CARE Alert Monitoring Analyst - U.S. Citizenship Required

Category: Cyber Security

Main location: United States, Virginia, Fairfax

Alternate Location(s): United States, Louisiana, Lafayette

Position ID:J0826-1655

Employment Type: Full Time

Position Description:

**This role follows a Panama schedule: two days on/two days off, followed by three days on/three days off, with 12-hour shifts. Employees remain on the same shift for three months before rotating. Day-shift employees are expected to work onsite in the Fairfax office at least three days per week, while night-shift employees may work fully remote.**

Your future duties and responsibilities:

Analysts are core members of the CARE Watch security team, providing EDR subject matter expertise. They are responsible for interpreting alerts, recommending remediation steps, and assisting with response and recovery activities when appropriate.

Key responsibilities include:
• Investigate incidents to determine impact, threat mechanisms, and associated tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
• Own the response and remediation actions for each alert.
• Clearly communicate alert details and CARE recommendations to technical and management stakeholders.
• Develop appropriate response actions and guide agencies through incident response.
• Create remediation plans and document them in playbooks.
• Develop response and remediation templates.
• Collaborate with a TIA to produce Tech Notes and Agency Advisories.
Provide EDR subject matter expertise for effective implementations.
• Assist with response and recovery efforts as needed.
• Document lessons learned and best practices and review with CARE Directors.
• Validate alerts for accurate true-positive determination.
• Pivot to Max support with appropriate detail.
• Support CARE Directors in advancing the CARE mission and vision.
• Support CISA and CETH as required.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:
• Due to the nature of the government contract requirements and/or clearance requirements, US citizenship is required as well as successful passing of CGI background check prior to beginning work. In addition, candidates must have ability to obtain and maintain a DHS/CISA EOD/Public Trust clearance.
• Security+ certification

Desired qualifications:
• Network+
• Elastic Certified Engineer
• Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
• CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+)
• SANS GIAC Incident Handler (GCIH)
• EC-Council Certified Incident Handler (E|CIH)

CGI is required by law in some jurisdictions to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. The determination of this range includes various factors not limited to skill set, level, experience, relevant training, and licensure and certifications. To support the ability to reward for merit based performance, CGI typically does not hire individuals at or near the top of the range for their role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $79,600.00 $194,000.00.

CGI Federal's benefits are offered to eligible professionals on their first day of employment to include:
• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive insurance options
• Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan
• Paid time off for vacation, holidays and sick time
• Paid parental leave
• Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
• Wellness and well-being programs

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Skills:

• CompTIA Security+
• Computer security
• English
• Intrusion Detection
• Security Analysis
• Cyb.Sec.Eng. (Sensor /Device)
• Cyb.Sec.Eng. (Sensor /Device)
• Cyber Security Strategy