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Boost · 9 hours ago

Cyber Security Specialist

Fort Belvoir, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$135K/yr - $139K/yr

3+ years exp

BOOST LLC is a dynamic management consulting firm that offers government-compliant back-office solutions. They are seeking a Cyber Security Specialist to support the DTRA IT Cybersecurity department by providing 24/7 monitoring and response across its network environment, collaborating with various teams to analyze threats and ensure compliance with cybersecurity metrics.

Financial ServicesFinTechPaymentsTransaction Processing

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

In support of the DTRA IT Cybersecurity (CS) department, the Cyber Security Specialist will provide the required resources and expertise to support 24x7x365 cybersecurity monitoring and response across DTRA’s distributed network operations environment

Working with the DTRA IT, Cybersecurity Service Provider (CSSP) analysts and engineers shall collaborate with various teams throughout the agency to process intelligence, determine threat, develop mitigations, monitor for attacks, and assess risk while providing cyber based Situational Awareness to agency leadership and stakeholders

The Cyber Security Specialist will monitor computer network defense services in a manner that effectively safeguards the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of DTRA-supported network environments and Information Technology infrastructure

The Cyber Security Specialist will provide the required resources and expertise to ensure compliance with DoD CSSP Evaluators Securing Metrics (ESM). In addition, the Cyber Security Specialist will provide support within the existing CSSP structure which includes four simultaneously running processes tooled to assist and defend the system subscriber

The Cybersecurity Analyst is responsible for network threat monitoring across a variety of tools

The analyst is expected to understand how to use standard threat hunting tools to craft targeted queries to detect and monitor intrusions into the network environment. Prior experience writing and submitting detailed technical reports is required in order to submit detailed reports of how the threat was identified, confirmed, contained, and any other follow-on actions

The analyst must also be proficient in conducting research on threats and adversaries across various open source and government database platforms. The ability to work effectively within a team is essential, as the analyst will be required to share and discuss information discovered during the research and monitoring process

Qualification

Cybersecurity architecture principlesIAT Level II certificationCSSP Analyst certificationSANS GCIH certificationSplunk Search AppTanium Interact ModuleWiresharkOpen-source researchResearch skillsCollaborative skills