Tier 2 Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT) Analyst at Peraton Beltsville, MD

Tier 2 Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT) Analyst job at Peraton. Beltsville, MD.

Program Overview

Encompasses technical, engineering, data analytics, cyber security, management, operational, logistical, and administrative support for Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Cyber and Technology Security Directorate in three key offices / functional areas : Cyber Monitoring and Operations, Cyber Threat and Investigations, and Technology Innovation and Engineering State.

About The Role

Peraton is seeking an experienced Tier 2 Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT) Analyst to join Peraton's Department of State (DOS) Diplomatic Security Cyber Mission (DSCM) program, which provides leading cyber and technology security expertise to enable innovative, effective, and secure business processes that protect our nation's diplomatic missions worldwide.

Location : Beltsville, MD

Work Hours : Evening Shift, 1400 – 2200 EST, TUE-SAT

In this role, you will :

• Detect, classify, process, track, and report on cyber security events and incidents.
• Perform advanced in-depth analysis of coordinated Tier 1 alert triage and requests in a 24x7x365 environment.
• Analyze logs from multiple sources (e.g., host logs, EDR, firewalls, intrusion detection systems, servers) to identify, contain, and remediate suspicious activity.
• Characterize and analyze network traffic to identify anomalous activity and potential threats.
• Protect against and prevent potential cyber security threats and vulnerabilities.
• Perform forensic analysis of hosts artifacts, network traffic, and email content.
• Analyze malicious scripts and code to mitigate potential threats.
• Conduct malware analysis to generate IOCs to identify and mitigate threats.
• Collaborate with Department of State teams to analyze and respond to events and incidents.
• Monitor and respond to the CIRT Security Orchestration and Automation Response (SOAR) platform, hotline, email inboxes.
• Create tickets and initiate workflows as instructed in technical SOPs.
• Coordinate and report incident information to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).
• Collaborate with other local, national and international CIRTs as directed.
• Submit alert tuning requests.

DSCM

Qualifications

Required Qualifications :

A+ CE, CCNA-Security, CND, Network+ CE, SSCP, Security+.

Preferred Qualifications :

SCA / Union / Intern Rate or Range

Details

Target Salary Range : $80,000 - $128,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

EEO : Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.

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