operations to secure their enterprise environment. This is a unique opportunity for the right candidate to embed themselves into the next generation of operational environments which is now taking place across the US government and commercial sectors.The existing team is a multi-faceted interdisciplinary set of experts with ever-increasing prowess in this unique atmosphere. Our security operations project is aimed at establishing innovative techniques for a comprehensive, cloud-first network enclave defense, identifying the emerging threats, and detecting malicious activity using advanced toolsets provided in the Microsoft cloud security ecosystem. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience as a Cyber Defense analyst performing Incident Response and Intrusion Detection on a large operational network, specifically, utilizing the Microsoft Sentinel SIEM and related security portals.
Schedule: Shift Schedule:Shift Schedule: 6:30 AM – 4:30 PM ET (Saturday - Tuesday).
JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:· The candidate will monitor and analyze network traffic utilizing traditional network security toolsets, sign-ins, application endpoints and data lakes for security events, reporting any findings to Level II analysts and the Cyber Defense Leads. The candidate will perform incident response to investigate and resolve security incidents which present themselves as alarms and those incidents which are a product of proactive sensor strategies and investigations. · The candidate will be able to determine between false and true positives events, prioritizing them appropriately and ferrying them through the approved process from beginning to end. · Additionally, the candidate will perform, or review, root cause analysis efforts following incident recovery. The candidate will compose security alert notifications and other communications on behalf of the Cyber Fusion Center.· In addition, the candidate will remain up to date with current vulnerabilities, attacks, and countermeasures and develop follow-up action plans to resolve reportable issues and communicate with the other technologists to address security threats and incidents. · Also, the candidate will continually develop new use cases for automation and tuning of security tools, define and create privacy and security reportable issues metrics and reports. · The candidate will need to contribute to security strategy and security posture by identifying security gaps, evaluating and implementing enhancements. · The ideal candidate will possess a strong technical understanding of log and monitoring management systems, security event monitoring systems, network-based and host-based intrusion detection systems, security system technologies, malware detection and enterprise-level antivirus solutions/systems, VPN technologies and encryptions standards.
QUALIFICATIONS:Required Certifications:· An industry technical certification such as Security + and above.Education, Background, and Years of Experience:· Bachelor's degree preferred but not required.
ADDITIONAL SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS:
Required Skills:· One to two (1-4) years of experience in network defense environments· An industry technical certificat
Our vision is to bring adaptive innovation to support our nation's most important missions through the seamless integration of advanced technologies, elite minds, and unparalleled agility—leveraging a foundation of speed, flexibility, and ingenuity to strengthen and protect our nation’s vital interests.
Req# 401Job Title: Cyber Defense Analyst (Junior)Location: Required 1 day a week onsite - 900 2nd Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Clearance Level: Active - Public Trust
Required Certification(s): · An industry technical certification such as Security + and above
SUMMARY: Agile Defense Company is currently seeking a talented and ambitious self-starting, Junior Cyber Defense Analyst for a challenging position supporting one of our premier clients who conducts 24/7 operations to secure their enterprise environment. This is a unique opportunity for the right candidate to embed themselves into the next generation of operational environments which is now taking place across the US government and commercial sectors.The existing team is a multi-faceted interdisciplinary set of experts with ever-increasing prowess in this unique atmosphere. Our security operations project is aimed at establishing innovative techniques for a comprehensive, cloud-first network enclave defense, identifying the emerging threats, and detecting malicious activity using advanced toolsets provided in the Microsoft cloud security ecosystem. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience as a Cyber Defense analyst performing Incident Response and Intrusion Detection on a large operational network, specifically, utilizing the Microsoft Sentinel SIEM and related security portals.
Schedule: Shift Schedule:Shift Schedule: 6:30 AM – 4:30 PM ET (Saturday - Tuesday).
JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:· The candidate will monitor and analyze network traffic utilizing traditional network security toolsets, sign-ins, application endpoints and data lakes for security events, reporting any findings to Level II analysts and the Cyber Defense Leads. The candidate will perform incident response to investigate and resolve security incidents which present themselves as alarms and those incidents which are a product of proactive sensor strategies and investigations. · The candidate will be able to determine between false and true positives events, prioritizing them appropriately and ferrying them through the approved process from beginning to end. · Additionally, the candidate will perform, or review, root cause analysis efforts following incident recovery. The candidate will compose security alert notifications and other communications on behalf of the Cyber Fusion Center.· In addition, the candidate will remain up to date with current vulnerabilities, attacks, and countermeasures and develop follow-up action plans to resolve reportable issues and communicate with the other technologists to address security threats and incidents. · Also, the candidate will continually develop new use cases for automation and tuning of security tools, define and create privacy and security reportable issues metrics and reports. · The candidate will need to contribute to security strategy and security posture by identifying security gaps, evaluating and implementing enhancements. · The ideal candidate will possess a strong technical understanding of log and monitoring management systems, security event monitoring systems, network-based and host-based intrusion detection systems, security system technologies, malware detection and enterprise-level antivirus solutions/systems, VPN technologies and encryptions standards.
QUALIFICATIONS:Required Certifications:· An industry technical certification such as Security + and above.Education, Background, and Years of Experience:· Bachelor's degree preferred but not required.
ADDITIONAL SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS:
Required Skills:· One to two (1-4) years of experience in network defense environments· An industry technical certificat
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