System Vulnerability Analyst 4

Weeghman and Briggs

• $195K — $219K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance
  • Certification in Information Assurance may be required
  • Red, Blue, and purple team experience
  • Experience with network analysis, anomaly detection, and IOC's
  • Familiarity with the MITRE ATT&CK framework and NIST/ISO 27001
  • Strong analytical skills to detect unauthorized activity
  • Doctoral degree with 7 years, Master's with 9 years, Bachelor's with 11 years, or Associate's with 13 years of relevant experience in a related field.

Responsibilities

  • Support mission-critical government programs
  • Analyze requirements and create actionable solutions
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams for quality results
  • Ensure compliance with contract and security standards
  • Identify system vulnerabilities and potential attack effects
  • Develop effective countermeasures against attack techniques
  • Produce formal reports and briefings on security incidents.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package to support professional growth
  • Opportunities for OCONUS travel
  • Engagement in high-stakes, secure government environments
  • Exposure to cutting-edge vulnerabilities and attack techniques
  • Collaborative and innovative work atmosphere.
Full Job Description
System Vulnerability Analyst 4

Location: Annapolis Junction, MD | Onsite Clearance Required: TS/SCI with Polygraph Employment Type: Full-Time Salary Range: $195,000-$219,000

What You'll Do
  • Support mission-critical programs in secure government environments
  • Analyze requirements and translate them into actionable solutions
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality results
  • Ensure compliance with contract and security standards
  • Contribute ideas to improve processes, efficiency, and performance
  • Identify vulnerabilities of and attacks to the design and operation of a system (H/W, S/W, personnel, procedures, logistics, and physical security by relating vulnerabilities and attacks to effects on operations and missions supported by those systems.
  • Compare and contrast various system attack techniques and develop operationally effective countermeasures.
  • You will also produce formal and informal reports, briefings, and perspectives of actual and potential attacks against the systems or missions being studied.

What You Bring
  • Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
  • Certification in Information Assurance may be required
  • Red, Blue, and purple team experience
  • OCONUS Travel
  • Experience with network analysis, network anomaly detection, IOC's, MITRE ATT&CK framework, NIST/ISO 27001
  • Ability to analyze data to discover malicious or unauthorized activity collected from various sources
  • Ability to work independently and within a collaborative team environment
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • The ability to exploit captured media and/or investigate computer security incidents in order to derive useful intelligence and/or enable mitigation of network vulnerabilities.
  • Relevant experience must be in the design/development of computer or information systems, programming, computer/network security, vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, computer forensics, and/or systems engineering.
  • Doctoral degree with 7 years of relevant experience.
  • Master's degree with 9 years of relevant experience.
  • Bachelor's Degree with 11 years of relevant experience.
  • Associates degree with 13 years of relevant experience.
  • Degree must be in Computer Science or a related field (e.g. General Engineering, Computer Engineering, System Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Forensics, Cyber Security, Information Technology, Information Assurance, and Information Security.
  • Completion of military training in a relevant area such as JCAC (Joint Cyber Analysis Course), Undergraduate Cyber Training (UCT), Network Warfare Bridge Course (NWBC)/Intermediate Network Warfare Training (INWT), Cyber Defense Operations will be considered towards the relevant experience required (i.e. 20-24 weeks course will count as 6 months of experience, 10-14 weeks will count as 3 months or experience).

Preferred Qualifications
  • Zero Trust experience to CNE, CNO, network infrastructure, architecture and hardening.
  • Minimal python experience
  • Experience with pentesting

Compensation & Benefits

The projected salary range for this position is $195,000-$219,000, dependent upon experience, qualifications, and contract requirements.

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