Responsibilities Peraton is currently seeking to hire a Cyber Assistant Staff Duty Officer (ASDO) for its' Federal Strategic Cyber group. Location: On-site in Arlington, VA Responsibilities As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. This position is part of the Cyber Team for a federal client's 24/7 SCIF/Operations Center, which is the hub for staying on top of threats and emerging risks to our nation's critical infrastructure. Through this operation center, the federal government coordinates situational awareness and response to national cyber, communications, and physical incidents. Position Description: * Assists with the cyber incident management, drafts and produced various levels of cyber incident reporting. ASDO's gather information from multiple sources and varying levels of classification, to provide accurate, timely and actionable information to our government leadership, law enforcement, federal stakeholders, and partners.
* The ASDO candidate should be an experienced Operations/Intelligence/Cyber practitioner with the ability to work in a time sensitive detailed orientated operational environment, conduct quick assessments of cyber related events and brief senior leaders in a timely manner.
* Will possess the ability to manage cyber incidents and communicate via multiple written communication platforms at varying classification levels in near real time to maintain collective situational awareness.
* Provides initial triage of cyber incidents to identify the severity of impact to critical infrastructure to determine the level of reporting or briefing required, coordinates incident response, and monitors the event through competition.
* Coordinates with the Communications and Physical teams during cyber events that have cascading cross-sector impacts to critical infrastructure. * ASDOs must be prepared to brief management and senior leadership on developing situations During daily briefings or on an ad hoc basis. * Understand the operation of all communications and information technology hardware, software, and firmware utilized to perform ASDO functions.
* Monitors classified databases, the ticket management system, subscription-based alerting services, cable and local news, social media, and other open sources for threats to the nation's critical infrastructure (people, facilities, assets, brand/reputation) and global operations Impacting national security. * Liaisons with federal stakeholders, law enforcement, intelligence agencies, regional personnel, industry partners, and internal partner to ensure coordinated cyber reporting. * ASDOs must be able to multitask, make quick decisions and utilize critical thinking skills in an often fast paced and time sensitive environment. * Must have the ability to read technical cyber reporting, including IOCs and TTPs, and be able to extract the important information to provide clear and concise reporting for a non-technical audience. Respond to emergency situations to protect the safety and security of employees.
* Utilize proprietary processes and technologies to support enterprise-wide international security and crisis management programs.
* Other services and support as needed or directed by the government client.
* The successful ASDO candidate will work at a 24x7x365 Classified Operations and Watch Center and interact with senior level leadership.Shifts are assigned based on the needs of the team and include rotating assignments. * * Shift 1: M-F 0600 - 1400
* Shift 2: M-F 1400 - 2200
* Shift 3: M-F 2200 - 0600
* Shift 4: S/S 0600 - 1800
* Shift 5: S/S 1800 - 0600
Qualifications Basic Qualifications: * Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 10-12 years related technical experience, or a Master's degree with 8-10 years of related experience. An additional 4 years of experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree.
* Experience with crisis management at the national and local level.
* Experience with work instructions and templates.
* Experience with time sensitive report writing.
* Demonstrated ability to manage to production and publishing of event driven reporting, cyclic reporting, and briefing products.
* Demonstrated ability to manage cyber related incidents while multitasking and performing steady states shift functions.
* Demonstrated ability to manage and triage group email accounts.
* Demonstrated ability to communicate via email.
* Demonstrated ability to conduct oral senior leader briefings.
* Must be flexible and able to work within a 24X7X365 operations support environment. * Knowledge of Microsoft Office automation solutions.
* Experience with Remedy Service and Knowledge Management System and ServiceNOW.
* Active Top Secret Security Clearance required.
* In addition, selected candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a favorably adjudicated DHS background investigation for continued employment.Preferred Qualifications: * Experience as an Operations Officer/Action Officer/Incident Manager.
* Experience in drafting and publishing national level reporting.
* Experience with email triage.
* Experience as an All-Source Intelligence Analyst in Joint Operations Center and/or Fusion Center.
* Experience as a national level briefer.
* Experience with cyber incident management and analysis.
* Cyber certifications.
Peraton Overview Peraton drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. Every day, our employees do the can't be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Range for Posting Salary Minimum: $72,500
Salary Mid: $145,000
Salary Maximum: $181,300 The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position, and is just one component of Peraton's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, Peraton provides a variety of benefits to employees. An Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Veteran.