Incident Response Analyst

Due to the nature of the contract and work, US Citizenship is required.

Responsibilities

• Manning a 24x7x365 cybersecurity operations center and responding to alerts, notifications, communications, and providing incident response activities such as tracking the incident, communication with stakeholders, remediation and recovery actions, and reporting.
• Ensuring reports are properly entered into the incident tracking system.
• Analyzing cybersecurity incidents, anomalies, logs, and digital forensics to comprehend reports and determine additional response actions required to resolve an incident.
• Following established SOPs, policies, and procedures for escalation and notification of Federal Leadership and reporting.
• Demonstrating a good understanding of Splunk SIEM.

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science, Information Management, Cyber Security, or related field (additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of education).
• 1+ years of Cyber Security experience.
• Sound cybersecurity knowledge foundation, including sufficient understanding of networking and application layer protocols.
• Knowledge of the cyber kill chain or other frameworks.
• Operational understanding of enterprise networking and security tools (firewalls, Antivirus, HIDS, IDS/IPS, proxy, WAF), Windows and Unix/Linux systems’ operations.
• Knowledge of digital investigations and incident response processes, including detection, triage, incident analysis, remediation, and reporting.
• Experience creating and tracking investigations to resolution.
• Knowledge of information security, threats, attacks, vulnerabilities, techniques, and exploits.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex alerts and investigate to discover root cause.
• Strong written and verbal skills to effectively communicate at all levels in government and industry.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with FireEye, Microsoft Defender, phishing reporting tools, DLP solutions, Tenable, or other scanning tools.
• Experience working with Cloud Platforms.
• Knowledge of basic scripting and Windows PowerShell.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off & Holiday Pay
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Disability, Life Insurance, and AD&D
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre-Tax 401K and/or After-Tax Roth IRA (with employer matching contribution)
• Tuition and Technical Training Reimbursement
• Exercise Reimbursement
• Computer Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program

Pay

$60,000.00 - $85,000.00

About Us

Edgewater Federal Solutions is a privately held government contracting firm located in Frederick, MD. The company was founded in 2002 with the vision of being highly recognized and admired for supporting customer missions through employee empowerment, exceptional services, and timely delivery. Edgewater Federal Solutions is ISO 9001, 20000-1, 270001 certified, appraised at CMMI Level 3 Maturity for Development and Services, and has been named in the Top Workplaces in the Greater Washington Area Small Companies since 2018.