Information Security Manager III
Job Description SECURITY CLEARANCE: Active Top Secret/SCI with ability to obtain DHS Suitability Clearance. LOCATION: Arlington, Virginia (Glebe Road DHS location) OPEN POSITIONS: • ISM03 = Bachelor's Degree and 5+ years of experience COMPENSATION RANGE: • ISM03 = $110,000 - $125,000
Final compensation will be determined, but not limited to, through a holistic view of the individual taking into account experience, expertise, education, certifications, ability to work in a team environment, customer interface capabilities, etc HOURS OF OPERATION: M-F DAY SHIFT
You will be required to perform the services specified in this task order DAY SHIFT Monday - Friday 40 hours per week/8 hours per day between the operating hours of 7:00 AM and 6:00 PM (ET) Monday through Friday except on Federal holidays or when the Government facility is closed. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
The DHS's Hunt and Incident Response Team (HIRT) secures the nation's infrastructure. HIRT provides DHS's front-line response for cyber incidents and proactive hunting for malicious cyber activity. MicroSys provides support for on and offsite incident response to Government agencies and critical infrastructure owners who experience cyber-attacks. MicroSys provides HIRT advanced technical assistance, proactive hunting, rapid onsite incident response, and immediate investigation, using host-based, network-based and cloud-based cybersecurity analysis capabilities. Team personnel provide front line response for digital forensics/incident response (DFIR) and proactively hunting for malicious cyber activity. We are seeking an Information Security Manager III to support this critical customer mission.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Information Security Manager - III - ISM03
MicroSys is supporting a U.S. Government customer to provide support for onsite incident response to civilian Government agencies and critical asset owners who experience cyber-attacks, providing immediate investigation and resolution. Contract personnel perform investigations to characterize of the severity of breaches, develop mitigation plans, and assist with the restoration of services. MicroSys is seeking an Information Security Manager to support this critical customer mission.
Responsibilities: • Correlating incident data to identify specific trends in reported incidents • Recommending defense in depth principles and practices (i.e. Defense in Multiple Places, layered defenses, security robustness, etc.) • Performing Computer Network Defense incident triage to include determining scope, urgency, and potential impact • Researching and compiling known resolution steps or workarounds to enable mitigation of potential Computer Network Defense incidents within the enterprise • Applying cybersecurity concepts to the detection and defense of intrusions into small, and large-scale IT networks, and conduct cursory analysis of log data • Monitoring external data sources to maintain currency of Computer Network Defense threat condition and determine which security issues may have an impact on the enterprise • Identifying the cause of an incident and recognizing the key elements to ask external entities when learning the background and potential infection vector of an incident, • Receiving and analyzing network alerts from various sources within the enterprise and determine possible causes of such alerts • Tracking and documenting Computer Network Defense (CND) incidents from initial detection through final resolution, and work with other components within the organization to obtain and coordinate information pertaining to ongoing incidents • Providing support during assigned shifts (M-F Day Shift) Required Skills: • U.S. Citizenship • Must have an active TS/SCI clearance • Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability • 5+ years of directly relevant experience in cyber incident management or cybersecurity operations • Knowledge of incident response and handling methodologies • Having close familiarity with NIST 800-62 (latest revision), and FISMA standards as they pertain to reporting incidents. • Knowledge of the NCCIC National Cyber Incident Scoring System to be able to prioritize triaging of incident • Knowledge of general attack stages (e.g., foot printing and scanning, enumeration, gaining access, escalation of privileges, maintaining access, network exploitation, covering tracks, etc.) • Skill in recognizing and categorizing types of vulnerabilities and associated attacks • Knowledge of basic system administration and operating system hardening techniques, Computer Network Defense policies, procedures, and regulations • Knowledge of different operational threat environments (e.g., first generation script kiddies , second generation non nation-state sponsored , and third generation nation-state sponsored ) • Knowledge of system and application security threats and vulnerabilities (e.g., buffer