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Ease Learning · 17 hours ago

Contract Subject Matter Expert (SME) – Cyber Defense Analyst

United States

Full-time, Contract

Remote

Mid Level

Ease Learning is seeking experienced cybersecurity practitioners for a skills assessment pilot aligned to the Cyber Defense Analyst role. The Contract SME will complete a practitioner-level assessment and a brief survey, with no additional responsibilities such as teaching or content creation.

E-LearningOnline PortalsSoftware

Responsibilities

Complete a practitioner-level skills assessment

Complete a short post-assessment survey

No meetings, facilitation, reviews, or follow-up work

This is a finite, transactional engagement

Qualification

Cybersecurity experienceData analysisThreat identificationNetwork fundamentalsJudgment under uncertaintyReliability

Required

Candidates must be current practitioners with hands-on experience analyzing and responding to cybersecurity events

Familiarity should align with one or more of the following: Monitoring and analyzing data from cyber defense tools (e.g., IDS/IPS, firewalls, SIEMs, network logs)

Identifying indicators of compromise and suspicious activity

Investigating alerts to determine threat scope and impact

Supporting threat mitigation and containment activities

Understanding network fundamentals, attack techniques, and adversary behaviors

Working within security operations or cyber defense teams

Participants must score above 50% on the assessment