Network Forensics Cybersecurity Analysts/Network Based System Analysts
Location: Arlington VA
Must have Top Secret Security Clearance
Node is seeking Network Forensics Cybersecurity Analysts to support this critical customer mission.
Responsibilities:
- Assists the Government lead in coordinating teams in preliminary incident response investigations
- Assists the Government lead with interfacing with the customer while onsite
- Determines appropriate courses of action in response to identified and analyses anomalous network activity
- Assesses network topology and device configurations identifying critical security concerns and providing security best practice recommendations
- Assists with the writing and publishing of Computer Network Defense guidance and reports on incident findings to appropriate constituencies
- Collects network intrusion artifacts (e.g. PCAP domains URIs certificates etc.) and uses discovered data to enable mitigation of potential Computer Network Defense incidents
- Analyzes identified malicious network activity to determine weaknesses exploited exploitation methods effects on system and information
- Assists with realtime CND incident handling (i.e. forensic collections intrusion correlation and tracking threat analysis and advising on system remediation) tasks to support onsite engagements
- Provide technical briefings as required.
Requirements
Required Skills:
- U.S. Citizenship
- Must have an active TS/SCI clearance
- Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability
- 8 years of directly relevant experience in network investigations
- Indepth knowledge of CND policies procedures and regulations
- Indepth knowledge of standard protocols ICMP HTTP/S DNS SSH SMTP SMB NFS TCP/IP
- Indepth knowledge and experience of Wifi networking
- Indepth knowledge and experience of network topologies DMZs WANs etc.
- Substantial knowledge of Splunk (or other SIEM s)
- Understanding of MITRE Adversary Tactics Techniques and Common Knowledge (ATT&CK)
- Knowledge of Computer Network Defense policies procedures and regulations
- Knowledge of defenseindepth principles and general attack stages with respect to network security architecture
- Ability to characterize and analyze network traffic to identify anomalous activity and potential threats to network resources
- Ability to identify and analyze anomalies in network traffic using metadata
- Experience with reconstructing a malicious attack or activity based on network traffic
- Experience examining network topologies to understand data flows through the network
- Must be able to work collaboratively across physical locations.
Desired Skills:
- Substantial knowledge of network device integrity concepts and methodologies
- Proficiency with network analysis software (e.g. Wireshark)
- Proficiency with carving and extracting information from PCAP data
- Proficiency with nontraditional network traffic (e.g. Command and Control)
- Proficiency in preserving evidence integrity according to standard operating procedures or national standards
- Proficiency with virtualized environments
Required Education:
BS Computer Science Cyber Security Computer Engineering or related degree; or HS Diploma & 10 years of network investigations experience.
Desired Certifications:
- DoD 8140.01 IAT Level II IASAE II CSSP Analyst GCIA GCIH CSSP Analyst/CSSP Incident Responder CEH
- SANS GIAC GNFA preferred
Company Overview:
Node. Digital is an independent Digital Automation & Cognitive Engineering company that integrates bestofbreed technologies to accelerate business impact.
Our Core Values help us in our mission. They include:
OUR CORE VALUES
Identifying theRIGHT PEOPLEand developing them to their full capabilities
Our customer s Mission is our Mission . OurMISSION FIRSTapproach is designed to keep our customers fully engaged while becoming their trusted partner
We believe inSIMPLIFYINGcomplex problems with a relentless focus on agile delivery excellence
Our mantra is Simple*Secure*Speed in the delivery of innovative services and solutions.
Benefits
We are proud to offer competitive compensation and benefits packages to include:
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Basic Life
- LongTerm Disability
- Health Saving Account
- 401K
- Three weeks of PTO
- 10 Paid Holidays
- PreApproved Online Training