Description of Task to be Performed:
AnaVation is seeking a Cyber Security SME responsible for the overall security defense and monitoring of the enterprise environment of critical information technology services across multiple security domains and delivery platforms. This includes, but is not limited to, responding to alerts from HBSS, administering security IPS/IDS tools, addressing triggers and events from SIEM systems, responding to incident response events, and generating reports related to the state of network security and threat activity. This role strengthens the defensive posture and cyber defense operational readiness of the customer’s enterprise to protect against external cyber attacks and insider threats which could potentially cause damage to the data, systems, or networks.
Required Qualifications:
- Clearance: Active TS/SCI with CI Poly
- Education: BA/BS in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or another related field
- Certifications: DoD 8570 IAT Level III
- Location: Bethesda, MD
- Experience:
- Minimum of 7 years related professional work experience
- Minimum 5 years working in the fields of CND and incident response
- Experience managing IPS/IDS tools
- Experience conducting ACAS scans
- Experience conducting incident response actions from alerts on a SIEM
- Experience using Tableau to render data into summary reports
- Experience providing security posture, threat, and risk reports and briefings to leadership
- Support in the establishment and maintenance of the CMDB to ensure accurate tracking of assets and configurations. Provides support to an organization, system, or enclave’s information assurance program.
- Experience leading defensive cyber operations teams or coordinating multi-platform CND activities
- Ability to correlate and analyze security data across endpoint, network, and cloud environments to drive incident response decisions
- Experience developing or improving SOPs, playbooks, and workflows for CND and cyber incident response
Preferred Qualifications:
- Clearance: Active TS/SCI with CI
- Poly Education: MS in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or another related field Experience:
- 10+ years related professional work experience
- 7+ years working in the fields of CND, risk management, and continuous management of security tools
- Experience conducting cyber-attack analysis
- Experience conducting Battle Damage Assessments after a cyber-attack
- Experience detecting and mitigating insider threat
- Provides security certification test and evaluation of assets, vulnerability management and response, security assessment, and customer support.
- Documenting network schemas and cyber operation tool solutions
- Experience briefing cyber risk, defensive posture, and operational priorities to senior leadership
- Familiarity with enterprise-level cyber defense architecture and integration across SIEM, IDS/IPS, EDR, and vulnerability management platforms
- Demonstrated ability to mentor junior analysts and guide technical teams during cyber incidents
- Generous cost sharing for medical insurance for the employee and dependents
- 100% company paid dental insurance for employees and dependents
- 100% company paid long-term and short-term disability insurance
- 100% company paid vision insurance for employees and dependents
- 401k plan with generous match and 100% immediate vesting
- Competitive Pay
- Generous paid leave and holiday package
- Tuition and training reimbursement
- Life and AD&D Insurance
Skills Required
- Active TS/SCI with CI Poly clearance
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field
- DoD 8570 IAT Level III certification
- Minimum 7 years of related professional work experience
- Minimum 5 years of experience in computer network defense and incident response
- Experience managing IPS/IDS tools
- Experience conducting ACAS scans
- Experience responding to SIEM alerts and conducting incident response actions
- Experience using Tableau to create summary reports
- Experience producing security posture, threat, and risk reports and briefings
- Experience supporting CMDB and information assurance activities
- Experience leading defensive cyber operations teams or coordinating multi-platform CND activities
- Ability to analyze security data across endpoint, network, and cloud environments
- Experience developing or improving CND and cyber incident response SOPs, playbooks, and workflows
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field
- 10+ years of related professional work experience
- 7+ years of experience in CND, risk management, and continuous security tool management
- Experience conducting cyber-attack analysis
- Experience conducting post-attack Battle Damage Assessments
- Experience detecting and mitigating insider threats
- Experience with security certification and test evaluation, vulnerability management, security assessment, and customer support
- Experience documenting network schemas and cyber operation tool solutions
- Experience briefing cyber risk, defensive posture, and operational priorities to senior leadership
- Familiarity with enterprise cyber defense architecture integrating SIEM, IDS/IPS, EDR, and vulnerability management platforms
- Ability to mentor junior analysts and guide technical teams during cyber incidents
What We Do
AnaVation is a trusted partner that delivers high-value, cost-effective solutions to solve our customers’ most complex technical and analytical problems. AnaVation believes that the future of securing, collecting, processing, and analyzing cyber data will require the development of advanced ANAlytical technologies derived via the innoVATION of current and future technologies. AnaVation believes in the “Idea of the Possible” — that it is possible for our experts, partnering with our customers in the right environment, to create innovative technical solutions that expand our customers’ capabilities. We want to do two things for our customers. We want to resolve existing challenges and we want to prepare them for the future. Our technical expertise and innovative engineering culture enable us to do those things.