overflow, mobile code, cross-site scripting, PL/SQL and injections, race conditions, covert channel, replay, return- oriented attacks, and malicious code) Desired Skills: • Knowledge of different operational threat environments (e.g., first generation script kiddies , second generation non nation-state sponsored , and third generation nation-state sponsored ) • Knowledge of system and application security threats and vulnerabilities (e.g., buffer overflow, mobile code, cross-site scripting, PL/SQL and injections, race conditions, covert channel, replay, return- oriented attacks, and malicious code) Required Education: • BS Information Management, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or related degree; or HS Diploma and 7-9 years information security experience. Desired Certifications: • GCIH, GCFA GISP, GCED, CCFP or CISSP OPPORTUNITY
Join an ELITE Cyber Team protecting the nation's critical infrastructure! This is a tremendous opportunity for experienced Cyber Security Engineers to further their hands on technical skills in full life cycle security engineering in a highly technical environment using excellent state of the art technologies. This program is of significant size, scope, and complexity that will allow the selected individual to expand and grow their career. THE COMPANY
Founded in 2002, MicroSys () is "Golden Rule" driven Federal Cyber Security and Systems Engineering Certified 8(m) EDWOSB headquartered in Gainesville, Virginia. We integrate people, processes, and technology to delivery value driven IT solutions to our customers nationwide. Our focus is enabling the United States Government, specifically focused in the Intelligence Community; Homeland Security & Law Enforcement; and Armed Forces, to meet their mission-critical objectives through the use of highly advanced and cost-effective technology solutions. At MicroSys, we value our employees. So much so we developed an entire methodology around helping our employees grow themselves and their careers (MicroSys Employee Growth Strategy or MEGS). Taking great care of each employee is highly important at MicroSys and it's why we have a tremendously high retention rate.
If you're tired of being just another number and want to work for a company that truly watches out for its employees on an individual basis then strongly consider MicroSys.
MicroSys provides a very thorough benefits program, which includes the following: • Medical/Health Insurance • Vision Insurance • Dental Insurance • Life Insurance • Life and AD&D Insurance • Short-Term Disability Insurance • Long-Term Disability Insurance • Retirement Plan • 529-College Savings Program • Paid Time Off (PTO) - Years 1-3 15 days (120 hours) per calendar year Years 4-7 20 days (160 hours) per calendar year Years 7+ 25 days (200 hours) per calendar year • Paid Holidays • Parking/Metro Reimbursement • Direct Deposit • Section 125 • Employee Bonus Program • Employee Referral Bonus
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
The DHS's Hunt and Incident Response Team (HIRT) secures the Nation's cyber and communications infrastructure. HIRT provides DHS's front line response for cyber incidents and proactively hunting for malicious cyber activity. MicroSys performs HIRT investigations to develop a preliminary diagnosis of the severity of breaches. MicroSys provides HIRT remote and onsite advanced technical assistance, proactive hunting, rapid onsite incident response, and immediate investigation and resolution using host-based and network-based cybersecurity analysis capabilities. JOB DESCRIPTION:
Cyber Incident Manager (IMG)
Responsibilities:
• Researching and compiling known resolution steps or workarounds to enable mitigation of potential Computer Network Defense incidents within the enterprise
• Applying knowledge of the tactics, techniques, and procedures of various criminal, insider, hacktivist, and nation state threat actors to identify and validate threats
• Applying cybersecurity concepts to the detection and defense of intrusions into small, and large-scale IT networks, and conduct cursory analysis of log data
• Conducting cursory analysis of log data
• Monitoring external data sources (e.g., Computer Network Defense vendor sites, Computer Emergency Response Teams CERTs , SANS, Security Focus) to maintain currency of Computer Network Defense threat condition and determine which security issues may have an impact on the enterprise
• Identifying the cause of an incident and recognizing the key elements to ask external entities when learning the background and potential infection vector of an incident
• Receiving and analyzing network alerts from various sources within the enterprise and determine possible causes of such alerts
• Tracking and documenting Computer Network Defense (CND) incidents from initial detection through final resolution
• Working with other components within the organization to obtain and coordinate information pertaining to ongoing incidents.
