Overview: The Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) has an immediate career opening for a Cyber Security Analyst. This opening is located at IDA's Center for Communications Research in Princeton, New Jersey (CCRP). IDA offers a competitive salary, an excellent benefits package and a superior professional working environment. To the right individual, IDA offers the opportunity to have a major impact on key national programs.
Under moderate supervision, the Cyber Security Analyst II identifies and resolves potential security breaches and vulnerabilities; maintains information security tools necessary to ensure the secure operation of IDA/CCR-P's information system infrastructure; conducts audits, in collaboration with other IT staff, to determine system configurations that ensure compliance with information security policies and guidelines; provides technical expertise and support to projects.
Responsibilities: - Plans Information Security Monitoring
- Monitors and analyzes information security alerts from network devices and information systems
- Responds and/or directs the response to information security incidents
- Analyzes indicators of compromise for use in detection
- Reports risk posture of information systems
- Collaborates with industry and government sponsor on new threat indicators
- Works with ISSO to ensure compliance with sponsor security requirements, IDA policy, and CCR-P security needs.
2. Executes Media Forensics and Malware Analysis
- Forensic analysis of information systems and portable devices
- Forensic recovery of data using industry tools
- Behavioral analysis of malware to provide indicators for monitoring
3. Executes Information System Security Evaluation and Hardening
- Evaluates new information security technologies
- Configures and implement information security technologies
- Validates system hardening and provides guidance for security configuration
- Evaluates network and system security configuration for risk based access control
4. Plans Information Security Training and Projects
- Develops employee awareness training for relevant information security trends
- Evaluates information security trends, tools and techniques for potential application to infrastructure and research areas
- Manages and/or contributes to information technology projects
5. Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer security, or related discipline or equivalent experience in a related field.
- Three years of experience in Information Technology which includes at least two years of experience in cyber security.
We support transparency, equity, and fairness in our compensation program and provide a reasonable estimate of the salary range based on data-driven market analysis for each position. While it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range, a reasonable estimate of the salary range for this role is $89,000-$143,000. Individual salary within this range will be commensurate with the incumbent's experience, unique skills and qualifications, and other relevant factors.