• Monitor and analyze Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) to identify security issues for remediation.
• Recognize potential, successful and unsuccessful intrusion attempts and compromises thorough reviews and analyses of relevant event detail and summary information.
• Evaluate configuration changes that impact the security posture of the Enterprise.
• Identify, alert and report events regarding intrusions and compromises to the network infrastructure, applications and operating systems.
• Assess and assist with implementation of countermeasures or mitigating controls.
• Ensure the integrity and protection of networks, systems and applications by technical enforcement of Enterprise security policies, through monitoring and analysis of vulnerability scans and system log information.
• Perform periodic and on-demand system audits and vulnerability assessments, including user accounts, application access, file system and external Web integrity scans to determine compliance.

Required Qualifications

• Must have an active Secret clearance.
• Must have a Security +CE.
• Bachelor's degree Computer Science or a related technical discipline from an accredited college or university and 4-7 years of related experience.
• Must have threat hunting experience (data driven, event driven and hybrid).
• Must have experience with incident response methodology and reporting.
• Must be familiar with interpreting results from network/server/application scanning tools, such as Tenable Nessus.
• Ability to articulate cybersecurity risk to senior leadership and provide recommendations for remediation/risk acceptance.
• PowerShell scripting experience.
• In-depth knowledge of window event logging.
• In-depth knowledge of SIEM operations.
• In-depth knowledge of Email Security Appliance.
• In-depth knowledge of Web Security Appliance.
• In-depth knowledge of using Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT).
• In-depth knowledge of Base 64 decoding and encoding.
• Knowledge of emerging security, governance, and continuous monitoring policies such as CJCS manual and SECNAVINST.

Preferred Qualifications

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• Travel required: Approximately 10%.

• Salary Range: $80K-$120K

An essential qualification for this position is successfully obtaining a Secret security clearance issued by the Federal Government, which may require successful completion of a background check.

AUSGAR’s salary range is dependent upon a variety of factors, which include experience, skills, education, certifications and geographical location. Our salary range includes a base salary and excellent benefits package as part of our total compensation.