Tier 2 Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT) Shift Lead

Peraton is seeking an experienced Tier 2 Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT) Shift Lead to join our Department of State (DOS) Diplomatic Security Cyber Mission (DSCM) program. This critical role contributes to protecting our nation's diplomatic missions worldwide by providing leading cyber and technology security expertise. 

Location: Beltsville, MD and Roslynn, VA.

Work Hours: Mids Shift, 2200 – 0600 EST (10:00 PM - 6:00 AM, Sunday - Thursday).

In this role, you will:  

• Detect, classify, process, track, and report on cyber security events and incidents.  
• Perform advanced in-depth analysis of coordinated Tier 1 alert triage and requests in a 24x7x365 environment.  
• Analyze logs from multiple sources to identify, contain, and remediate suspicious activity.  
• Characterize and analyze network traffic to identify anomalous activity and potential threats.  
• Perform forensic analysis of host artifacts, network traffic, and email content.  
• Conduct malware analysis to generate IOCs to identify and mitigate threats.  
• Collaborate with Department of State teams to analyze and respond to events and incidents.  
• Monitor and respond to the CIRT Security Orchestration and Automation Response (SOAR) platform, hotline, and email inboxes.  
• Create tickets and initiate workflows as instructed in technical SOPs.  
• Coordinate and report incident information to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).  
• Submit alert tuning requests.

Additionally, as a Tier 2 Shift Lead you will: 

• Review all Tier 2 shift tickets for accuracy and completeness. 
• Coordinate with CIRT Watch Officers and government leadership on remediation actions. 
• Provide technical and procedural improvement recommendations to CIRT leadership. 
• Assist with Tier 2 candidate technical interviews as required. 
• Ensure coordinated remediation actions are operating properly.

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Required Qualifications:  

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum 9 years of relevant experience required; 7 years with a Masters; or a High School diploma and 13 years' of relevant incident response experience.
  • Minimum of 6 years of cyber specific experience, with at least 4 years specifically in incident response.   
• Must possess one of the following certifications prior to start date: 
  • CASP+ CE, CCNA Cyber Ops, CCNA-Security, CCNP Security, CEH, CFR, CHFI, CISA, CISSP (or Associate), CISSP-ISSAP, CISSP-ISSEP, CySA+, GCED, GCFA, GCIH, SCYBER.
• Demonstrated experience in the Incident Response lifecycle. 
• Knowledge of SOAR ticketing and automated response systems (e.g. ServiceNow, Splunk SOAR, Microsoft Sentinel). 
• Demonstrated experience with using Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platforms (e.g. Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Elastic, Q-Radar). 
• Demonstrated experience in using Endpoint Detection and Response systems (e.g. MDE, ElasticXDR, CarbonBlack, Crowdstrike). 
• Knowledge of cloud security monitoring and incident response. 
• Knowledge of integrating IOCs and Advanced Persistent Threat actors. 
• Ability to analyze cyber threat intelligence reporting and understanding adversary methodologies and techniques. 
• Knowledge of malware analysis techniques. 
• Knowledge of the MITRE ATT&CK and D3FEND frameworks. 
• Experience in managing and coordinating small teams. 
• U.S. Citizenship required. 
• Active Secret clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:  

• Proficiency with Splunk for security monitoring, alert creation, and threat hunting. 
• Experience using Microsoft Azure access and identity management. 
• Proficiency in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Identity for security monitoring, response, and alert generations. 
• Experience using digital forensics collection and analysis tools (e.g. Autopsy, Axiom MagnetForensics, Zimmerman-Tools, KAPE, CyLR, Volatility). 
• Experience using ServiceNow SOAR for ticketing and automated response. 
• Experience using Python, PowerShell and BASH scripting languages. 
• Proficiency in cloud security monitoring and incident response. 
• Demonstrated ability to perform static/dynamic malware analysis and reverse engineering. 
• Experience with integrating cyber threat intelligence and IOC-based hunting. 
• Technical certifications such as: Azure SC-900, CCSP, GCIH, CCSK, GSEC, CHFI, GCLD, GCIA. 
• Advanced technical certifications such as: SecurityX/CASP+, PRMP, GREM, GEIR, GNFA, or GCFA.