Junior Cybersecurity Specialist (On-Site) at Oxley Enterprises, Inc. in Alexandria, VA, USA

Job description

• We are seeking a Junior Cybersecurity Specialist to support incident response, vulnerability management, and threat monitoring for a federal agency's IT security program.
• Position Description: The Junior Cybersecurity Specialist provides technical support and day-to-day monitoring of alerts and vulnerabilities.

Responsibilities

• Monitors security alerts and executes vulnerability scans and remediation tasks daily
• Identifies potential threats through log review and preliminary analysis
• Supports deployment of precautionary measures against malicious code
• Assists in reviewing cyber incident tickets in ServiceNow and JIRA, flagging duplicates or false positives
• Supports investigation of equipment loss incidents for potential data compromise
• Executes vulnerability scans using tools such as Tenable and documents remediation activities
• Reviews audit logs and reports, flagging critical and high vulnerabilities for escalation
• