Cyber Intrusion Detection System Administrator - TS/SCI with Polygraph

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.

$148K — $201K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of relevant experience in cybersecurity
  • Strong understanding of cyber defense, data analysis, and information assurance
  • Proficient in Splunk and advanced analytics tools such as SQL and Python
  • Familiarity with regular expressions and authoring Yara rules
  • Top Secret/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain a polygraph
  • U.S. citizenship required
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage the implementation of cyber defense tools
  • Collaborate with government agencies for incident reporting and analysis
  • Provide insights to response teams on signature functionalities
  • Monitor and analyze alerts from IDS/IPS systems
  • Create and maintain Splunk dashboards
  • Guide and mentor junior staff
  • Utilize advanced cybersecurity tools like Snort and Palo Alto Firewalls

Benefits

  • Variety of medical, dental, and vision plans
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Flexible work weeks and generous paid time off
  • Short and long-term disability and life insurance options
  • Critical illness and travel insurance benefits
  • Regular review of benefits to match employee needs
Full Job Description
Type of Requisition:
Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Top Secret/SCI

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Public Trust/Other Required:
None

Job Family:
Cyber and IT Risk Management

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Cyber Defense, Data Analysis, Information Assurance
Certifications:
None
Experience:
8 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes

Job Description:

CYBERSECURITY ANALYST PRINCIPAL

• Lead/Manage/Support our customers cyber tool stack and ability to implement defensive rules.
• Collaborate with other government agencies to record and prepare incident reports and analysis methodology and results.
• Provide insight to Detection and Response teams on signature functionality and providing signature tuning as needed.
• Monitoring and analyzing signature alerts from Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS) for false positives.
• Creating Splunk Dashboards
• Provide guidance and work leadership to less-experienced staff
• Utilize Splunk, Snort signatures, Regular Expressions, Suricata, Palo Alto Firewalls, Fidelis, etc
• Experience using advanced data analytics tools and techniques, such as Splunk, SQL, Python, and statistical modeling.
• Utilize Splunk, Snort signatures, Regular Expressions, Suricata, Palo Alto Firewalls, Fidelis, etc

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED
Bring your cyber expertise and drive for innovation to GDIT. The Cybersecurity Analyst Principal must have:
• Education: BS Degree or equivalent experience
• Experience: 8+ years of related experience
• Technical skills: experience with Perl Compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE), authoring Yara rules and snort signatures
• Security clearance level: TS SCI / with Polygraph
• US citizenship required
• Role requirements: work is performed directly at customer site.

The likely salary range for this position is $148,750 - $201,250. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

Travel Required:
Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:
Onsite

Work Location:
USA VA Reston

Additional Work Locations:
USA CO Colorado Springs, USA DC Washington

Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

Our Identity Verification Process:
As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

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