THIS POSITION ALLOWS FOR UP TO 2 DAYS REMOTE WORK A WEEKGuard Enterprise Cyber Operations Support (GECOS) - CND Analyst - SOCGDIT has an opening for a CND Analyst - SOC position supporting the Army National Guard (ARNG) in Chantilly, VA. This is an IT Service Management contract in support of the operation, modernization, expansion, and further evolution of the ARNG's global Information Technology (IT) services including networking, compute, storage, infrastructure, applications, hosting, and program management services. The GECOS program supports the ARNG enterprise IT infrastructure, its Wide Area Network (WAN), authentication and directory services, cybersecurity, application hosting, and associated services. GECOS uses ITIL best practices framework as the basis for IT Service Management (ITSM) model. The work includes the following:Operating the DoDIN-Army (National Guard) (DoDIN-A(NG) and DoDIN-A(NG)-Secret (S) networks and maintaining service delivery and cybersecurity of DoDIN-A(NG) and DoDIN-A(NG)-S networks and computing services.Supporting the DoDIN-A(NG) and DoDIN-A(NG)-S networks and associated computing services from requirement identification to service retirement / replacement.Ensuring continued security of the network and proactive enhancement of cybersecurity to meet evolving and emerging threats, to include compliance with DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF) and continuous monitoring requirements.Providing support to the 54 supported organizations (ie, 50 states, three territories, and the District of Columbia) to ensure flexible and responsive operation and defense of the network. Some OCONUS travel might be required.Adhering to all Department of Defense (DoD) enterprise security requirements to include those required by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and the Department of the Army (DA); prepping for and passing Command Cyber Readiness Inspections (CCRIs), obtaining and maintaining Authority to Connect (ATC) and Authority to Operate (ATO) from the Designated Approving Authority (DAA); ensuring compliance with all Secure Technical Implementation Guides (STIGS) and required information assurance (IA) controls.Maintaining the lifecycle of all services, ensuring they meet business needs, comply with Army directives and mandates, and are in keeping with the future Joint Information Environment (JIE) architecture.Maintain continuity of service when primary support systems operate in degraded mode per COOP.The CND Analyst - SOC will:Responsible for ensuring monitoring enterprise systems, defending against security breaches, and identifying, investigating, and mitigating cybersecurity threats including managing the operation of the SOC and the performance of ARNG RCC-NG SOC activities 24/7/365 to protect DOD information systems and infrastructure.Responsible for developing a SOC Communications Plan, supporting COOP exercises, analyzing impact of significant incidents, providing technical reports, recovery costs, evaluation of the effectiveness of CND sensor coverage, O costs based upon the categories of threats of concern identified by the SOC and external Government agencies.Authors and implements custom detection content (eg, reports, assets, cases, connectors, customers, dashboards, field sets, files, filters, integration commands, knowledge base, lists, notifications, pattern discovery, query viewers, reports, rules, stages, and users), tunes the SIEM and IDS/IPS events to minimize false positives, and analyzes and reviews SOC metrics.Evaluates and analyzes RCC-NG hardware and software, improves analysis techniques, and coordinates and reports ISS-related incidents.Provides support in assembling, evaluating, and monitoring various intrusion detection sensors or tools and associated software applications.QUALIFICATIONS:Required Skills and Experience:Minimum 7 years IT relevant experience and 5 years SOC operations supportExperience managing firewall, IDS/IPS, and router ACL policiesExperience with vulnerability management assessment and mitigationPossess the appropriate baseline certifications to achieve DoD 8570.01-M Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level IIPossess the appropriate DoD 8570 CSSP Analyst, Infrastructure, or Incident Responder certificationAn active SECRET DoD clearanceDesired Skills and Experience:Cisco CertificationPalo Alto Certification#GECOSAbout Our WorkWe are GDIT. 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