Cyber Defense Analyst - Part Time

Pantex Plant is seeking a Cyber Defense Analyst to support its cyber operations. The role involves analyzing data from various cyber defense tools to identify and mitigate threats within the network. Responsibilities include developing content for defense tools, analyzing network traffic, coordinating incident responses, and reporting on cyber defense trends.

What you'll do:

• Develop content for cyber defense tools
• 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
• 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 cyber defense trend analysis and reporting
• 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
• 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 malicious activity
• Analyze identified malicious activity to determine weaknesses exploited, exploitation methods, effects on system and information
• Examine network topologies to understand data flows through the network
• Reconstruct a malicious attack or activity based off network traffic

What they're looking for:

• Associate's degree
• OR High school Diploma
• The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required
• Ability to recognize and categorize types of vulnerabilities and associated attacks
• Knowledge of adversarial tactics, techniques, and procedures
• Knowledge of intrusion detection methodologies and techniques for detecting host and network-based intrusions
• Knowledge of authentication, authorization, and access control methods
• Knowledge of network access, identity, and access management
• Knowledge of system and application security threats and vulnerabilities
• Knowledge of incident response and handling methodologies
• Knowledge of Windows/Unix ports and services
• Knowledge of network protocols such as Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)/ Internet Protocol (IP), Dynamic Host Configuration, Domain Name System (DNS), and directory services

Benefits:

• Remote work flexibility
• Comprehensive health coverage
• Robust retirement planning
• Opportunities for continuous learning through education reimbursement
• Opportunities for professional growth