NOSC Analyst

NOSC Analyst

Requirements

• Cybersecurity
• Incident Response
• Security Incident Response
• Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
• 3 + years of related experience
• US Citizenship Required

Responsibilities

• Conduct Incident Response activities in accordance with the CDC Enterprise-wide Computer Security Incident Response (IR) Plan, CDC Incident Response Guide and related policies and procedures
• Monitor their organization’s networks for security breaches and investigate a violation when one occurs
• Recommend and/or implement mitigation actions in response
• Prepare tickets that document security breaches and the extent of the damage caused by the breaches
• Research the latest information technology (IT) security trends
• Recommend security enhancements to management or senior IT staff
• Coordinate with multiple vendors/departments to procure network-related hardware, software, and services
• Investigates and resolves problems, inefficiencies, and performance issues
• Evaluates, tests, recommends, and implements specific network solutions
• Schedules and coordinates installation and maintenance of standard software/hardware on the network and ensures compatibility of all communications and computer hardware/software
• Identifies, diagnoses and resolves problems of limited scope and complexity
• Alerts more experienced engineers of network failures and assists in performing corrective actions
• Monitors enterprise networks to ensure availability to all users

Preferred Qualifications

• 4-6 years relevant experience
• One or more of the following certifications: SEC+, SSCP, CEH, CCNA
• Working knowledge of Cisco Routers, Cisco Switches, Cisco Firewall (FWSM, ASA), F5 Load Balancers, Proxy Servers, Probe Machines, Network Sniffer, Decode Sniffer Packets, Radius, TACACS+, QOS, VPN, Wireless, Cisco Prime
• CDC experience
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Must have experience working at the CDC and currently supporting the CDC Attack Surface Management program