Cyber Incident Manager/ Incident Manager, Node.Digital, VA, US

Cyber Incident Manager/ Incident Manager

Location: Arlington, VA

Must have an active Top Secret Security Clearance

Node is supporting a U.S. Government customer to provide support for onsite incident response to civilian Government agencies and critical asset owners who experience cyber-attacks, providing immediate investigation and resolution. Contract personnel perform investigations to characterize the severity of breaches, develop mitigation plans, and assist with the restoration of services.

Node is seeking a Cyber Incident Manager to support this critical customer mission.

Responsibilities:

- Correlating incident data to identify specific trends in reported incidents

- Recommending defense-in-depth principles and practices (i.e. Defense in Multiple Places, layered defenses, security robustness, etc.)

- Performing Computer Network Defense incident triage to include determining scope, urgency, and potential impact

- Researching and compiling known resolution steps or workarounds to enable mitigation of potential Computer Network Defense incidents within the enterprise

- Applying cybersecurity concepts to the detection and defense of intrusions into small, and large-scale IT networks, and conducting cursory analysis of log data

- Monitoring external data sources to maintain currency of Computer Network Defense threat conditions and determine which security issues may have an impact on the enterprise

- Identifying the cause of an incident and recognizing the key elements to ask external entities when learning the background and potential infection vector of an incident,

- Receiving and analyzing network alerts from various sources within the enterprise and determining possible causes of such alerts

- Tracking and documenting Computer Network Defense (CND) incidents from initial detection through final resolution, and working with other components within the organization to obtain and coordinate information pertaining to ongoing incidents

- Providing support during assigned shifts (M-F Day Shift)