Tier 2 Security Analyst

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Description

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) is seeking a Tier 2 Security Analyst to join our team supporting a major state & local government customer. This position reports to the SOC Manager/Tier 3.

This role is 100% remote within the US!

Essential Duties Of This Position Include

• Performs Strategic Planning & Management and Digital Forensics from the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Framework.
• Engages in specialized cybersecurity functions such as red-teaming, ethical hacking, cloud security architecture, digital forensics, reverse engineering of malware, and enterprise cyber architecture.
• Provides consultative and advanced, specialized, and/or highly independent functions not typically covered in other job sub-families.
• Provides specific, detailed information for hardware and software selection, cloud service provider selection (including SLA authorship, development, assessment).
• Implements application and data migration techniques and tools to meet business needs, including present and future capacity and security requirements.
• Addresses 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 integrates them into the enterprise in alignment with IT security strategy.
• Utilizes COTS/GOTS and custom tools to scan, identify, contain, mitigate, and remediate vulnerabilities and intrusions in physical security and cybersecurity systems, processes, policies, etc.
• Applies expert engineering knowledge of enterprise IT and security solutions to design, develop, and/or implement consistent solutions with enterprise architecture security policies.
• Supports full-spectrum military cyberspace operations.
• Writes technical reports detailing assessments, mitigating, and remediating activities performed.
• Translates and authors technical documentation in layman's terms to ensure understanding of the work performed and its outcomes.
  
  

Qualifications

Required Education and Qualifications:

• BS Degree and five (5) years or more experience; Masters and three (3) years or more experience; PhD and 0 years related experience. 4+ years of additional experience can be substituted in lieu of degree.
• Receives assignments in the form of objectives with goals and the process to meet those goals.
• Provides direction to employees according to established policies and management guidance.
• Administers company policies that directly affect subordinate employees and recommends changes to unit or sub-unit policies.
• Work is reviewed to measure meeting objectives.
• Candidates must be able to pass a CJIS Criminal Justice background investigation and maintain CJIS clearance throughout employment term. Citizenship Required
  
  

Required Experience

• Administering and executing policies, processes, and procedures affecting subordinate employees and the workflow of the work unit.
• Leading daily operations of the work unit.
• Making decisions that impact work unit operations, with erroneous decisions potentially causing delays in schedules and requiring additional people and financial resources.
• Security+ or higher certifications.
  
  

Preferred Experience

• ITIL v4 certification preferred (Foundation or above).
• Interacting internally primarily with subordinates and other supervisors, and externally with suppliers, vendors, and/or customers.
• Ensuring that the primary purpose of liaison is information sharing and basic problem resolution.
• Work is reviewed for soundness of judgment and overall quality and efficiency.
  
  

Target salary range: $80,001 - $120,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

REQNUMBER: 2511252

SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability

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