CYBER THREAT ANALYST

Overview : Come Join Our Team

Fast-paced, dynamic, and rewarding environment supporting regional defense efforts. This project delivers defensive cyberspace operations (DCO) support to Cyber Security Service Provider Division (CSSP-D), US Army Regional Cyber Center-Korea. The CSSP-D environment includes any hardware, software, application, tool, system, or network used by the Government, whether developed, leased, or commercially purchased. Our operations are based on-site at Camp Humphreys, South Korea. Employees are authorized to receive a Living Quarters Allowance, a Cost-of-Living Allowance, and relocation expenses. Additionally, our employees are eligible for reimbursement for school-aged children to attend either Department of Defense Education Activity schools (space available) or local school of choice.

What is the position?

As a Cyber Threat Analyst, you will be required to defend against unauthorized activity on all Army assets residing on NIPRNet, SIPRNet, and CENTRIX-K. Your work will include current and new systems at various lifecycle stages, and any future applications / systems not currently identified. This includes activities from external hackers who may attempt to gain unauthorized access, insider threat attempts for unauthorized access, and policy violations that may impact network security and operations. You will be required to continue performance during peacetime, crisis, hostilities, and war operations.

This is a contingent position with an expected start date in August 2024.

Responsibilities :

• Recognize a cyber security incident and take appropriate action to report the incident and preserve evidence, mitigating any adverse impact, and devising defensive measures.
• Support Disaster Recovery (DR) and Continuity of Operations (COOP) Capability.
• Synchronize DCO programs with ARCYBER personnel as required via working group participation to develop, research, publish, test, and annually update Deliverables, Standard Operating Procedures and Tools, Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTTP) related to Cyber Defense, Live Incident Handling Analysis, Cyber Threat Analysis, Threat Detection, Computer Defense Assistance Program (CDAP), and the Cyber Intrusion Analysis Program (CIAP).
• Cybersecurity Service Provider (CSSP) accreditation.
• Conduct monthly training on specific DCO topics derived from previous incident analysis, security testing, lessons learned, and other self-directed research / study.
• Conduct Computer Defense Assistance Program (CDAP) missions IAW AR 380-53, Communications Security Monitoring.
• Support an NDA team to travel to the incident location within 4 hours of notification.
• Make recommendations for software tool development or upgrade (may include supported hardware) in support of internal defensive measure to narrow gaps within existing enterprise solutions.
• At least twice annually, define current DCO posture and capabilities for supported networks, identify gaps with current DCO posture, generate a detailed analytical report for gaps found, and provide input to implementation plans.
• Coordinate, de-conflict, and employ internal defensive measures within the DoDIN.
• Assess new technologies and devices relevant to DCO.
• Participate in exercises and assist with the development, planning and support of exercises such as Gaining Cyber Dominance or other cyberspace defense engagements.
• Support Cyberspace Operations (CO) and DCO mission planning, mission analysis, and technical analysis.
• Provide situational awareness of evolving network threats trends.
• Participate in ARCYBER Cyberspace Operations (CO) meetings, conferences, and working groups.
• Provide DCO Network Security Monitoring, Detection, and Analysis.
• Analyze and correlate anomalous events identified in Security Information Event Management (SIEM) systems, Big Data Analytics, and supporting devices / applications.
• Analyze, correlate, and trend anomalous events and incidents to identify and characterize the threat or incident.
• Conduct exploratory and in-depth analysis of network traffic from security devices, analysis of host-based audit logs, malware analysis, trending of incident reports, correlation of classified and open-source threat reporting, and linkages / integration with other DCO agencies.
• Implement mitigation measures in response to general or specific Advanced Persistent Threats (APT), (attempted exploits / attacks, malware delivery, etc.) on the respective networks.
• Develop, staff, coordinate, and execute Incident Response investigations for the operational environment (NIPRNet, SIPRNet and CENTRIX-K).

Qualifications :

Preferred Qualifications

About i3 :

Headquartered in Huntsville, AL, i3 is a national leader in providing innovative technical and engineering solutions to a broad customer base across the U.S. DoD. Specializing in missile and aviation engineering and logistic services, electronic warfare and electromagnetic affects analysis, UAS system integration and flight operations, full lifecycle C5ISR engineering services, engineering analysis, cybersecurity and IT / IA innovative solutions and virtual training, simulation & serious game development and implementation.

Perks and Benefits at i3 :

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