Cyber Action Officer III at NewGen Technologies

Our Partner is supporting a U.S. Government customer to provide support for onsite incident response to civilian Government agencies and critical asset owners who experience cyber-attacks providing immediate investigation and resolution. Contract personnel perform investigations to characterize the severity of breaches develop mitigation plans and assist with the restoration of services. They are seeking a Cyber Action Officer to support this critical customer mission.ResponsibilitiesSupportthe management of cyber incidents through the incident response lifecycleCreateand maintainroutine reporting of cyber incidents in official systems of record to include case management systems and ticketingCoordinatewith internal and external customers partners and stakeholdersIngest validate and evaluateinformation to determine optimal courses of action to include providing response support to requesting entitiesUpdateand trackcases and tickets with accuracy timeliness reliability and consistencyDraftsummaries of ongoing operations and be able to provide oral presentations for various levels of leadershipMaintainknowledge objects in system of record consistently and professionallyThreat and vulnerability management to recognize and categorize types of vulnerabilities threat actors and different operational threat environments and associated attacks (MITRE ATT&CK framework)Knowledgeable of network security monitoring and/or security operations analysis system administration operating system hardening cyber hygiene techniques and cybersecurity defense policies procedures and regulationsRequirementsU.S. CitizenshipActive TS/SCI ClearanceMust be able to obtain DHS SuitabilityBS Incident Management Operations Management Cybersecurity or related degree. HS Diploma with 7-9 incident management or cyber security experience5 years of directly relevant experience in cyber incident management or cybersecurity operationsKnowledge of incident response threat hunting and handling methodologiesAbility to track multiple active engagements personnel or equipment deployments as well as coordinate with internal and external stakeholdersKnowledge of the NCCIC National Cyber Incident Scoring System to be able to prioritize triaging of incidentKnowledge of general attack stages (e.g. foot printing and scanning enumeration gaining access escalation of privileges maintaining access network exploitation covering tracks etc.)Skill in recognizing threat actor campaigns tactics techniques and proceduresFamiliar with basic system and network administration traffic analysis techniques Computer Network Defense policies procedures and regulationsKnowledge of different operational threat environments (e.g. first generation script kiddies second generation non nation-state sponsored and third generation nation-state sponsored)Knowledge of system and application security threats and vulnerabilities (e.g. buffer overflow mobile code cross-site scripting PL/SQL and injections race conditions covert channel replay return- oriented attacks and malicious code)Excellent oral and written communication skillsDesired SkillsGCIH CertificationAbout UsFor more than 20 years NewGen Technologies has solved our clients toughest IT challenges with integrity security and outstanding service by delivering both technology and talent. We have helped secure borders have used artificial intelligence (AI) to fight terror aided the identification of criminals and have helped to prevent crime through the introduction of team of Highly Cleared Specialists have hard-to-find skills and expertise in a wide spectrum of technologies to provide solutions that transform business processes and solve problems of national significance. #CJRequired Experience:Unclear Seniority Key Skills CCTV,Federal Agencies,Customer Service,Clearance,Facility,Suspicious Activity,Property Damage,Public Safety,Daily Operations,Professional Development,Access Control,Communication,General Public,Procedures,Powerpoint Employment Type : Full Time Experience: years Vacancy: 1