Role OverviewThe Cyber Network Defense Analyst will provide Network Operations Security Center (NOSC) support, cyber analysis, application development, and 24x7x365 support staff. The NOSC is responsible for monitoring, detecting, analyzing, mitigating, and responding to cyber threats and adversarial activity on the enterprise.
What You Will Do
Duties include network security monitoring and detection, proactively searching for threats, inspecting traffic for anomalies and new malware patterns, investigating and analyzing logs, providing analysis and response to alerts, and documenting activity in NOSC investigations and Security Event Notifications (SENs).
Why It Might Be a Fit
The ideal candidate will have extensive knowledge of SOCs/NOSCs, detailed understanding of common network ports and protocols, expertise with network topologies and network security device functions, and expertise with packet analysis tools such as Wireshark.
Requirements
- Active TS/SCI clearance
- US Citizen
- Bachelor's Degree and 2-4 years of SOC analyst experience
- Extensive knowledge of SOCs/NOSCs purpose and role within an organization
- Detailed understanding of common network ports and protocols
- Expertise with network topologies and network security device functions
- Expertise with packet analysis tools such as Wireshark
- Certification Requirement: Sec+, CEH, CySA+ or SANS certs
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