Cyber Security Analyst

Job Details Job Location: Arlington, VA 22201 Position Type: Full Time Facilitate and implement Splunk infrastructure to ingest, analyze and visualize machine generated data and deploy, configure and maintain Splunk Enterprise components such as indexers, Search Heads and Forwarders. Create dashboards, alerts and reports for threat detection. Patch and maintain servers continuously to meet security compliance standards. Ensure that the Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers are operational and reporting properly. Administer and manage the organization’s security posture via deployment of security policies (Microsoft Intune), threat monitoring & response (Microsoft Defender/Sentinel), data governance-Data Loss Prevention (Microsoft Purview), configuring log analytics-develop detection rules & playbooks (Microsoft Sentinel) and ensure compliance. Troubleshooting application and server issues and responding to federal customer service requests. Utilizes software and hardware tools and identifies and diagnoses complex problems and factors affecting performance. Support incident response efforts by identifying vulnerabilities related to emerging threats and zero-day exploits. Interfaces with PMO and vendor support service groups to support Cyberspace Task Order efforts and ensure proper escalation during outages or periods of degraded system performance. Create/Update documentation needed to support the Splunk team requirements, taskings, deliverables, and maintenance of the tool. Engage in weekly Splunk engineering meetings in support of the agency’s mitigation, compliance, assessment efforts and initiatives. Monitor and track vulnerabilities, End-of-Life and priority action items. Design, build, and implement network systems. Perform cyber investigations and analysis. Research and analyze a variety of commodity and APT based malware and techniques. Search our existing infrastructure for signs of malware and malicious events not detected by our existing security controls. Administer Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS) system comprised of Security Center, Nessus Scanner and the Nessus Network Monitor. Administer Trellix ESS, including ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO), Solidcore, and DLP. The ability to work independently as well as collectively within a team, apply critical thinking techniques, and effectively communicate with federal customers and other team members, both orally and in writing. Qualifications Demonstrated experience working with complex system implementations and organizational processes to include maintaining system documentation. Strong understanding, proficiency and experience with Linux and ability to effectively manage, secure and troubleshoot Linux-based environments. CompTIA Linux+ or Linux Professional Institute (LPIC-1/LPIC-2) certification or Red Hat Certified System Administrator Familiarity with Splunk, Elastic Stack (ELK) or similar. Active CompTIA Security+ certification Preferred but not required Splunk Enterprise Certified Administrator or Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate (SC-200) Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect (SC-100) Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) CompTIA CySA+ Minimum Education Required BS/BA degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or related IT discipline. ALLOWABLE SUBSTITUTION: An additional four (4) years of experience can be substituted for a BS or BA degree. Ability to pass a high-level background investigation #J-18808-Ljbffr Makoa