Cybersecurity Analyst-IAT

Cybersecurity Analyst

6-month, contract to hire (CTH)

Onsite - Fort Meade, MD

Additional details:

• Number of openings 5
• Work schedule is Monday Friday 9am 5pm however if the employee would like to come in early and leave early they can do 7am 3pm or 8am 4pm.

Must haves:

• Active Top Secret Clearance
• Active IAT level 2 or IAT level 3 certification
• 6 16 years of experience

Cybersecurity Analyst

Location: Fort Meade, MD
Clearance: Active TS/SCI

Position Summary

Our client provides network operations and cyber defense support to the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) in support of Department of War (DoW) and Combatant Commands (COCOMs). The Cyber Fusion Analyst will support incident response, threat detection, network analysis, cyber intelligence operations, vulnerability assessment, and enterprise cyber defense activities to identify, assess, and mitigate threats across the enterprise.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze network traffic and security telemetry including NetFlow, custom application logs, intrusion detection system (IDS) alerts, and full packet capture (PCAP) data to identify malicious activity and emerging threats.
• Conduct cyber threat hunting and investigations using intelligence reporting, open-source intelligence (OSINT), threat feeds, and vulnerability data.
• Identify, investigate, and analyze indicators of compromise (IOCs), adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), and potential security incidents.
• Correlate data from SIEMs, sensors, system logs, and intelligence sources to detect adversary campaigns, anomalous behavior, and enterprise threats.
• Develop written analytical products, risk assessments, and recommendations to improve the organization's security posture and reduce attack surface exposure.
• Support the creation and refinement of Cyber Fusion Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), methodologies, and operational frameworks.
• Assess threats and vulnerabilities impacting enterprise networks and recommend mitigation strategies and countermeasures.