Cardinal Technology Systems Corp. is a government IT solutions provider servicing commercial and government initiative in various parts of the United States. We are currently seeking a Cyber Network Defense Analyst to work for our company.

• Must have an active TS/SCI clearance.
• Characterize and analyze network traffic to identify anomalous activity and potential threats to network resources.
• Coordinate with enterprise-wide cyber defense staff to validate network alerts.
• Document and escalate incidents (including event’s history, status, and potential impact for further action) that may cause ongoing and immediate impact to the environment.
• Perform cyber defense trend analysis and reporting.
• Perform event correlation using information gathered from a variety of sources within the enterprise to gain situational awareness and determine the effectiveness of an observed attack.
• Provide daily summary reports of network events and activity relevant to cyber defense practices.
• Receive and analyze network alerts from various sources within the enterprise and determine possible causes of alerts.
• Provide timely detection, identification, and alerting of possible attacks/intrusions, anomalous activities, and misuse activities and distinguish these incidents and events from benign activities.
• Use cyber defense tools for continual monitoring and analysis of system activity to identify malicious activity.
• Analyze identified malicious activity to determine weaknesses exploited, exploitation methods, effects on system and information.
• Identify and analyze anomalies in network traffic using metadata.
• Validate intrusion detection system (IDS) alerts against network traffic using packet analysis tools.
• Identify applications and operating systems of a network device based on network traffic.
• Reconstruct a malicious attack or activity based off network traffic.
• Identify network mapping and operating system (OS) fingerprinting activities.
• Assist in the construction of signatures which can be implemented on cyber defense network tools in response to new or observed threats within the network environment or enclave.
• Please note that this is a pipeline position, meaning we are proactively identifying qualified candidates for anticipated future opportunities, and there may not be an immediate opening at the time of application.

• Must have an active TS/SCI clearance.
• U.S. Citizenship
• Required Education: BS Computer Science, Cyber Security, Computer Engineering, or related degree; or HS Diploma & 4+ years of network investigations experience.
• Ability to obtain Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Entry on Duty (EOD) Suitability.
• 2+ years of direct relevant experience in cyber defense analysis using leading edge technologies and industry standard cyber defense tools.
• Experience successfully developing and deploying signatures.
• Experience detecting host and network-based intrusions via intrusion detection technologies (e.g., Snort).
• Experience implementing incident handling methodologies.
• Experience implementing protocol analyzers.
• Experience collecting data from a variety of cyber defense resources.
• Experience reading and interpreting signatures (e.g. snort).
• Experience performing packet-level analysis.
• Experience conducting trend analysis.

• One or more of the following professional certifications: GNFA, GCIH, GCIA, GSEC, CASP+, CySA+, PaLMS, FedVTE, GSEC (SANS401), Arcsight (or other SEIM solution), Network+, Security+.
• Python programming experience.
• Strong math and science background.
• Experience with Carnegie Mellon SiLK tool suite.

• Medical, Dental, Vision Benefits
• Paid Life
• Paid Vacation, Holidays, Sick Leave, Floating Holidays, Bereavement Leave
• Semi-monthly pay cycle

Cardinal Technology Systems, Corp (“CTech-Sys”), www.ctech-sys.com, is an SBA Certified 8(a) and HUBZone company located in the National Capital Region (NCR) and serves both government and commercial clients such clients as US CBP, US CIS, DLA, DFuse Technologies, and American Environmental Engineering Consultants.

Cardinal Technology Systems, Corp is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and it’s our policy to consider applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, alienage, ancestry, or any other factors prohibited by law. Employment selections are based on company and client requirements and the qualifications and skills of the candidate. CTech-Sys is committed to actively capitalizing on the diversity of skills, talents and perspectives of our employees.