Cyber Incident Responder

Candidates MUST:
- Have an active Top-Secret or DOE Clearance
- Masters Degree in a Technical Field with 2-5 years of related experience or a Bachelors Degree with 5-10 years of related experience, or an Associates Degree with 10-15 years of related experience.
- Professional experience as a Cyber Incident Responder

Job Duties:

1. Coordinate and provide senior level technical support to enterprise-wide cyber defense analysts to resolve cyber defense Incidents
2. Determine the scope, urgency and impact of cyber defense incidents
3. Coordinate incident response functions and recommend incident remediation strategies
4. Correlate incident data to identify specific vulnerabilities and make recommendations that enable expeditious remediation
5. Perform analysis of log files from a variety of sources (e.g., individual host logs, network traffic logs, firewall logs, and intrusion detection system [IDS] logs) to identify possible threats to network security
6. Perform cyber defense incident triage, to include determining scope, urgency, and potential impact, identifying the specific vulnerability, and making recommendations that enable expeditious remediation
7. Perform real-time cyber defense incident handling (e.g., forensic collections, intrusion correlation and tracking, threat analysis, and direct system remediation) tasks to support deployable Incident Response Teams (IRTs)
8. Receive and analyze network alerts from various sources within the enterprise and determine possible causes of such alerts
9. Track and document cyber defense incidents from initial detection through final resolution
10. Coordinate with intelligence analysts to correlate threat assessment data
11. Perform cyber defense trend analysis and reporting

• Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms.  If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
○ Medical, dental & vision
○ Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
○ 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
○ Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
○ Short and long-term disability
○ Health Spending Account (HSA)
○ Transportation benefits
○ Employee Assistance Program
○ Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)