# Cyber Security Analyst

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Adelphi, MD
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $87,100.00 - $157,450.00
**Category**: Security
**Industry**: Technology

**Apply**: https://leidos.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Adelphi-MD/Cyber-Security-Analyst_R-00190041?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
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## Description

We are seeking a Cyber Security Analyst to support the C5ISR Defensive Cyber Solutions Branch (DCSB) and help protect critical Department of War networks, systems, and data from sophisticated cyber threats.

You will join a high-visibility Security Operations Center (SOC) providing 24x7x365 defensive cyber operations, including continuous monitoring, threat detection, incident response, and vulnerability management.

The team protects a diverse, multi-tenant environment spanning on-premises infrastructure and leading cloud platforms, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Oracle Cloud, and SaaS environments.

**Responsibilities:**

- Lead and coordinate investigations throughout the Incident Response lifecycle, from initial detection through remediation.

- Correlate and analyze security events, alerts, logs, and network data to determine the scope and impact of cyber incidents.

- Acquire and analyze endpoint and network artifacts, including NetFlow and full packet capture, to identify malicious or suspicious activity.

- Identify attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and indicators of compromise (IOCs) to strengthen detection and response capabilities.

- Tune and maintain SIEM and IDS technologies to reduce false positives and improve SOC detection effectiveness.

- Develop and maintain Incident Response processes, procedures, workflows, and playbooks.

- Document investigations and response actions in case management systems and prepare clear, actionable incident reports.

- Collaborate with cyber professionals in a fast-paced operational environment to defend the DoD Information Network (DoDIN) against sophisticated threats and advanced persistent threat (APT) actors.

**Requirements:**

- Bachelor's degree and 4–8 years of relevant cybersecurity experience.

- Hands-on experience using an enterprise Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platform.

- Experience analyzing high volumes of security logs and network data, including NetFlow and/or full packet capture.

- Experience with network traffic and packet analysis.

- Strong understanding of TCP/IP, common ports and protocols, network traffic flows, the OSI model, system administration, defense-in-depth, and network security technologies.

- Understanding of cloud security concepts and considerations.

- Familiarity with Unix-based systems.

- Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, mission-focused SOC environment.

- Ability to work the 6:00 am to 2:00 p.m day shift.

- Baseline certification (Security+ CE) and CSSP-Infrastructure Support certification at start.

- U.S. citizenship with an active TS/SCI clearance with SAP Eligibility.

**Pay Range:** $87,100.00 - $157,450.00

## Skills

### Required
- cybersecurity
- SIEM
- NetFlow
- network traffic analysis
- TCP/IP
- cloud security
- Unix-based systems
- Security+ CE
- CSSP-Infrastructure Support

### Nice to have
- Cybersecurity experience across Protect, Detect, Respond, and Sustain functions
- Experience working in a 24x7 SOC or cyber operations environment
- Understanding of the cyber threat lifecycle
- Familiarity with intelligence-driven defense
- Strong written and verbal communication skills

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