Springfield, Virginia, USA
197 days ago
Vulnerability Testing Analyst
REQ#: RQ160695Requisition Type: Pipeline Your Impact

Own your opportunity to serve as a critical component of our nation’s safety and security. Make an impact by using your expertise to protect our country from threats.

Job Description
Investigates, analyzes, and responds to cyber incidents within a network environment or enclave.

Uses data collected from a variety of cyber defense tools (e.g., IDS alerts, firewalls, network traffic logs) to analyze events that occur within their environments for the purposes of mitigating threats.

Interprets, analyzes, and reports all events and anomalies in accordance with computer network directives, including initiating, responding, and reporting discovered events

Evaluates, tests, recommends, coordinates, monitors, and maintains cybersecurity policies, procedures, and systems, including access management for hardware, firmware, and software

Ensures that cybersecurity plans, controls, processes, standards, policies, and procedures are aligned with cybersecurity standards

Identifies security risks and exposures, determines the causes of security violations and suggests procedures to halt future incidents and improve security

Develops techniques and procedures for conducting cybersecurity risk assessments and compliance audits, the evaluation and testing of hardware, firmware and software for possible impact on system security, and the investigation and resolution of security incidents such as intrusion, frauds, attacks or leaks

May coach and provide guidance to less-experienced professionals

May serve as a team or task lead

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Technical Training, Certification(s) or Degree, 5+ years of experience
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