About the Role
· Assists the Government lead in coordinating teams in preliminary incident response investigations
· Assists the Government lead with interfacing with the customer while on site
· Determines appropriate courses of actions in response to identified and analyses anomalous network activity
· Assesses network topology and device configurations identifying critical security concerns and providing security best practice recommendations
· Assists with the writing and publishing of Computer Network Defense guidance and reports on incident findings to appropriate constituencies
· Collects network intrusion artifacts (e.g., PCAP, domains, URI’s, certificates, etc.) and uses discovered data to enable mitigation of potential Computer Network Defense incidents
· Analyzes identified malicious network activity to determine weaknesses exploited, exploitation methods, effects on system and information
· Assists with real-time CND incident handling (i.e., forensic collections, intrusion correlation and tracking, threat analysis, and advising on system remediation) tasks to support onsite engagements
· Provide technical briefings as required
Requirements
· U.S. Citizenship
· Must have an active TS/SCI clearance
· Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability
· 8+ years of directly relevant experience in network investigations
· In depth knowledge of CND policies, procedures and regulations
· In depth knowledge of standard protocols – ICMP, HTTP/S, DNS, SSH, SMTP, SMB, NFS, TCP/IP
· In depth knowledge and experience of Wifi networking
· In depth knowledge and experience of network topologies - DMZ’s, WAN’s, etc.
· Substantial knowledge of Splunk (or other SIEM’s)
· Understanding of MITRE Adversary Tactics, Techniques and Common Knowledge (ATT&CK)
· Knowledge of Computer Network Defense policies, procedures, and regulations
· Knowledge of defense-in-depth principles and general attack stages with respect to network security architecture
· Ability to characterize and analyze network traffic to identify anomalous activity and potential threats to network resources
· Ability to identify and analyze anomalies in network traffic using metadata
· Experience with reconstructing a malicious attack or activity based on network traffic
· Experience examining network topologies to understand data flows through the network
· Must be able to work collaboratively across physical locations
Desired Skills:
· Substantial knowledge of network device integrity concepts and methodologies
· Proficiency with network analysis software (e.g. Wireshark)
· Proficiency with carving and extracting information from PCAP data
· Proficiency with non-traditional network traffic (e.g. Command and Control)
· Proficiency with preserving evidence integrity according to standard operating procedures or national standards
· Proficiency with virtualized environments
Desired Certifications:
· DoD 8140.01 IAT Level II, IASAE II, CSSP Analyst, GCIA, GCIH, CSSP Analyst/CSSP Incident Responder, CEH
· SANS GIAC GNFA preferred
Education
BS Computer Science, Cyber Security, Computer Engineering, or related degree; or HS Diploma & 10+ years of network investigations experience.