Cyber Fusion and Threats Analyst

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Job Description:

Leidos has a current job opportunity for a Cyber Fusion and Threats Analyst located at Fort Meade, MD.

POSITION SUMMARY:
The candidate will serve as a Cyber Fusion & Threats Analyst on the DISA GSM-O program supporting the DISA Command Center (DCC) Network Assurance embedded with DISA Headquarters, Fort Meade, MD under Task Order 29.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintain situational awareness of cyber activity by reviewing DoD, Intelligence Community and open source reporting for new vulnerabilities, malware or other threats that have the potential to impact the DoDIN.
• Support mission-critical Continuity of Operations (COOP).
• Synthesize, summarize, consolidate and share potentially malicious activities on the DoDIN with DISA and mission partner organizations by creating incident reports, wiki updates, collaboration/chat tippers and notifications, DoD incident handling database queries, metrics, and trend reports.
• Assist in providing threat and vulnerability analysis as well as security advisory services and recommendations.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of professional experience (related DISA experience and cyber courses/certification is accepted in lieu of a degree.)
• Must have DoD-8570 IAT Level 2 baseline certification (Security+ CE or higher) at start date and be able to obtain CSSP-A certification within 180 days of start date.
• Proficient understanding of Cyber Network Defense (CND) in regards to protect, detect, respond and sustain within a Computer Incident Response organization.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to clearly articulate technical and strategic level cyber matters to a variety of audiences.
• Highly developed research and analytical skills to pinpoint statistically significant patterns related to cyber threats.
• Understanding of TCP/IP, common networking ports and protocols, traffic flow, system administration, OSI model, defense-in-depth.
• Must have an active Top Secret/SCI clearance.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Knowledgeable in Cloud security/defense.
• Experience with DISA and DoD Networks.
• Working knowledge of cyber operational security, log analysis, netflow analysis, incident response, malware analysis, computer forensics, and/or cyber-crime.
• Advanced Certifications such as SANS GIAC/GCIA/GCIH, CISSP or CASP.
• Working knowledge and proficiency utilizing Wireshark and Splunk analysis tools.
• Experience in intelligence driven defense and/or Cyber Kill Chain (CKC) methodology; knowledge of Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) and other cyber threat modeling frame works.
• Working knowledge of the U.S. Intelligence Community, SLTT governments, and/or fusion centers.
• Train and mentor other team members.

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