SOC Analyst

Location: Ridgecrest, CA

Schedule: Full Time

Duration: 6-12 Months

OVERVIEW

Caribou Thunder is hiring an SOC Analyst in Ridgecrest, CA. This meaningful work will support the mission of the Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division. This role is responsible for successfully performing the daily monitoring, investigation, and incident response activities and will review alert messages/events coming from external sources such as upstream computer network defense service providers and internal alerting systems or other teams within the organization, triage alerts, conduct investigations, support incident response processes, manages the alert/investigation, and develops and reports out findings.

SECURITY CLEARANCE

• Secret clearance
• Must be able to obtain TS/SCI

EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Information Security, Network Security, Computer Science or Information Technology plus at least 5 years of operational experience.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Perform real-time monitoring of internal and information technology security equipment (IDS, IPS, HID, firewalls, SYSLOG) and systems to determine operational status and performance making use of various Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM) systems and other related security management/console applications, such as network traffic and data analytics.
• Analyze both raw and processed security alert and event data to identify potential security incidents, threats, mitigations, and vulnerabilities.
• Support follow-on actions, such as coordinating with other organization teams to facilitate remediation of the alert/event/incident and close out the investigation.
• Perform initial alert/event/incident triage used for investigation.
• Initiate incident notification, case tracking/management, recovery actions, and report status updates.
• Coordinate process and procedure actions with geographically separated team members.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum Security+ Required (any other required 8570.1M Certifications).
• Computer/host and network forensics and penetration testing skills.
• Working knowledge of well-known networking protocols, services and operating systems to include but not limited to: TCP/IP, LDAP, Radius, IPSEC, HTTP, HTTPS, SSL, SSH, SFTP, SMTP, PPTP, PPP, SMB, SNMP, RIP, Windows and Linux).
• Hand-on experience managing IP Networks, Intrusion Detection Sensors (host and network), Intrusion Prevention Systems, firewalls, Host-Based Security System (HBSS) based on McAfee, and DISA's DISA – Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS) based on Tenable vulnerability scanner.
• Hands-on experience writing and executing Microsoft PowerShell.
• Experience scripting in Linux BASH/command line, and Python or PERL.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Works well in a team environment and independently.
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills with a customer service mindset.
• Skilled working with Wireshark and Microsoft Office, specifically Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.

ABOUT CARIBOU THUNDER

Caribou Thunder, LLC is a Woman Owned, HUBZone Certified, Native American Owned, SBA and SDB Certified global engineering services company, incorporated in 2006. Caribou Thunder is a Global Service Provider supporting a wide variety of DoD, Space and Intelligence programs with consistent growth since inception to over 100 associates and $10M in annual sales with solid performance in 35 states across the U.S. and 22 countries around the world.

Caribou Thunder, LLC is an established Defense contractor with nearly 20 years of experience delivering engineering services worldwide. We offer industry leading salaries, flexible work life balance, full range of benefits (career development and mentoring, PTO, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401k match). Caribou Thunder, LLC offers meaningful career opportunities within a true team-based environment, where each and every employee matters, contributing to a higher goal supporting National Security programs. Caribou Thunder, LLC is committed to hiring and maintaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. United States citizenship is a requirement for all positions.

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