Sr. Defensive Cyber Operations Analyst

The Leidos Digital Modernization Sector has an opening for a Sr. Defensive Cyber Operations Analyst on the GSM-O II program supporting the DISA Joint Operations Center (D2OC) at Fort Meade, Maryland.

The GSM-O II program enables Current Operations Command, Control, and Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO) functions across all Combatant Commands, Service Cyber Components, Agencies, and Field Activities' (CC/S/A/FAs) Area of Operations (AOs) in addition to 24/7 coordination with USCYBERCOM and other partner agencies.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Execute continuous network monitoring and incident handling/problem resolution.
• Triage events, incidents, and assist with developing AO specific trends.
• Support various collaborative and cross-functional forums to achieve centrally coordinated, threat-informed and prioritized vulnerability scoring and mitigation methodology.
• Support the development, coordination, release, and compliance of orders.
• Provide threat analysis, track relevant prioritized incidents, and provide recommendations in coordination with the Cross-Functional Fusion Team.
• Leverage intelligence and operational data, information, and processes to identify threats, improve security, and reduce the enterprise's exposure to vulnerabilities.
• Identify problems, determine accuracy and relevance of a broad range of technical information, and produce timely, effective, decision-quality technical recommendations to support senior leadership.
• Actively engage with a variety of customers and mission partners, anticipating their needs, and delivering flawlessly.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline with 8+ years of applicable combined education and experience.
• Active DoD TS/SCI Clearance.
• Must have a DoD-8140 WRC 511 Intermediate certification.
• SIEM Tool Experience (ArcSight, Splunk, Elastic, etc.).
• Knowledge of network and application protocols, cyber vulnerabilities and exploitation techniques, and cyber threat/adversary methodologies (TTPs).
• Computer Network Defense (CND) experience within a Computer Incident Response organization.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team to develop solutions to issues that are unclear and require deep technical knowledge.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with DISA/DCDC and DoD Networks.
• Knowledge of the DoD orders process.
• Demonstrated experience briefing Senior Executive Service (SES) and General Officer/Flag Officer (GO/FO) leadership.
• Experience in building extended cyber security analytics.
• Demonstrated understanding of the life cycle of network threats, attacks, attack vectors, and methods of exploitation with an understanding of intelligence-driven defense and/or Cyber Kill Chain methodology.
• Experience with User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

Pay Range: $107,900.00 - $195,050.00