Cyber Incident Responder

Cyber Incident Responder

The Opportunity:

Are you ready to take a strategic role in cyber defense? Do you want to use your experience-based knowledge to protect critical infrastructure from the constant onslaught of cyber-attacks? If you want a position that uses your extensive threat analysis skills to perform advanced threat identification and complex incident response, you want to be a Cyber Incident Responder.

As an analyst on our team, you’ll analyze logs, forensic data, and threat intelligence to find the advanced threats that are escaping detection and respond to active threats in real time. Using your deep understanding of your customer’s networks, combined with your cyber security experience, you’ll analyze patterns to understand attackers’ goals and stop them from succeeding. Once you find the adversary in the SEIM’s blind spot, you’ll advise the customer on ways to close the gaps and harden their network. Let’s outsmart malicious actors and protect critical infrastructure.

Join us. The world can’t wait. 

You Have: 

• 5+ years of experience in malware analysis, digital forensics, data and network analysis, penetration testing, information assurance, trends analysis, quality control analysis, information assurance, or vulnerability management
• Experience applying the NIST incident response life cycle to cybersecurity events
• Experience with vulnerability analysis, including static code analysis
• Experience with security monitoring and alert triage
• Knowledge of system administration, network security concepts, and operating system hardening techniques
• Knowledge of security AWS cloud computing services, including Identity and Access Management (IAM), IAM roles, policies, and permission boundaries, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, and common log sources such as VPC Flow Logs, S3 access logs, DNS logs, GuardDuty, Security Hub CPSM, Inspector, and Config
• Knowledge of AWS cloud computing infrastructure services, including EC2, S3, VPC, Lambda, EKS, RDS, and Route 53
• Ability to apply techniques for detecting host and network-based intrusions using intrusion detection technologies
• TS/SCI clearance
• Bachelor's degree

Nice If You Have:  

• Experience identifying, capturing, containing, and reporting malware
• Experience performing damage assessments and documenting incidents through root cause analysis and after-action reports
• Experience using security event correlation tools and designing incident response for cloud service models
• Experience utilizing AWS command line interface in relation to security-relevant AWS services and log sources
• Experience with programming or scripting, including Python and Bash
• Knowledge of preserving evidence integrity according to standard operating procedures or national standards
• Ability to recognize and categorize types of vulnerabilities and associated attacks
• Ability to protect a network against malware, including NIPS, anti-malware, restrict and prevent external devices, and spam filters
• Possession of strong written and verbal communication skills
• Security+, CISSP, CASP, or GCED Certification

Clearance:
Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required. 

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $86,800.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Identity Statement

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Candidate AI Usage Policy

AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.

Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration, whether it occurs in person or virtually. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

• Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.

• Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility.

• Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.