Cybersecurity Analyst, Junior

About the Role

As a Cybersecurity Risk Analyst, you will leverage your cyberspace operations experience to create solutions executed on a worldwide stage. You will apply experience in various cybersecurity areas to support Assessment and Authorization (A&A) throughout the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC). This role involves understanding cyberspace capabilities to evaluate potential weaknesses and mitigation effectiveness. You will work with your team to aggregate threat feeds to inform briefings for senior leadership, research emerging technology, and develop a way forward to meet organizational goals. You will collaborate with headquarters-level decision-makers on technical implementation for sustaining cybersecurity across multiple technology areas. Your research and analysis abilities will assess and inform operators and senior leadership on dynamic adversarial tactics, techniques, and procedures to support system A&A efforts through cyber risk assessment, policy analysis, technology evaluations, and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) security control validation. You will apply expertise in technology to analyze system security implementations, application security, and provide recommendations. Your role will be vital in the development of operation plans to support command and control.

Key Responsibilities

• Support Assessment and Authorization (A&A) throughout the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Evaluate potential cyberspace capabilities weaknesses and the effectiveness of mitigations for cybersecurity solutions.
• Leverage cyberspace operations systems to aggregate threat feeds that inform briefings for senior leadership.
• Support research of emerging technology, requisite security requirements, and emerging threats.
• Develop a way forward to meet organizational goals.
• Work with headquarters-level decision-makers on the technical implementation of solutions for promoting the sustainment of cybersecurity.
• Assess and inform operators and senior leadership on dynamic adversarial tactics, techniques, and procedures.
• Support system A&A efforts through cyber risk assessment, policy analysis, technology evaluations, and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) security control validation.
• Analyze system security implementations and application security.
• Provide recommendations to decision makers and engineers.
• Develop operation plans to support command and control.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Cybersecurity or computer field experience, including supporting information assurance, networking, or systems administration.
• Experience applying system security configurations to meet compliance standards.
• Knowledge of Cybersecurity standards and the implementation of industry best practices.
• Knowledge of Risk Management practices.
• Ability to create written or verbal communication products for review.
• Ability to obtain a Secret clearance.
• Associate’s degree.

Nice If You Have

• Experience with RMF A&A processes and Cybersecurity engineering.
• Experience working with the Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Service (eMASS).
• Experience with Cloud and DevSecOps.
• Knowledge of STIG and compliance scans.
• Possession of excellent time management and analytical skills.
• Secret clearance.
• Security+ CE Certification.

Compensation

The projected compensation range for this position is $52,900.00 to $108,000.00 (annualized USD).