Advance Blue Cyber Analyst

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Far Ridgeline Engagements, a QinetiQ US company, is seeking an Advanced Blue Cyber Analyst at Fort Belvioir, VA.

 Inspect data network traffic to identify any potential vulnerabilities or exploitations from malicious actors. As part of the assessment process, advanced cybersecurity operators makes a copy of the customer’s network traffic and then routes it through a number of software tools that scan the traffic for any indicator of malicious activity or vulnerabilities. The Contractor shall be capable of and responsible for:

• Conducting advanced cyber assessment technical planning and execution. Conduct planning for assessment operations, including:

• Liaises between customers, external stakeholders, assessment site POCs, and DTRA’s technical SMEs in order to maximize the effectiveness and safety of advanced cyber assessments
• Understands customer assessment objectives and the technical requirements necessary to meet those objectives
• Drafts, coordinate, and maintain assessment-specific documents for network connection authorization for assigned cyber activities
• During assessments, act as the primary liaison between DTRA’s technical SMEs and assessment customers and trusted agents, facilitating answers to questions or concerns that may arise during an assessment

• Providing technical insights and recommendations to the DTRA Cyber Division Chief.
• Collaborating with DoD leadership, assessment coordinators, and authoritative subject matter expert to support the assessments
• Providing recommendations on appropriate hardware and software required to optimize advanced cyber assessments
• Interfacing with technical staff within DTRA Information Technology commercial vendors
• Participating in annual updates to the SOPs by providing recommendations to the DTRA Cyber Division Chief

• Required TS/SCI   #qinetiqclearedjobs
• Possess the knowledge, skills, and ability to operate the advanced cyber analytical toolkit and perform required assessments
• Possess a Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as computer science or engineering.

In lieu of a degree, 10 years of directly related operational experience may be substituted as agreed to by the government

• Possess working knowledge of DoD’s IT system and network certification and accreditation processes to include system security authorization agreements
• Experience conducting Information Operations Computer Network Defense/Exploitation assessments
• Programming experience (Perl, Python, C, etc.)
• Experience with firewalls and network TAP technologies
• Have strong experience with security monitoring, threat hunting, packet analysis, malware analysis, signature development, shell scripting
• Familiarity with Linux environments (Red Hat, CentOS, Ubuntu)
• Installing, configuring, administering software applications
• Possess troubleshooting skills in problems with software and hardware
• Configuring, managing and maintaining networking equipment
• Strong computer networking skills
• Possess working knowledge of Department of Defense's Information Assurance Vulnerability Alert processes
• Possess a working knowledge of Computer Network modeling software
• Possess a working knowledge of Computer Network vulnerability/compliance analysis software

Accessibility/Accommodation:

If because of a medical condition or disability you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to staffing@us.QinetiQ.com or call (540) 658-2720 Opt. 4 and let us know the nature of your request and contact information.

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