• Providing support during assigned shifts (2:00 PM - 10:30 PM ET or 10:00 PM - 6:30 AM ET and 12 hour weekend shifts) Required Skills:
• U.S. Citizenship
• Must have an active TS/SCI clearance
• Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability
• Must have 5 years of professional experience
• 2+ years of directly relevant experience in cyber incident management or cybersecurity operations
• Knowledge of incident response and handling methodologies
• Knowledge of the NCCIC National Cyber Incident Scoring System to be able to prioritize triaging of incident
• Knowledge of general attack stages (e.g., foot printing and scanning, enumeration, gaining access, escalation of privileges, maintaining access, network exploitation, covering tracks, etc.)
• Basic understanding of host & network forensics; understanding log review(s); differentiate between malign & malicious activities; experience with firewalls; incident response; windows event managers; firewalls; windows event IDs; MITRE ATT&CK processes; understanding of legal requirements; attack vectors; tactics, techniques, and protocols (TTPs), etc.
• Skill in recognizing and categorizing types of vulnerabilities and associated attacks
• Knowledge of basic system administration and operating system hardening techniques
• Knowledge of Computer Network Defense policies, procedures, and regulations
• Knowledge of different operational threat environments (e.g., first generation script kiddies , second generation non nation-state sponsored , and third generation nation-state sponsored )
• Knowledge of system and application security threats and vulnerabilities (e.g., buffer overflow, mobile code, cross-site scripting, PL/SQL and injections, race conditions, covert channel, replay, return- oriented attacks, and malicious code)
• Must be able to work collaboratively across physical locations Desired Skills:
• Knowledge of basic system administration and operating system hardening techniques
• Knowledge of Computer Network Defense policies, procedures, and regulations
• Knowledge of different operational threat environments (e.g., first generation script kiddies , second generation non nation-state sponsored , and third generation nation-state sponsored )
• Knowledge of system and application security threats and vulnerabilities (e.g., buffer overflow, mobile code, cross-site scripting, PL/SQL and injections, race conditions, covert channel, replay, return- oriented attacks, and malicious code) Operational Tools:
• Splunk use is a must, splunk certs are great, operational use is key. • Intermediary proficiency & understanding of the following applications: FTK, Encase, Axiom, Xways, Mandiant HX, FireEye, SOF-ELK, Moloch, Wireshark, Network Miner, NetWitness, CyberChef, Corelightm, Security Onion, ArcSight, Zeek/Bro, Gigamon or other packet brokers, ELKStack, SourceFire, Tanium, Palo Alto, TCPDump, Tshark, Nagios, Suricata, Corelight, various firewalls (F/Ws) & router set-up/admin, Domain Tools (IRIS), AWS Cloud, Azure, Google Cloud Required Education:
• BS Computer Science, Operations Management, Cybersecurity or related degree. Two years of related work experience may be substituted for each year of degree level education. Desired Certifications:
GCIH, GCFA GISP, GCED, CCFP or CISSP OPPORTUNITY
Join an ELITE Cyber Team protecting our nation's critical infrastructure! This is a tremendous opportunity for experienced Cyber Security Engineers to further their hands on technical skills in full life cycle security engineering in a highly technical environment using excellent state of the art technologies. This program is of significant size, scope, and complexity that will allow the selected individual to expand and grow their career.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
The DHS's Hunt and Incident Response Team (HIRT) secures the nation's infrastructure. HIRT provides DHS's front-line response for cyber incidents and proactive hunting for malicious cyber activity. MicroSys provides support for on and offsite incident response to Government agencies and critical infrastructure owners who experience cyber-attacks. MicroSys provides HIRT advanced technical assistance, proactive hunting, rapid onsite incident response, and immediate investigation, using host-based, network-based and cloud-based cybersecurity analysis capabilities. Team personnel provide front line response for digital forensics/incident response (DFIR) and proactively hunting for malicious cyber activity. We are seeking Cyber Network Defense Analysts (CNDA) to support this critical customer mission. JOB DESCRIPTION:
Network-Based Cyber Forensics Analyst (NBA)
