Junior SOC Analyst
PeratonUnited States19 hours ago
Full-timeOther, Information Technology
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About Peraton
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.
Program Overview
About The Role
We are hiring! We are adding a SOC Analyst to our team. The qualified individual will work with the National Incident and Response Team (NIRT) of the Federal Reserve System as a Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst. The candidate will work (3) 12-hour shifts a week on consecutive days (though days may shift to ensure team coverage from time to time).
What you will do:
Required Qualifications:
Details
Target Salary Range: $51,000 - $82,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual's experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
EEO:Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.
Program Overview
About The Role
We are hiring! We are adding a SOC Analyst to our team. The qualified individual will work with the National Incident and Response Team (NIRT) of the Federal Reserve System as a Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst. The candidate will work (3) 12-hour shifts a week on consecutive days (though days may shift to ensure team coverage from time to time).
What you will do:
- Review data and help identify anomalies that require further investigation. This resource will generally be on duty with one other resource from the NIRT during their shift.
- Analyze and respond to security events and incidents from SIEM,Firewall (FW), Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), Antivirus (AV), Network Access Control (NAC) and other client data sources.
- Ensures that security plans, controls, processes, standards, policies, and procedures are aligned with IS standards and overall IS and cyber security.
- Identifies security risks and exposures, determines the causes of security violations, and suggests procedures to halt future incidents and improve security.
Required Qualifications:
- 2 years with BS/BA; 0 years with MS/MA; 6 years with no degree
- Experience in security aspects of multiple platforms, operating systems, software, communications and network protocols or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
- Security platform and technology capabilities; SIEM utilization skills with the ability to analyze security events from multiple monitoring and logging sources to identify and/or confirm suspicious activity.
- Ability to analyze large data sets and unstructured data to identify trends and anomalies indicative of malicious activity.
- Knowledge of, and experience with, TCP/IP protocol and network/packet analysis.
- Knowledge of current security threats, techniques, and landscape, and a dedicated desire to research current information security landscape.
- Perform security event triage and analysis with knowledge in current security threats and techniques.
- Respond to different attack vectors such as data exfiltration, DDoS, malware, insider risk, and phishing.
- Experience with IT Infrastructure designs, technologies, products, and services.
- Knowledge of networking protocols, firewall functionality, host and network intrusion detection systems, operating systems, databases, encryption, load balancing, and other technologies.
- Must be a US Citizen
- Ability to obtain and maintain the required Agency Clearance
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline (preferred)
- Active Public Trust clearance
Details
Target Salary Range: $51,000 - $82,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual's experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
EEO:Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.
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