SOC Analyst Mid Level Top Secret Clearance at Perrygo Consulting Group

Perrygo is a small rapidly growing company; we are passionate about our employees as well as supporting our customers and their mission. We are excited for the opportunity to bring aboard highly motivated and energetic individuals to join our teams. Currently we are seeking a SOC Analyst Mid Level. This role supports ourNavycustomer in Lexington Park MD.Job Description and Responsibilities:Functional Responsibility/Principal Duties: Provide timely detection identification and alerting of possible attacks/intrusions anomalous activities and misuse activities and distinguish these incidents and events from benign activities. Implement and manage multiple security tools to include SIEMs firewalls IDS/IPSs threat and vulnerability management tools data loss prevention tools filtering technologies traffic inspection solutions reporting technology and data analytics platforms. Use cyber defense tools for continual monitoring and analysis of system to identify malicious activity.Document and escalate incidents (including events history status and potential impact for further action) that may cause ongoing and immediate impact to the environment. Analyze identified malicious activity to determine weaknesses exploited exploitation methods effects on system and information. 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. Conduct research analysis and correlation across a wide variety of all source data sets (indications and warnings). Receive and analyze network alerts from various sources within the enterprise and determine possible causes of such alerts.Perform cyber defense trend analysis and reporting. Characterize and analyze network traffic to identify anomalous activity and potential threats to network resources. Coordinate with enterprise-wide cyber defense staff to validate network alerts. Identify and analyze anomalies in network traffic using metadata. Provide daily summary reports of network events and activity relevant to cyber defense practices. Identify applications and operating systems of a network device based on network traffic. Threat research OSINT and classified sources for TTPS IOCs and signatures for monitoring and alerting. RMF/CONMON support to aid in the mitigation of findings. Supporting engineering to ensure network designs and operations are secure from inception to production.Basic Requirements: Mid-Level Requirements: At least 1 of the GCIA/GCIH/GCDA/GSOC/GCED/CYSA or equivalent certs OS and Comptia Net in addition to 5 years applicable work experience.Must be able to maintain DoD-8140 Compliance. Education Requirements:Bachelors or Masters dependent upon level. Substitutions includeAssociates Degree plus 2 years additional work experience may be substituted for a Bachelors school diploma or GED and/or a relevant technical certification plus 4 years additional work experience may be substituted for a Bachelors Degree plus 5 years additional work experience may besubstituted for a Masters Degree.Certifications:See required experience section.Preferred Skills and Experience: NoneSecurity Clearance:Top Secret SSBI (must be a US Citizen) NoneTelework and Travel:On site 100%. < 5% travel. Telework may be approved in the future.Contract: This position is supporting an active funded contract.Perrygo Consulting Group LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer for all individuals including protected veterans and those with disabilities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race sex color religion sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or veteran status.Perrygo Consulting Group LLC participates in E-Verify.If being a part of a small growing company while having the opportunity to work on exciting projects with challenging tasks excites you then please apply today!Compensation Package - We offer an excellent compensation package with competitive salaries and meaningful benefits including:Paid Time Off (PTO)/Sick Leave11 Paid HolidaysFlexible Work Schedules (offering a healthy work-life balance whenever possible)Employee Assistance Program (EAP)Medical Dental and VisionLTD/STD AD&D and Life-Employer PaidSupplemental Life and Accident optionsHealth Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution401K Plan with employer Safe Harbor contributionProfit Sharing PlanRequired Experience:Manager Key Skills Cluster,IT,B2C,Key Account,AutoCAD Drafting Employment Type : Full Time Experience: years Vacancy: 1