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Node.Digital Incident Manager/Cyber Action Officer in Arlington, Virginia
Incident Manager/Cyber Action Officer
Location: Arlington, VA
Must have Top Secret Security Clearance
Node is supporting a U.S. Government customer to provide support for onsite incident response to civilian Government agencies and critical asset owners who experience cyber-attacks, providing immediate investigation and resolution. Contract personnel perform investigations to characterize the severity of breaches, develop mitigation plans, and assist with the restoration of services.
Node is seeking a Cyber Action Officer to support this critical customer mission.
Responsibilities:
Supporting the management of cyber incidents through the incident response lifecycle.
Creating and maintaining routine reporting of cyber incidents in official systems of record, to including case management systems and ticketing.
Coordinating with internal and external customers, partners, and stakeholders.
Ingesting, validating, and evaluating information to determine optimal courses of action, to including providing response support to requesting entities.
Updating and tracking cases and tickets with accuracy, timeliness, reliability, and consistency.
Drafting summaries of ongoing operations and being able to provide oral presentations for various levels of leadership.
Maintaining knowledge objects in a system of record consistently and professionally.
Supporting teams that apply risk management and protocols to evaluate risks and prioritize responses based on national security strategies (NCISS).
Supporting teams conducting threat and vulnerability management to recognize and categorize types of vulnerabilities, threat actors, and different operational threat environments, and associated attacks (MITRE ATT&CK framework).
Support teams performing network security monitoring and/or security operations analysis, system administration, operating system hardening, cyber hygiene techniques, and cybersecurity defense policies, procedures, and regulations.
Requirements
Required Skills:
U.S. Citizenship
Must have an active TS/SCI clearance
Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability
5+ years of directly relevant experience in cyber incident management or cybersecurity operations
Knowledge of incident response and handling methodologies
Having close familiarity with NIST 800-62 (latest revision), and FISMA standards as they pertain to reporting incidents.
Knowledge of the NCCIC National Cyber Incident Scoring System to be able to prioritize triaging of incident
Knowledge of general attack stages (e.g., footprinting and scanning, enumeration, gaining access, escalation of privileges, maintaining access, network exploitation, covering tracks, etc.)
Skill in recognizing and categorizing types of vulnerabilities and associated attacks
Knowledge of different operational threat environments (e.g., first-generation [script kiddies], second-generation [non- nation-state sponsored], and third-generation [nation-state sponsored])
Knowledge of system and application security threats and vulnerabilities (e.g., buffer overflow, mobile code, cross-site scripting, PL/SQL and injections, race conditions, covert channel, replay, return-oriented attacks, and malicious code)
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Desired Skills:
Familiarity with different operational threat environments (e.g., first-generation [script kiddies], second-generation [non nation-state sponsored], and third-generation [nation-state sponsored])
Familiarity with system and application security threats and vulnerabilities (e.g., buffer overflow, mobile code, cross-site scripting, PL/SQL and injections, race conditions, covert channel, replay, return-oriented attacks, and malicious code)
Familiarity with basic operating system hardening techniques, Computer Network Defense policies, procedures, and regulations
Required Education:
BS Incident Management, Operations Management, Cybersecurity or related degree. HS Diploma with 7-9 incident management or cyber security experience
Desired Certifications:
Security+, GCIH
Company Overview:
Node. Digital is an independent Digital Automation & Cognitive Engineering company that integrates best-of-breed technologies to accelerate business impact.
Our Core Values help us in our mission. They include:
OUR CORE VALUES
Identifying theRIGHT PEOPLEand developing them to their full capabilities
Our customer’s “Mission” is our “Mission”. OurMISSION FIRSTapproach is designed to keep our customers fully engaged while becoming their trusted partner
We believe inSIMPLIFYINGcomplex problems with a relentless focus on agile delivery excellence
Our mantra is “SimpleSecureSpeed” in the delivery of innovative services and solutions
Benefits
We are proud to offer competitive compensation and benefits packages to include:
Medical
Dental
Vision
Basic Life
Health Saving Account
401K
Three weeks of PTO
10 Paid Holidays
Pre-Approved Online Training