Security Operations Center Analyst

Stratascorp - Chesapeake, VA

Full-time - Mid Level

Chesapeake, VA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Security Operations Center Analyst position at STRATASCORP involves monitoring and maintaining an active defense security posture to prevent, detect, and respond to cybersecurity threats. The role supports the Military Sealift Command (MSC) in Chesapeake, VA, focusing on intrusion detection and prevention operations, data monitoring, and strategic analysis of security data.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day Cyber Security Service Provider (CSSP) intrusion detection and prevention operations.
• Perform tactical real-time data monitoring of alert, session, statistical, and full packet capture data.
• Operate and monitor intrusion-sensing and packet capture tools, such as Wireshark, WinDump, and TCPDump, as well as Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools.
• Examine alerts generated, perform triage, and determine the scope of the threats.
• Perform data correlation and conduct strategic analysis of IDS/IPS data, frequently reconfiguring and updating CSSP security devices with the latest signatures and heuristic techniques.

Requirements

• Must possess or be able to obtain within 6 months of hire current CSSP Analyst security certification in accordance with DoD Workforce 8570.01M requirements.
• Must have, or obtain within 6 months of hire, an appropriate IAT II Computing Environment/Operating System certification in accordance with Cyber Workforce DoD 8570.01M requirements.
• Must have 3 or more years of experience in the field of Cyber Security Service Provider (CSSP) or related experience monitoring and analyzing computer network security.
• Must have a strong understanding of security operations concepts and hands-on experience managing IDS/IPS, SIEM, Host-Based security, content filtering, DNS blacklisting.