Description
Leidos is seeking an Incident Response Lead to join its team on a highly visible cyber security single-award IDIQ vehicle that provides security operations center (SOC) support, cyber analysis, application development, and a 24x7x365 support staff.
The Incident Response Lead will have in-depth knowledge of each phase of the Incident Response life cycle, expertise in Operating Systems (Windows/Linux) operations and artifacts, and understanding of Enterprise Network Architectures.
Key responsibilities include:
- Recognizing suspicious activity/events, common attacker TTPs, and performing logical analysis and research to determine root cause and scope of Incidents
- Driving implementation and improvement of new tools, capabilities, frameworks, and methodologies
- Instilling and reinforcing industry best practices in incident response, cybersecurity analysis, case and knowledge management, and SOC operations
- Providing guidance and mentorship to improve analyst skill sets and ensure delivery of high-quality analysis and work products
- Establishing trust and business relationships with customers and other relevant stakeholders
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree and 8-12 years of experience in a technical discipline
- 4+ years of supervising and/or managing teams
- 5+ years of intrusion detection and/or incident handling experience
- CISSP and SANS GCIH or GCIA required upon start
- Advanced knowledge in planning, directing, and managing Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT) and/or Security Operations Center (SOC) operations for a large and complex Enterprise
- Significant experience supervising and leading employees of various labor categories and technical skill levels in efforts similar in size and scope to a mature Security Operation
- Mature understanding of industry-accepted standards for incident response actions and best practices related to SOC operations
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to create technical reports based on analytical findings
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
- Must be a US Citizen
- Must hold active TS/SCI security clearance
Preferred Qualifications:
- Deep technical understanding of core current cybersecurity technologies as well as emerging capabilities
- Hands-on cybersecurity experience (Protect, Detect, Respond and Sustain) within a Computer Incident Response organization including prior experience performing large-scale incident response
- Demonstrated understanding of the life cycle of cybersecurity threats, attacks, attack vectors and methods of exploitation with an understanding of intrusion set tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs)
The pay range for this position is $107,900.00 - $195,050.00.