Senior CND Analyst

About the role

HII’s Mission Technologies division is dedicated to delivering cutting-edge solutions that advance national security and defense objectives. This position is part of our Cyber and Intelligence division, which plays a critical role in supporting Enterprise-Level Security and Modernization efforts across IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, physical facilities, and personnel operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead advanced cyber defense operations by monitoring, analyzing, and responding to security events across mission critical systems and networks.
• Translate threat intelligence and incident data into actionable defensive measures, ensuring the organization maintains a strong cybersecurity posture against sophisticated adversaries.
• Conduct deep dive analysis of security alerts, network traffic, and system logs to identify malicious activity and potential intrusions.
• Guide incident response efforts, develop analytic techniques, and refine detection content to improve visibility and response effectiveness.
• Contribute to threat hunting activities, collaborate with engineering teams to enhance defensive tooling, and support the development of playbooks, procedures, and reporting.
• Mentor and coach junior analysts, providing technical guidance, reviewing analytic work, and helping develop team expertise.
• Validate detections, assess security gaps, recommend improvements, and ensure all defensive activities align with DoD cybersecurity policies, operational requirements, and mission focused defensive strategies.

Requirements

• Progressive hands-on experience developing and executing a continuous monitoring and analysis strategy for hosted information systems.
• Experience using Splunk software or an equivalent Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) product for continuous monitoring, incident reviews, investigations, and event correlations.
• Current IAT level II certification (Sec+, CYSA, etc.) or ability to obtain within 90 days of starting position.
• Active TS/SCI government security clearance required to start, candidate must willing to obtain and maintain a CI poly

Qualifications

• Information Assurance Engineer 2: 2 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 0 years experience with Masters in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 6 years relevant experience.
• Information Assurance Engineer 3: 5 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 3 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 9 years relevant experience.
• Information Assurance Engineer 4: 9 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 7 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 13 years relevant experience.

Preferred Requirements

• 3+ years Security Operations Center (SOC) or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years hands-on experience with industry standard solutions for some/all of the following: Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Advanced Malware Detection, Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), Network Detection and Response (NDR), Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Incident Response, and forensic tools.