Affinity

4515 Incident Response Lead/Advisor

Affinity • $120K — $145K *
Reston, VA 20191In-Person
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
  • DoD 8570 IAT Level II (CySA+) certification within 30 days of contract start
  • 8 years of experience with security incidents, or 6 years with a relevant Master's Degree
  • Experience in monitoring and analyzing security logs and network traffic
  • Proficiency in executing incident response playbooks and conducting digital forensics
  • Strong communication skills, able to engage with technical and non-technical audiences
  • Knowledge of cyber adversary tactics and response procedures

Responsibilities

  • Advise and mentor a team of cybersecurity professionals on incident response best practices
  • Collaborate with IT and security teams to mitigate cybersecurity threats
  • Execute incident response playbooks and perform digital forensics
  • Monitor and analyze network traffic to detect anomalies
  • Develop and review security policies, risk management, and compliance guidelines
  • Engage in cross-functional collaboration to enhance response efforts
  • Maintain situational awareness and provide insights based on security incident trends

Benefits

  • Opportunity for career advancement in a mission-critical environment
  • Collaborative work with diverse teams on complex cybersecurity challenges
  • Engagement with high-stakes incident response and security operations
  • Ongoing professional development opportunities
  • Access to cutting-edge cybersecurity tools and technologies
Full Job Description
4515 Incident Response Lead/Advisor
4515 | TS/SCI

Job Description:

OVERVIEW:

We are seeking an experienced cyber professional to join our team and support our mission critical customer. As the Incident Response Lead/Advisor, you will advise/mentor/coach a team of cyber security professionals on best practices regarding incident responses on a variety of networks, platforms, and tools. Your previous experience working collaboratively across cross-functional teams/staff, at multiple levels, to deliver short-term, medium-term, and long-term response efforts would drive customer and program success.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
  • DoD 8570 IAT Level II (CySA+) certification within 30 days of contract start
  • 8 years of experience (or 6 years of experience with a relevant Master's Degree) with identifying, analyzing, and responding to security incidents such as cyberattacks, data breaches, and system vulnerabilities.
  • Monitoring and analyzing security logs and network traffic to detect anomalies
  • Executing IR playbooks and conducting digital forensics
  • Collaborating with IT and security teams to mitigate threats and prevent recurrence
  • Advising on security policies, risk management, and compliance
  • These roles often require rotational shifts to ensure 24x7 coverage, especially in large enterprises and financial institutions
  • Knowledge of cyber adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures, along with analysis of advanced intrusions across a complex global network and basic cyber-security forensics procedures.
  • Understanding of how to read and interpret malware analysis reports.
  • Strong oral and written communications skills and ability to interact effectively with technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Excellent technical editing of formal report production and related skills.


DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker)
  • GCIH (GIAC Certified Incident Handler)
  • GCIA (GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst)
  • Cyber Mission Force analyst or operator experience
  • Management experience
  • Experience with DoD cybersecurity operations
  • Experience with classified system information assurance


CLEARANCE:

  • Active TS/SCI clearance minimum required


Job Details

City : Reston

State : Virginia

About Affinity

Affinity’s patented technology structures and analyzes millions of data points across emails, calendars, and third-party sources to offer users the tools they need to automatically manage their most valuable relationships, prioritize important connections, and discover untapped opportunities. Affinity uses artificial intelligence to analyze relationship strength and illuminate the best paths to warm introductions. The platform also offers a holistic view of users’ networks in a centralized, automatically updated database without any manual upkeep. Founded in 2014, Affinity is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Affinity has raised $120M to date and is backed by leading investors including Menlo Ventures, Advance Venture Partners, 8VC and MassMutual Ventures. It has over 2,700 customers in 70 countries, including venture capital firms such as Bain Capital Ventures and Kleiner Perkins, private equity firms such as SoftBank Group, investment bankers such as Woodside Capital Partners, financial services firms such as Fidelity Investments, real estate companies such as Tishman Speyer, insurers such as American Family Insurance and enterprises such as Nike, Qualcomm and Twilio. Affinity has been named in Fortune Magazine's Best Workplaces, Inc. Magazine's Best Workplaces and editor's number one pick, the Data Breakthrough Award, BIG Innovation Award and others.
Learn more about Affinity
Size
1,000 employees
Industry
Enterprise Technology
Founded
2014
* Ladders Estimates

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