Incident Responder (Weekend Night Shift)
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Suitland, MD - USA
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Job Summary
Incident Responder (Weekend Night Shift)
Location: Suitland MD
Clearance: Active TS/SCI
Weekend Day Shift Work Hours:
Schedule: Part Time typically 24 hours per week
Leidos is seeking an Incident Responder (Weekend Night Shift) to join a mission focused cybersecurity team supporting the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) at the Hopper Global Communications Center (HGCC) in Suitland MD.
In this role you will serve as a digital first responder helping defend the Navys critical maritime intelligence networks against cyber threats. You will respond to and investigate cybersecurity incidents contain affected systems limit operational impact and collect and analyze digital artifacts to support effective response and recovery. Working across the incident response lifecycle you will collaborate with cybersecurity intelligence and investigative partners to help protect highly sensitive TS/SCI environments.
Work Location and Hours: This is a part time weekend day shift position typically scheduled for 24 hours per week. Regular work hours are 1930 to 0730 for two 12 hour weekend shifts. Occasional additional or alternate shift coverage may be needed to support team coverage leave or other program and staffing needs.
Primary Responsibilities
- Perform all phases of the incident response lifecycle including detection analysis containment eradication and recovery.
- Receive and act on escalations from Tier 1 analysts conduct spillage response and cleanup activities and support incident response for TS/SCI networks including JWICS ATLAS and other networks for which HGCC is responsible.
- Receive and respond to incident notifications from customers via telephone and email.
- Prepare and submit Electronic Spillage Assessment Forms (ESAFs) to the NNWC Electronic Spillage Center.
- Monitor Data Loss Prevention (DLP) outputs for classified code words and potential spillage indicators.
- Coordinate and communicate with internal and external stakeholders including Special Security Officers (SSOs) Judge Advocate General (JAG) ONI ISSM Hopper ISSM CNI NAVNETWARCOM IC SCC NCDOC NCIS and other IC and DoD SOC/DCO teams.
- Maintain detailed and accurate incident documentation and timelines throughout the response process.
- Participate in incident response meetings briefings and after action reviews.
- Support the execution and evaluation of annual security exercises.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Cybersecurity Information Technology Information Assurance or a related area of study desired with 8 years of experience or Masters degree with 6 years of experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
- Active TS/SCI security clearance.
- Extensive experience in the Computer Network Defense (CND) discipline.
- Significant professional experience monitoring analyzing and investigating alerts generated by cybersecurity tools.
- Experience with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems such as Splunk and Elastic.
- Experience with Network Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems (NIDPS) such as Cisco FirePower and Palo Alto NGFW as well as host based tools such as Trellix ePO Microsoft Defender and Tanium.
- Knowledge of scripting and coding languages such as Python Perl Ruby JavaScript PowerShell C C and Java.
- Knowledge of penetration testing and red team tactics techniques and procedures as well as tools such as Kali SamuraiWTF Nmap Burp Suite sqlmap and Metasploit.
- Knowledge of ticketing systems report writing and intelligence gathering analysis and dissemination techniques specific to cybersecurity.
Required Certifications
- Must possess one of the following certifications or obtain one within 30 days of accepting an offer: Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) CyberSec First Responder (CFR) CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA) GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA) GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH) EC Council Certified Incident Handler (ECIH) or Cisco Cybersecurity Specialist (SCYBER).
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For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
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