Job Description

Job Title: Cybersecurity Analyst

Job Location: Washington, DC 20551

Duration: Contract (6 to 12+ Months)

Eligibility Requirements for This Role:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident (Green Card holder).
• Must be able to successfully pass a background investigation conducted by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
• Must be comfortable securely providing Personal Identifiable Information (PII) for clearance processing.
• Must be willing to have a photo taken for issuance of a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) badge.
• May be required to appear on-site for PIV card issuance.

Must have Certifications

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
• Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
• GIAC Network Forensic Analyst (GNFA)
• GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)
• Equivalent

Personnel Qualifications

• At least five years of experience performing the functions associated with this labor category.
• Experience administering and maintaining the logic for a variety of intrusion detection, prevention, and analysis platforms that are designed to identify and/or technically counter attempted intrusions as part of a defense-in-depth program that protects both local (on- premises) and cloud computing systems. This includes authoring and implementing custom detection content for signature-based detection systems, security information and event management (SIEM) systems, host-based detection systems, and firewall logic.
• Experience monitoring real-time network activity flagged by a variety of intrusion detection, prevention, and analysis platforms and experience analyzing the resulting raw data, metadata, and event logs to confirm suspected intrusion attempts into either local (on- premises) or cloud computing systems.
• Experience investigating network anomalies and responding to cybersecurity incidents in either local (on-premises) or cloud computing systems, including all phases of the digital forensics and incident response process (e.g. preparation, scoping, containment, eradication, remediation, recovery, lessons learned, and closeout).
• Experience implementing and maintaining a fully operational data loss prevention capability that prevents the loss of data from local (on-premises) and/or cloud computing systems.

Capabilities

• Administer and maintain logic for a variety of intrusion detection, prevention, and analysis platforms.
• Author and implement custom detection content for signature-based detection systems, security information and event management (SIEM) systems, host-based detection systems, and firewall logic.
• Monitor real-time network activity flagged by a variety of intrusion detection, prevention, and analysis platforms and analyze raw data, metadata, and event logs to confirm suspected intrusion attempts into either local (on-premises) or cloud computing systems.
• Investigate network anomalies and respond to cybersecurity incidents in either local (on-premises) or cloud computing systems.
• Implement and maintain a fully operational data loss prevention capability that prevents the loss of data from local (on-premises) and/or cloud computing systems.

Best regards,
Yatin Arora
Lead Technical Recruiter
Acruex Inc.

Yatin.arora@acruex.com

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