System Vulnerability Analyst 4

About the role

Weeghman & Briggs is seeking a motivated and mission-driven System Vulnerability Analyst 4 to support critical government initiatives in Annapolis Junction, MD.

Responsibilities

• Support mission-critical programs in secure government environments
• Analyze requirements and translate them into actionable solutions
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality results
• Ensure compliance with contract and security standards
• Contribute ideas to improve processes, efficiency, and performance
• Identify vulnerabilities of and attacks to the design and operation of a system (H/W, S/W, personnel, procedures, logistics, and physical security by relating vulnerabilities and attacks to effects on operations and missions supported by those systems)
• Compare and contrast various system attack techniques and develop operationally effective countermeasures
• Produce formal and informal reports, briefings, and perspectives of actual and potential attacks against the systems or missions being studied

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
• Certification in Information Assurance may be required
• Red, Blue, and purple team experience
• OCONUS Travel
• Experience with network analysis, network anomaly detection, IOC's, MITRE ATT&CK framework, NIST/ISO 27001
• Ability to analyze data to discover malicious or unauthorized activity collected from various sources
• Ability to work independently and within a collaborative team environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• The ability to exploit captured media and/or investigate computer security incidents in order to derive useful intelligence and/or enable mitigation of network vulnerabilities
• Relevant experience must be in the design/development of computer or information systems, programming, computer/network security, vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, computer forensics, and/or systems engineering
• Doctoral degree with 7 years of relevant experience
• Master's degree with 9 years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree with 11 years of relevant experience
• Associates degree with 13 years of relevant experience
• Degree must be in Computer Science or a related field (e.g. General Engineering, Computer Engineering, System Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Forensics, Cyber Security, Information Technology, Information Assurance, and Information Security)
• Completion of military training in a relevant area such as JCAC (Joint Cyber Analysis Course), Undergraduate Cyber Training (UCT), Network Warfare Bridge Course (NWBC)/Intermediate Network Warfare Training (INWT), Cyber Defense Operations will be considered towards the relevant experience required (i.e. 20-24 weeks course will count as 6 months of experience, 10-14 weeks will count as 3 months or experience).
• Zero Trust experience to CNE, CNO, network infrastructure, architecture and hardening
• Minimal python experience
• Experience with pentesting

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree with 7 years of relevant experience
• Master's degree with 9 years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree with 11 years of relevant experience
• Associates degree with 13 years of relevant experience
• Relevant experience must be in the design/development of computer or information systems, programming, computer/network security, vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, computer forensics, and/or systems engineering
• Completion of military training in a relevant area such as JCAC (Joint Cyber Analysis Course), Undergraduate Cyber Training (UCT), Network Warfare Bridge Course (NWBC)/Intermediate Network Warfare Training (INWT), Cyber Defense Operations will be considered towards the relevant experience required (i.e. 20-24 weeks course will count as 6 months of experience, 10-14 weeks will count as 3 months or experience).

Skills

• Red, Blue, and purple team experience
• Network analysis, network anomaly detection, IOC's, MITRE ATT&CK framework, NIST/ISO 27001
• Ability to analyze data to discover malicious or unauthorized activity
• Ability to work independently and within a collaborative team environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• The ability to exploit captured media and/or investigate computer security incidents
• Relevant experience in computer or information systems, programming, computer/network security, vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, computer forensics, and/or systems engineering
• Completion of military training in a relevant area such as JCAC (Joint Cyber Analysis Course), Undergraduate Cyber Training (UCT), Network Warfare Bridge Course (NWBC)/Intermediate Network Warfare Training (INWT), Cyber Defense Operations
• Minimal python experience
• Experience with pentesting

Benefits

Compensation & Benefits
The projected salary range for this position is $195,000-$219,000, dependent upon experience, qualifications, and contract requirements.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Weeghman & Briggs is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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