Senior Incident Detection/Response Analyst

Description

Salary: $140,000 - $160,000/year

Work location: Remote with possible ad hoc on site needs in Washington, DC.

Serve as the senior technical lead for computer and network incident detection, investigation, forensics, and response. The Lead Analyst identifies and investigates intrusions, performs forensic analysis and data recovery, maintains expertise in evolving vulnerabilities and countermeasures, and executes the Department breach-response process.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead detection, triage, analysis, and investigation of complex cybersecurity alerts, events, and incidents.
• Identify, deter, monitor, and investigate computer and network intrusions.
• Perform computer and network forensic analysis, evidence seizure support, evidence preservation, and data recovery.
• Research and maintain proficiency in tools, techniques, countermeasures, and trends involving vulnerabilities, data hiding, and encryption.
• Determine incident scope, affected assets, indicators, attack paths, techniques, business impact, and recommended response actions.
• Develop and execute investigative queries across SIEM, endpoint, network, cloud, identity, application, and security-log platforms.
• Conduct incident response in accordance with Department breach-response processes.
• Coordinate containment, eradication, recovery, and validation with system owners, engineers, SOC personnel, and incident-management stakeholders.
• Maintain complete investigation records, timelines, evidence, findings, and technical reports.
• Provide technical leadership, review analyst work, mentor personnel, and present findings to client and senior management stakeholders.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• More than 10 years of experience in the subject area.
• Bachelor's degree.
• Senior industry professional certification such as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or equivalent.
• Demonstrated domain expertise and technical or management leadership on major tasks or technology assignments.
• Experience establishing goals and plans that meet project objectives and directing activities to ensure technical requirements are met.
• Experience interacting with clients, conducting negotiations, and interfacing with senior management.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced experience with SIEM query languages, endpoint detection and response, network forensics, cloud logging, identity telemetry, and MITRE ATT&CK.
• Experience supporting federal agencies or other highly regulated environments.
• Experience developing detection logic, investigation procedures, response playbooks, or security automation.
• Advanced certifications such as GCIH, GCFA, GNFA, or equivalent.

Clearance Requirement: Ability to obtain and maintain a High Risk Public Trust suitability determination.

The salary range for this position depends upon multiple factors including location, the individual's knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, and contract-specific budget constraints and organizational requirements.
Gunnison Consulting Group's total compensation package also includes bonus and profit-sharing opportunities, depending on company and employee performance. Available employee benefits include:

• 3 weeks of Personal Leave your first year
• 11 paid Holidays each year
• 5 days of Flexible Time Off each year for approved training or certifications (self-study is ineligible)
• 401(k) company match at 50% up to 10% of your salary
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Public Transportation Subsidies
• Certifications and Training Allowance - Up to $5,000/year!

Why Join Gunnison?

• Gunnison takes on ambitious projects. We target fun, challenging work that requires creative thinking and innovation.
• Quality is our top priority.
• Gunnison employee benefits meet or exceed what other companies in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area offer.
• There is a great sense of camaraderie at Gunnison. This is an atmosphere we will maintain as we continue to grow.
• We are growing rapidly and the opportunity for individual professional growth with Gunnison is outstanding.
• We hire for careers at Gunnison, not to fill a position.

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Must be eligible for employment in the United States. We are unable to sponsor candidates at this time.
In 1994 Gunnison began serving the greater Washington, D.C. metro area, focused on tackling our customers' most ambitious technology projects. By creating a culture dedicated to enabling our customers and employees to achieve more than they ever thought they could, the company has thrived for over 25 years.