
Cyber Network Defense Analyst
Leidos
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Washington DC • District of Columbia • Mississippi • United States
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Salary
💰 $57,850 - $104,575 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Manage and conduct hands-on technical detection, analysis, containment, eradication, and remediation as a member of the Incident Response team
- Guide and mentor peers and subordinates to provide cross training
- Ensure accountability and punctuality of security analysts assigned to your shift
- Capture cybersecurity metrics that support executive-level briefings (daily, weekly, monthly)
- Articulate daily challenges to the Government Watch Officer (GWO)
- Analyze web and host logs for indications of compromise
- Remediate and coordinate the remediation of infected or compromised devices
- Ensure shift continuity during call-outs and emergencies
- Compile incident reports, executive summaries, and analysis reports of intrusions and/or security events
- Document and update processes, workflows, and technical guides
- Perform simple firewall rule changes (after training)
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree and 0-2 years of SOC analyst experience.
- Additional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
- Extensive knowledge of a SOC’s/NOSC’s purpose and role within an organization
- Detailed understanding of common network ports and protocols (e.g. TCP/UDP, HTTP, ICMP, DNS, SMTP, etc)
- Expertise with network topologies and network security device functions (e.g. Firewall, IDS/IPS, Proxy, DNS, etc)
- Expertise with packet analysis tools such as Wireshark
Benefits
- Health and Wellness programs
- Income Protection
- Paid Leave
- Retirement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
incident responsecybersecurity metricslog analysisremediationfirewall rule changesnetwork portsnetwork protocolspacket analysisnetwork topologiesnetwork security devices
Soft skills
mentoringaccountabilitypunctualitycommunicationdocumentationteam collaborationproblem-solvingreportingtrainingleadership