Cyber Security Analyst - Military veterans preferred

Description

SAIC is currently seeking a Cyber Security Analyst to support the First Army Mobilization Assistance Team onsite at Rock Island, IL. 

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The candidate will have working knowledge and experience designing, testing, and implementing secure operating systems and applications, incident response, digital forensics, loss prevention, and eDiscovery actions.   Conducts risk and vulnerability assessment in the network, system and application level.  Conducts threat modeling exercises, Develops and implements security controls and formulates operational risk mitigations along with assisting in security awareness programs.  Involved in a wide range of security issues including architectures, firewalls, electronic data traffic, and network access.  Researches, evaluates and recommends new security tools, techniques, and technologies and introduces them to the enterprise in alignment with IT security strategy.  Utilizes COTS/GOTS and custom tools and processes/procedures in order to scan, identify, contain, mitigate, remediate and makes recommendations on process tailoring.

Qualifications

REQUIRED EDUCATION:

• BS degree and five years’ relevant experience: four (4) years of equivalent experience accepted in lieu of degree.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Experience and understanding of DoD Risk Management Framework required activities
• Validate cybersecurity controls against anywhere from 200 to 1,000 different types of criteria, assuring systems meet an acceptable level of protection
• Assist in the development/management of annual compliance exercises and requirements
• Update/Maintain cybersecurity related plans and policy, such as the Incident Response Plan, Backup and Restoration Plan, Configuration Management Plan, Continuity of Operations Plan, and Interconnection Agreements
• Perform Information Assurance Vulnerability Management for systems.  Experience with DoD cybersecurity management systems such as EITDR and eMASS.

REQUIRED CLEARANCE:

• Active Secret security clearance 

REQUIRED CERTIFICATION:

• An active CISSP certification

COVID Policy: Prospective and/or new employees will be required to adhere with SAIC's vaccination policy. Full vaccination will be required before the start of employment in order to work onsite at an SAIC location. If applicable, prospective or new employees may seek an exemption to the vaccination requirement at and must have an approved exemption prior to the start of their employment. Employees working onsite at a customer location must comply with customer requirements which may include mandatory vaccination, mandatory attestation regarding one's vaccination status and mandatory weekly or bi-weekly testing.

COVID Policy: Prospective and/or new employees will be required to adhere with SAIC's vaccination policy. Full vaccination will be required before the start of employment in order to work onsite at an SAIC location. If applicable, prospective or new employees may seek an exemption to the vaccination requirement at and must have an approved exemption prior to the start of their employment. Employees working onsite at a customer location must comply with customer requirements which may include mandatory vaccination, mandatory attestation regarding one's vaccination status and mandatory weekly or bi-weekly testing.