Cyber Incident Analyst

Peraton seeks a Cyber Incident Analyst to support the Attack, Sensing, and Warning (AS&W) Team.  Location:  Fort Eisenhower, GA. 

In this role, supports a team in providing detection, correlation, identification, and characterization of questionable cyber activity to confirm/deny its status as an incident using Army-provided tools.

Tasks include:

• Investigate cyber activity as directed by ARCYBER leadership
• Provide briefings and/or reports of operations, as directed
• Provide detection, correlation, identification, and characterization of questionable cyber activity utilizing Army-provided data and toolsets
• Assist in development of signatures to identify malicious cyber activity and recommend adjustments to currently deployed signatures
• Conduct near real time and historical analysis of network data and provide reports to determine scope and internal defensive measures
• Maintain artifacts required to for ARCYBER’s certification and accreditation as a CSSP,
  relevant to the AS&W Team
• Use correlation dashboards or visualizations to analyze events of interest
• Rcommend courses of action in response to threat activity and/or vulnerabilities
• Support enterprise-level sensor strategy across DoDIN-A
• Conduct curret and historical analysis of network alerts/data using correlation tools
• Assist in the deployment, implementation and operation of cyber threat emulation tools
• Maintain the sensor grid portal for broader collaboration and documentation

Required:

• Minimum of 8 years experience with BS/BA; Minimum of 6 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 3 years with PhD
• Knowledge and experience utilizing various industry standard mitigation and detection signature languages to create signatures as required by Army
  • Able to develop signatures to identify malicious cyber activity and recommend adjustments to currently deployed signatures.
• Knowledge and experience with various host-based and network sensor technologies and their deployment across an enterprise for optimal defense and detection capabilities
• Experience with and ability to create correlation rules and dashboards within Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) technologies
• Knowledge and experience with various host-based and network sensor technologies and their deployment across an enterprise for optimal defense and detection capabilities
• Knowledge and experience with various host-based and network sensor technologies as well as various industry standard countermeasure and detection signature languages
• Knowledge and experience creating data repositories used for enterprise operations
  • Able to conduct near real time and historical analysis of network data and provide reports to determine scope and internal defensive measures
• Support shift work; must be able to surge support for on-demand hours
• Must hold the appropriate DoD 8570.01 Manual baseline certification applicable to work role prior to beginning work:  CSSP-Analyst and IAT Level II (Example CASP+ and Security+
• Active TS/SCI w/poly clearance or  the ability to obtain poly and MEAD SIP cleared for Fort Eisenhower, GA.
• U.S Citizenship required

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that 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, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.