Feb 17
Secret
Entry Level (less than 2 yrs experience)
Unspecified
No Traveling
IT - Security
Herndon, VA (On-Site/Office)
For more than a decade, Karthik Consulting has been a reliable and trusted advisor to our Government customers, providing independent and unbiased recommendations and solutions to mitigate risk and help solve IT issues. We bring the innovation, passion, and agility of the commercial sector to meet the unique challenges of this competitive space.
Karthik Consulting is seeking Shift Jr. Analyst(Junior Security Analyst) with the below skillset.
Shift Jr. Analyst(Junior Security Analyst)
Fulltime with Karthik Consulting
Location: Herndon, VA
Clearance: Secret required
Job Description:
Required Skills
• At least one year of experience working in a Security Operations Center(SOC) or Network Operations Center(NOC) environment performing security event monitoring and analysis
• Working knowledge of the various operating systems (e.g. Windows, OS X, Linux, etc.) commonly deployed in enterprise networks
• Must possess a working knowledge of network communications and routing protocols )e.g. TCP, UDP, ICMP, BGP, MPLS, etc.) and common internet applications and standards (e.g. SMTP, DNS, DHCP, SQL, HTTP, HTTPS, etc.)
• Must be capable of analyzing security logs and events from the following types of devices such as, but not limited to: Firewalls (FWs), Intrusion Detection Sensors/Intrusion Prevention Sensors (IDS/IPS), Hostbased Intrusion Detection System/ Host based Intrusion Prevention System (HIDS/HIPS), proxy/web filter, Vulnerability scans, routers, router Internet Protocol (IP) accounting systems (i.e., Cisco NetFlow), Virtual Private Network (VPN) gateways/concentrators, server event logs, email and host anti-virus, desktop security monitoring agents, anti virus servers, IP services (i.e. Domain Name Systems (DNS) services, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), network address translation devices, MDM (e.g. cellphones), Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), and cloud security infrastructure (e.g. Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, Oracle, Salesforce, etc.)
Education/Certification Requirements -
• Clearance Requirement: SECRET
• High School diploma
Preferred Skills -
• Certification (s): Security+, GCIH, CEH, or CYSA+ is desired
• Experience with Splunk query language
• Experience with IDS/IPS/firewall/security configurations and signature development
• Experience with PCAP analysis
• Ability and prior experience with analyzing information technology security events to discern events that qualify as legitimate security incidents as opposed to non-incidents.
This includes the identification of malicious code present within a computer system as well identification of malicious activities that are present within a computer system and/or enterprise network
• Experience working with a ticket management system to collect, document and maintain information pertinent to security investigations and incidents
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills and ability produce clear and through security incident reports and briefings
• Experience in monitoring the operational status of monitoring components and escalating and reporting outages of the components
• Conceptual understanding of Windows Active Directory is also desired
• Experience working with various event logging systems and must be proficient in review of security event log analysis. Previous experience with SIEM platforms that perform log collection, analysis, correlation and alerting is also preferred
• Experience with the identification and implementation of counter measures or mitigating controls for deployment and implementation in the enterprise network environment
• Experience in collecting and maintain information pertinent to security investigations and incidents in a format that supports analysis, situational awareness reporting and law enforcement investigation efforts.
Karthik Consulting is seeking Shift Jr. Analyst(Junior Security Analyst) with the below skillset.
Shift Jr. Analyst(Junior Security Analyst)
Fulltime with Karthik Consulting
Location: Herndon, VA
Clearance: Secret required
Job Description:
Required Skills
• At least one year of experience working in a Security Operations Center(SOC) or Network Operations Center(NOC) environment performing security event monitoring and analysis
• Working knowledge of the various operating systems (e.g. Windows, OS X, Linux, etc.) commonly deployed in enterprise networks
• Must possess a working knowledge of network communications and routing protocols )e.g. TCP, UDP, ICMP, BGP, MPLS, etc.) and common internet applications and standards (e.g. SMTP, DNS, DHCP, SQL, HTTP, HTTPS, etc.)
• Must be capable of analyzing security logs and events from the following types of devices such as, but not limited to: Firewalls (FWs), Intrusion Detection Sensors/Intrusion Prevention Sensors (IDS/IPS), Hostbased Intrusion Detection System/ Host based Intrusion Prevention System (HIDS/HIPS), proxy/web filter, Vulnerability scans, routers, router Internet Protocol (IP) accounting systems (i.e., Cisco NetFlow), Virtual Private Network (VPN) gateways/concentrators, server event logs, email and host anti-virus, desktop security monitoring agents, anti virus servers, IP services (i.e. Domain Name Systems (DNS) services, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), network address translation devices, MDM (e.g. cellphones), Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), and cloud security infrastructure (e.g. Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, Oracle, Salesforce, etc.)
Education/Certification Requirements -
• Clearance Requirement: SECRET
• High School diploma
Preferred Skills -
• Certification (s): Security+, GCIH, CEH, or CYSA+ is desired
• Experience with Splunk query language
• Experience with IDS/IPS/firewall/security configurations and signature development
• Experience with PCAP analysis
• Ability and prior experience with analyzing information technology security events to discern events that qualify as legitimate security incidents as opposed to non-incidents.
This includes the identification of malicious code present within a computer system as well identification of malicious activities that are present within a computer system and/or enterprise network
• Experience working with a ticket management system to collect, document and maintain information pertinent to security investigations and incidents
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills and ability produce clear and through security incident reports and briefings
• Experience in monitoring the operational status of monitoring components and escalating and reporting outages of the components
• Conceptual understanding of Windows Active Directory is also desired
• Experience working with various event logging systems and must be proficient in review of security event log analysis. Previous experience with SIEM platforms that perform log collection, analysis, correlation and alerting is also preferred
• Experience with the identification and implementation of counter measures or mitigating controls for deployment and implementation in the enterprise network environment
• Experience in collecting and maintain information pertinent to security investigations and incidents in a format that supports analysis, situational awareness reporting and law enforcement investigation efforts.
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