Req ID: RQ206034
Type of Requisition: Regular
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret
Public Trust/Other Required: None
Job Family: Cyber and IT Risk Management
Skills:
Cybersecurity,Information Security Services,Information Technology Security,System Security
Experience:
7 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes
Job Description:
Own your career as a Cyber Security Analyst Senior at GDIT. Here, you'll have the opportunity to build strong lines of cyber defense using cutting-edge technologies. Our work depends on the Cyber Security Analyst Senior joining our team supporting a federal Security Operations Center (SOC).
HOW A CYBER SECURITY ANALYST SENIOR WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:
Performs forensic analysis of digital information and gathers and handles evidence.
Identifies network computer intrusion evidence and perpetrators
Lead the analysis and investigation of information security events (IDS/DLP/SIEM/etc.) in a 24X7 SOC environment to detect, verify, and respond swiftly to cyber threats and remove false positives.
Serve as a technical point of escalation and provide mentoring for junior Security Operations Center (SOC) analysts.
Responsible for investigating incidents, analyzing attack methods, researching new defense techniques and tools, developing security policy, and documenting procedures for SOC.
Familiar with malware analysis and other attack analysis to extract indicators of compromise. Perform data security event correlation between various systems.
Prepare reports, summaries, and other forms of communication that may be both internal and client-facing.
Maintain familiarity with industry trends and security best practices.
Ensure compliance with SLA, process adherence, and process improvisation to achieve operational objectives.
WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:
The position requires an active SECRET security clearance
BA/BS Degree (or three (3) years of additional experience in lieu of degree)
The position requires seven (7+) years of related experience
Strong knowledge of TCP/IP protocols, basic networking, etc.
Ability to parse/analyze network logs (proxy, firewall, antivirus, email, etc.)
PCAP analysis (Wireshark familiarity, Trellix)
IDS (know what an IDS is/does. Snort, Suricata, etc.)
Familiarity with typical attack/exploit techniques (OWASP top 10, what a command injection looks like, how to identify malicious code on a webpage, how to read obfuscated code etc.)
Significant expertise in SIEM (Splunk, ArcSight, Crowdstrike, etc.)
Threat Intelligence (Open source feeds, IOCs, Known APT TTPs, etc.)
Threat Hunting (Know what to look for, analyst mindset)
Scripting (Ideally Python, PowerShell, Bash)
Command line Interface
Linux (Just the basics necessary, should at least know concepts like what is root and basic directory structure)
Knowledge of Enterprise Windows configurations (Mainly Active Directory, how it works, why it's essential to monitor/protect)
Written Communications (Analyst will be interacting with other departments and often with those outside the org via email)
Remote / Washington, D.C. (the position may be transitioned to ON-SITE in D.C.)
This work is anticipated to start anytime between September 2025 and March 2026.
US Citizenship Required
GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:
Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home
401K with company match
Comprehensive health and wellness packages
Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays
OpportunityOwned #GDITCareers #WeAreGDIT #CompanyWithASoul
The likely salary range for this position is $100,555 - $136,045. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee's date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.
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