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.
Responsibilities
Peraton is looking for a Cybersecurity Inteligence Analyst.
The candidate will:
- Serve as a Cybersecurity service provider analyst for an infrastructure program supporting a DoD client.
- Assist with monitoring, analyzing, detecting, and responding to Cyber events and incidents under supervision.
- Assist with supporting dynamic Cyber defense and delivering operational effects, including intrusion detection and prevention and situational awareness.
- Create, tune, and compile metrics of all security devices and documentation of processes and procedures.
- Identify security issues and risks and then develop mitigation plans.
- Work in a 24/7 security operations center (SOC) environment at an Indianapolis client facility, including maintaining direct contact with client management to provide analysis and trending of security log data from various security devices.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
- 2 years of experience with BS/BA, 0 years of experience with MS/MA, 6 years with no degree
- Experience with Cybersecurity tools, including ArcSight, ACAS, or equivalent SIEM tools
- Experience with Cybersecurity forensics tools and methodologies
- Experience with network ports and protocols
- Experience with log review and analysis
- Secret clearance
- DoD 8570 Baseline Certification CSSP Analyst
- Ability to work a 12am-12pm or 12pm-12am shift, including some weekends
Preferred Qualifications:
- 3+ years of experience with incident handling, forensics, sensor alert tracking, or Cybersecurity case management
- 1+ years of experience in a SOC
- Knowledge of industry, government and DoD best practices, including awareness of new or revised security solutions, improved security processes, and the development of new attacks and threat vectors
- Knowledge of DoD system solutions to mitigate risk in any activity that potentially impacts the security of existing IT and information management
- Ability to provide monitoring and risk analysis of zero-day and other vulnerabilities
- Ability to correlate disparate datasets to identify abnormal behavior
- Ability to triage SIEM events and determine escalation of indicators
- Ability to apply NIST, federal, and DoD guidelines, policies, directives, and memos as they relate to Cybersecurity
- Ability to pay strict attention to detail
- Possession of excellent analytical and collaboration skills
- CCNA or Network+ Certification
- Computing Environment Certification, including McAfee, Blue Coat, RedHat, or Cisco
Target Salary Range
$86,000 - $138,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
SCA / Union / Intern Rate or Range
EEO
An Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Veteran.
