Cyber Defense Analyst
Founded in 1999 in the beautiful Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee, Cadre5 provides innovative technical solutions to our customers locally and nationally. Our Cadre5 Lab Partners division has partnered with Information Solutions and Services at Y-12 National Security Complex to recruit a qualified Cyber Defense Analyst.
The Y‑12 National Security Complex is a premier manufacturing facility dedicated to making our nation and the world a safer place and plays a vital role in the Department of Energy’s Nuclear Security Enterprise. Y‑12 helps ensure a safe and effective U.S. nuclear weapons deterrent. Y‑12 has evolved to become the complex the nation looks to for support in protecting America's future, developing innovative solutions in manufacturing technologies, prototyping, safeguards and security, technical computing and environmental stewardship.
A Q clearance is required; however, an active DOD Top Secret that can become a Q through reciprocity is acceptable. Therefore, a Secret or L, will not work.
This is a full-time, permanent position that can telecommute. Occasional travel to the Oak Ridge facility will be required.
Why Cadre5?
- Working with highly talented team members
- 3 weeks’ vacation
- Excellent medical insurance, up to 100% paid by employer
Job Responsibilities:
- 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.
- Characterize and analyze network traffic to identify anomalous activity and potential threats to network resources; develop content for cyber defense tools
- Document and escalate incidents (including event's history, status, and potential impact for further action) that may cause ongoing and immediate impact to the environment
- Perform event correlation using information gathered from a variety of sources within the enterprise to gain situational awareness and determine the effectiveness of an observed attack; perform cyber defense trend analysis and reporting
- Provide daily summary reports of network events and activity relevant to cyber defense practices
- Receive and analyze network alerts from various sources within the enterprise and determine possible causes of such alerts
- Provide timely detection, identification, and alerting of possible attacks/intrusions, anomalous activities, and misuse activities and distinguish these incidents and events from benign activities
- Use cyber defense tools for continual monitoring and analysis of system activity to identify potential malicious activity
- Analyze identified malicious activity to determine weaknesses exploited, exploitation methods, effects on system and information
- Identify applications and operating systems of a network device based on network traffic
- Reconstruct a malicious attack or an activity utilizing network traffic
- Notify designated managers, cyber incident responders, and cybersecurity service provider team members of suspected security incidents and communicate the event's history, status, and potential impact for further action in accordance with the organization's cyber incident response plan
Basic Qualifications:
- At least a PhD in a technical field with limited experience or Master’s degree in a technical field or 2 to 5 years of related experience or Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or 5 to 10 years of related experience or Associates degree in a technical field and 10 to 15 years of related experience.
- This position requires and an active Department of Energy "Q" or “L” clearance. A “Top Secret (TS)” or “Secret” Department of Defense clearance will also suffice. This requires US Citizenship.
Benefits
Cadre5 offers excellent pay and benefits, to include full medical, dental, and vision coverage coupled with 401K match, 15 days PTO, and 10 holidays.
Cadre5 is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants, including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans, are encouraged to apply. Cadre5 is an E-Verify Employer.
