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Peraton · 2 months ago

Cyber Incident Response Analyst with OT/ICS/SCADA / travel & active TS

US-VA-Arlington

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$86K/yr - $138K/yr

5+ years exp

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence. They are currently seeking an experienced Incident Response Analyst with OT/ICS/SCADA experience to respond to cybersecurity incidents and provide recommendations for critical infrastructure sectors.

Information TechnologyRobotics

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Respond to cybersecurity incidents for ICS/OT/IT environments and provide recommendations to affected entities to prevent the reoccurrence of these incidents within a variety of critical infrastructure sectors

Apply specific functional knowledge to resolve cybersecurity incidents and perform proactive threat hunts. Develop or contribute to solutions to a variety of problems of moderate scope and complexity

Be involved with highly technical operations and forensic analysis and serve as consultants, continuously advising client decision makers

Provide industry experience and expertise for one or multiple critical infrastructure sectors/sub-sectors, including but not limited to Water, Power, Critical Manufacturing, and Transportation

Follow pre-defined procedures to respond to and escalate incidents

Provide expertise to define procedures for response to customer cyber security incidents in the industrial control system environment

Apply traditional incident response and threat hunting tradecraft to industrial control system/critical infrastructure environments—with a deep understanding of the nuance and constraints of industrial environments

Seamlessly work alongside a team of host, network, and cloud forensic analysts to meet the mission requirements for both incident response and threat hunting engagements

Maintain accurate records of incident response activities and findings

Prepare and deliver incident reports to management and stakeholders

Need to be comfortable working in a team environment and collaborating to meet mission goals

Keep current with latest security trends and news to continually improve hunt and incident response operations

Be a Self-starter with strong attention to detail and critical thinking ability

Have a strong customer service orientation with excellent written and oral communication skills

The ability to self-teach and self-test new tools and methodologies, and to problem-solve independently

There is an onsite requirement for minimum one day (1) week, with up to 3 days depending on situational requirements

Qualification

Incident ResponseThreat HuntingIndustrial Control SystemsSIEM ToolsDigital ForensicsNetwork Security AnalysisCustomer Service OrientationScriptingRegulatory Standards FamiliarityAutomation SkillsCommunication SkillsAttention to DetailCritical ThinkingSelf-starterTeam CollaborationProblem Solving

Required

Bachelor's degree and 5 years of relevant experience. Master's degree and 3 years' experience. PhD and 1 years' experience. A minimum of 9 years will be considered in lieu of degree

1-2 years of Threat Hunting or DFIR experience directly supporting Critical Infrastructure (CI) / Industrial Control System (ICS) environments

Experience with security site assessments and scoping - including but not limited to the analysis of network security architecture, baseline ports, protocols, and services, and characterize network assets

Experience using a SIEM tool for pattern identification, anomaly detection, and trend analysis

Experience analyzing a variety of industrial control systems network protocols, including but not limited to: ModBus, ENIP/CIP, BACnet, DNP3, etc

Experience with the common open source and commercial tools used in security event analysis, incident response, computer forensics, malware analysis, or other areas of security operations

Experience with collection and detection tools, including OSS/COTS host-based and network-based tools

U.S. citizenship required

An Active Top Secret Security Clearance required

Must be able to obtain a TS/SCI for continued employment

Must be able to obtain and maintain a favorably adjudicated DHS background investigation for continued employment

Preferred

Certifications: GISCP, GCFA, GNFA, GRID, and any OT Sensor certifications

2 years of Threat Hunting or Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR) experience preferred

Experience on DoD Cyber Protection Teams, a plus

Experience performing digital forensics and analysis on a variety of vendor/OEM equipment—including but not limited to laptop/desktops, PLC's, HMI's, Historians, and related SCADA systems

Experience with SIEM (Splunk) —threat hunting, analytic development, dashboards, and reporting

Familiarity with regulatory standards and frameworks relevant to critical infrastructure (e.g., NIST, IEC 62443)

Ability to automate simple/repeatable but critical tasks

Scripting in Python, Bash, PowerShell, and/or JavaScript