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Theswiftgroup

Cyber Defense Analyst Level 1

Annapolis Junction, MD Full Time

For the OPS Consulting team, ‘the power to help’ means helping our clients, helping serve the mission, helping our employees and their families, and helping the community. Headquartered in Hanover, MD. OPS Consulting has over two decades of experience specializing in the most mission-critical operations. We are thought leaders and innovators. The ingenuity of our developers, engineers, cyber experts, linguists, and analysts are dedicated to empowering our clients, fulfilling The Mission, and remaining trusted leaders and advisers in national security and technology solutions.

 

OPS Consulting is seeking a qualified Cyber Defense Analyst to support a 24/7/365 mission. A successful candidate uses information collected from a variety of sources to monitor network activity and analyze it for evidence of anomalous behavior. CDA’s will identify, triage, and report events that occur to protect data, information systems, and infrastructure. The CDA’s will find trends, patterns, or anomaly correlations utilizing security-relevant data. The CDA will also make recommendations proactively and follow security measures and notify designated managers, cyber incident responders, and cybersecurity service provider team member of suspected cyber incidents and articulate the event’s history, status, and potential impact for further action in accordance with the organization’s cyber incident response plan. This position requires rotating shift work.  

Required Qualifications:

All levels require the following:

  • No demonstrated experience is required.
  • A DoD 8570 compliance with CSSP Analyst baseline certification.
  • Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level I or Level II certification.
  • Computing Environment (CE) certification. The CE certification requirements can be fulfilled with variations of Windows, Cisco, Linux, Microsoft, Python, Red Hat, Splunk, Kibana, Advanced Cyber Defense Course, and other OS systems.

Security Clearance:

  • A current government clearance, background investigation, and polygraph are required. 

 

 

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The Swift Group and Subsidiaries are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.

Pay Range: $49,996.80 - $290,004.00

Pay ranges are a general guideline and not intended as a guaranteed and/or implied final compensation or salary for this job opening. Determination of official compensation or salary relies on several different factors including, but not limited to: level of position, complexity of job responsibilities, geographic location, work experience, education, certifications, Federal Government contract labor categories, and contract wage rates. 

At The Swift Group and Subsidiaries, you will receive comprehensive benefits including but not limited to: healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, education, and time off benefits.