Sr. Cybersecurity Analyst
Job ID: 109305
Location: Fort Knox, KY [Flex]
Salary: $40.00 - $45.00 USD Hourly
Category: App/Dev
Employment Type: Contract
Our client is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Sr. Cybersecurity Analyst to join our client's Cyber Compliance team. This role is pivotal in supporting the G6 Cyber Security Division, focusing on maintaining the security and integrity of their assets. The successful candidate will be involved in a variety of tasks, including vulnerability reporting, incident response, and compliance activities. This position offers the opportunity to work remotely, with the expectation of reliability and accountability in a remote work environment. The role demands a detail-oriented individual who can work both independently and as part of a team, with minimal supervision. If you are passionate about cybersecurity and have a proactive approach to threat detection and mitigation, we encourage you to apply.
Responsibilities:
- Provide weekly vulnerability reports and prepare PowerPoint slides for leadership, highlighting any anomalies detected in IPS logs and submitting requests for IP block actions against nefarious activities.
- Utilize available tools efficiently to respond promptly to leadership inquiries regarding the security of assets.
- Handle Cyber Task Orders (CTOs) by identifying known vulnerabilities (CVEs) and providing evidence of exposure as requested by higher authorities.
- Support incident response duties, taking prudent action upon requests from higher authorities and investigating log events within SIEM systems such as ELK.
- Manage compliance of application logging across over 200 internally developed applications, ensuring adherence to security standards.
- Provide Information Assurance support to systems and users, ensuring compliance with military regulations, procedures, and policies under the guidance of the Information Security System Manager (ISSM).
- Assist with the documentation, review, and modification of local Information Assurance (IA) related policies, procedures, and processes.
- Review security configurations, audit logs, and patch status of government systems, performing cyber security and FISMA Compliance relevant system monitoring.
- Proven understanding of vulnerabilities and risk management techniques.
- Experience in running vulnerability scans using tools like Nessus or similar.
- Proficiency in using SIEM tools, with a preference for experience with ELK.
- Familiarity with Tenable ACAS or similar vulnerability reporting tools.
- Willingness to learn AESS McAfee tools such as ePolicy Orchestrator and TYCHON.
- Ability to work as a team player, with limited supervision in a remote work environment.
- Detail-oriented with excellent communication skills, able to engage with the team effectively.
- Security+ certification is required; Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) or CYSA+ Certification must be obtained within 6 months of hire.
- Currently active Secret security clearance.
- Additional qualifications like experience with incident response handling or related certifications are highly desirable.
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