CSOC Analyst
Herndon, VA

Job Description

Description

Every day at Perspecta, we enable hundreds of thousands of people to take on our nation's most important work. We are a company founded on a diverse set of capabilities and skills, bound together by a single promise: we never stop solving our nation's most complex challenges. Our team of engineers, analysts, developers, investigators, integrators and architects work tirelessly to create innovative solutions. We continually push ourselves-to respond, to adapt, to go further. To look ahead to the changing landscape and develop new and innovative ways to serve our customers.

Perspecta works with U.S. government customers in defense, intelligence, civilian, health care, and state and local markets. Our high-caliber employees are rewarded in many ways-not only through competitive salaries and benefits packages, but the opportunity to create a meaningful impact in jobs and on projects that matter.

Perspecta's talented and robust workforce-14,000 strong-stands ready to welcome you to the team. Let us make an impact together.

CSOC Analyst

Perspecta has an immediate need for a CSOC Analyst in Falls Church, VA

Cyber Security and System Hardening Engineer with experience in Tenable Nessus and Security Center, Wireshark, RiskVision, AppMapp, Archer, TrustWave, ACAS, DISA STIGS Checklist, Tenable Security Center and Nessus, Puppet and PowerShell scripts.

Knowledge of industry standards including but not limited to:

* More than 10 years of professional experience in the management of information technology, including the installation, configuration, operations, monitoring, planning, and maintenance of networks for government agencies and multi-million dollar industry leaders
* Experienced information security professional with expertise in supporting and maintaining secure posture of large and small enterprise through implementing stringent network monitoring, incident response and security assessments
* Network monitoring, detection and troubleshooting
* Incident response and reporting
* Strong written and verbal communication skills (with capability to explain technical matters to a non-technical audience)
* Perform deep-dive incident analysis by correlating data from various sources and determines if a critical system or data set affected. Handle incidents as defined in Playbooks and SOPs. They also advise on remediation actions.
* The primary function of Threat Detection is to provide network threat analysis, correlation, and response capabilities by acting as the single point of entry for all incoming events, alerts, or other reporting items.
* Some of the many skills required include the fundamental understanding of computer networking, operating systems and multiple security technology (IDS, Firewalls, Splunk, etc.), ability to detect, correlate and escalate cybersecurity events, provide in-depth analysis, utilize case management, SIEM and similar tools, prepare briefings and reports of findings.



Qualifications

Required:

A minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or Information Security (Master's Degree preferred).

* Extensive experience (5+ years) in information security operations and/or related IT operational functions.

CERTIFICATIONS: (One or more desired)

* CompTIA Net+
* CompTIA A+
* CompTIA Security +
* CPTE - Certified Penetration Testing Engineer or CEH - Certified Ethical Hacker

This position requires United States Citizenship and eligibility to