Incident Response Analyst

Leidos is seeking an experienced Incident Response Analyst to support the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC)CyberPRIMESprogram. Leidos is a major partner on the contract and will provide a substantialportionof the cybersecurity workforce supporting the Defense Human Resources Activity (DHRA) and DMDC.

The Incident Response Analyst will investigate and respond to cybersecurity events and incidents affecting DHRA systems and networks. This position supports the full incident-response lifecyclefrom detection and analysis through containment eradication recovery and post-incident activitiesand works closely with Security Operations Center analysts Cybersecurity Service Providers system owners and technical teams during active cybersecurity incidents.

Work Locations:

• Mark Center Alexandria Virginia

• Department of Defense Center Monterey Bay Seaside California

Clearance: Active Secret security clearance required at time of consideration. U.S. Citizen is a must.

Mission Environment

DMDC supports the Defense Human Resources Activity within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (OUSD(P&R)) and maintains the Department of Defenses largest and most comprehensive central repository of personnel manpower casualty pay entitlement personnel security identity readiness training and related data.

The DHRA Information Technology (IT) environment includes approximately 15000 network and endpoint devices supporting more than 600 Government-Off-The-Shelf (GOTS) applications and approximately 100 Risk Management Framework (RMF) authorization boundaries managed through the Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Service (eMASS). Incident-response operations support both the Non-classified Internet Protocol Router Network (NIPRNet) and Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet) environments. Analysts must be able to move quickly from security-event identification into investigation and coordinated response whilemaintainingaccuraterecords preserving evidence and keeping Government stakeholders informed.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Support preparation detection analysis containment eradication recovery and post-incident activities for cybersecurity events and incidents.

• Investigate cybersecurity incidents affecting NIPRNet and SIPRNet environments.

• Perform proactive security monitoring and analysis toidentifypotential intrusion attempts and other malicious activity.

• Analyze security information from Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platforms endpoint-security capabilities firewalls Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) web-security systems antispam capabilities malware-prevention systems and related enforcement technologies.

• Recognize potential intrusion attempts malicious activity or other cybersecurity conditions requiring immediate investigation or mitigation.

• Assess cybersecurity events todeterminescope potential impact affected systems andresponse actions.

• Support containment and mitigation of active cybersecurity threatsin accordance withapproved Government procedures.

• Coordinate eradication and recovery activities with system owners administrators network personnel cybersecurity teams and other technical stakeholders.

• Collect and preserve technical evidence associated with cybersecurity events and incidents.

• Maintain complete andaccurateincident records timelines supporting evidence investigative findings response actions and status information.

• Develop and contribute to required cybersecurity event and incident reporting.

• Coordinate incident-response activities with Security Operations Center analysts Cybersecurity Service Providers (CSSPs) system owners technical teams and Government stakeholders.

• Support escalation of significant cybersecurity events and incidentsin accordance withestablished procedures.

• Providetimelystatus updates during active investigations and incident-response activities.

• Support post-incident analysis and lessons learned toidentifyopportunities to improve monitoring detection response procedures and defensive capabilities.

• Participate in after-hours incident response when assigned and meet the contract-required one-hour recall requirement.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree and 5 or more years of relevant cybersecurity experience. Specific experience education and training may be considered in lieu of degree.

• Experience supporting cybersecurity incident response Security Operations Center operations cyber defense or security-event investigation.

• Experience performing analysis of cybersecurity events and determiningappropriate responseor escalation actions.

• Experience supporting incident containment eradication recovery and post-incident activities.

• Experience monitoring and analyzing enterprise cybersecurity tools and security telemetry.

• Experience documenting incident timelines investigative findings evidence response actions and status.

• Experience coordinating cybersecurity incidents across technical teams and stakeholder organizations.

• Working knowledge of network endpoint and enterprise cybersecurity monitoring concepts.

• Ability to recognize potential intrusion activity and support rapid mitigation of cybersecurity threats.

• Ability to communicate clearly during active cybersecurity incidents andmaintainaccuratedocumentation under time-sensitive conditions.

• Ability to support after-hours incident response and the required one-hour recall when assigned.

• U.S. Citizenship.

• Active Secret security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting cybersecurity incident response within Department of Defense or Federal environments.

• Experience responding to incidents in both unclassified and classified network environments.

• Experience with Security Information and Event Management platforms and enterprise security-monitoring capabilities.

• Experience analyzing endpoint-securityfirewall Intrusion Detection System Intrusion Prevention System web-security antispam or malware-prevention data.

• Experience supporting evidence collection and preservation during cybersecurity investigations.

• Experience coordinating incident response with Security Operations Center personnel Cybersecurity Service Providers system owners network teams and other technical organizations.

• Experienceoperatingin a 24x7 cybersecurity operations environment or supporting after-hours incident response.

• Familiarity with Department of Defense cybersecurity incident-response processes and requirements.

• Familiarity with DHRA DMDC or comparable Department of Defense enterprise environments.