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DigiFlight, Inc. · 6 hours ago

Network Based Systems Analyst II

Arlington, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

2+ years exp

DigiFlight, Inc. is a company focused on providing exceptional support to its customers while promoting integrity and innovative solutions. The Network Based Systems Analyst II role involves analyzing network traffic for potential threats, coordinating cyber defense efforts, and documenting incidents to enhance the organization's security posture.

Information and Communications Technology (ICT)Information Technology

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Characterize and analyze network traffic to identify anomalous activity and potential threats to network resources

Coordinate with enterprise-wide cyber defense staff to validate network alerts

Document and escalate incidents (including event's history, status, and potential impact for further action) that may cause ongoing and immediate impact to the environment

Perform cyber defense trend analysis and reporting

Perform event correlation using information gathered from a variety of sources within the enterprise to gain situational awareness and determine the effectiveness of an observed attack

Provide daily summary reports of network events and activity relevant to cyber defense practices

Receive and analyze network alerts from various sources within the enterprise and determine possible causes of alerts

Provide timely detection, identification, and alerting of possible attacks/intrusions, anomalous activities, and misuse activities and distinguish these incidents and events from benign activities

Use cyber defense tools for continual monitoring and analysis of system activity to identify malicious activity

Analyze identified malicious activity to determine weaknesses exploited, exploitation methods, effects on system and information

Identify and analyze anomalies in network traffic using metadata

Validate intrusion detection system (IDS) alerts against network traffic using packet analysis tools

Identify applications and operating systems of a network device based on network traffic

Reconstruct a malicious attack or activity based off network traffic

Identify network mapping and operating system (OS) fingerprinting activities

Assist in the construction of signatures which can be implemented on cyber defense network tools in response to new or observed threats within the network environment or enclave

Qualification

Cyber defense analysisIntrusion detection technologiesPacket-level analysisSignature developmentTrend analysisProtocol analyzersPython programmingMath backgroundCarnegie Mellon SiLKGSEC certificationNetwork+ certification