• Assists the Government lead in coordinating teams in preliminary incident response investigations
• Assists the Government lead with interfacing with the customer while on site
• Determines appropriate courses of actions in response to identified and analyses anomalous network activity
• Assesses network topology and device configurations identifying critical security concerns and providing security best practice recommendations
• Assists with the writing and publishing of Computer Network Defense guidance and reports on incident findings to appropriate constituencies
• Collects network intrusion artifacts (e.g., PCAP, domains, URI's, certificates, etc.) and uses discovered data to enable mitigation of potential Computer Network Defense incidents
• Analyzes identified malicious network activity to determine weaknesses exploited, exploitation methods, effects on system and information
• Collects network device integrity data and analyze for signs of tampering or compromise
• Assists with real-time CND incident handling (i.e., forensic collections, intrusion correlation and tracking, threat analysis, and advising on system remediation) tasks to support onsite engagements Required Skills:
• U.S. Citizenship
• Must have an active TS/SCI clearance
• Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability
• Must have directly relevant experience in network investigations:
o NBA 02 = Bachelor's Degree and 2-4 years of experience
o NBA 03 = Bachelor's Degree and 5-7 years of experience
o NBA 04 = Bachelor's Degree and 8+ years of experience
• In depth knowledge of CND policies, procedures and regulations
• In depth knowledge of TCP/IP protocols
• In depth knowledge of standard protocols - ICMP, HTTP/S, DNS, SSH, SMTP, SMB, NFS, etc. • In depth knowledge and experience of Wifi networking
• In depth knowledge and experience of network topologies - DMZ's, WAN's, etc.
• Substantial knowledge of Splunk (or other SIEM's)
• Understanding of MITRE Adversary Tactics, Techniques and Common Knowledge (ATT&CK)
• Experience with Snort Rules, Yara Rules, PCAP Analysis, network topologies/network architecture (TCP/IP), diagrams, TAPS, SPAN ports, mirroring, berkley packet filters, netflow, syslog, network communications protocols, Regex/Query/Scripting languages, Pyton, JSON, VMWare, indicators of compromise (IOCs), RedHat/Linux use (CLI)
• Knowledge of Computer Network Defense policies, procedures, and regulations
• Knowledge of defense-in-depth principles and general attack stages with respect to network security architecture
• Ability to characterize and analyze network traffic to identify anomalous activity and potential threats to network resources
• Ability to identify and analyze anomalies in network traffic using metadata
• Experience with reconstructing a malicious attack or activity based on network traffic
• Experience examining network topologies to understand data flows through the network
• Must be able to work collaboratively across physical locations Desired Skills:
• Substantial knowledge of network device integrity concepts and methodologies
• Proficiency with network analysis software (e.g. Wireshark) • Proficiency with carving and extracting information from PCAP data
• Proficiency with non-traditional network traffic (e.g. Command and Control) • Proficiency with preserving evidence integrity according to standard operating procedures or national standards
• Proficiency with designing cyber security systems and environments in a Linux and/or Windows environment
• Proficiency with virtualized environments Operational Tools:
• Splunk use is a must, Splunk certs are great. Operational use is key. • Demonstrated use with: Zeek/Bro, Gigamon or other packet brokers, Wireshark, ELKStack, ArcSight, SourceFire NetWitness, Tanium, Palo Alto, TCPDump, Tshark, Nagios, Suricata, Corelight, Various firewalls (F/W) and router set-up/admin, domin tools (IRIS), AWS Cloud, MS Azure, Google Cloud Required Education:
BS Computer Science, Cyber Security, Computer Engineering, or related degree; or HS Diploma & 10+ years of network investigations experience. Desired Certifications:
• DoD 8140.01 IAT Level II, IASAE II, CSSP Analyst
• DoD 8140.01 GCIA, GCIH, CSSP Analyst/CSSP Incident Responder
• DoD 8140.01 CEH, CSSP Analyst
• SANS GIAC GNFA preferred OPPORTUNITY
Join an ELITE Cyber Team protecting the nation's critical infrastructure! This is a tremendous opportunity for experienced Cyber Security Engineers to further their hands on technical skills in full life cycle security engineering in a highly technical environment using excellent state of the art technologies. This program is of significant size, scope, and complexity that will allow the selected individual to expand and grow their career.
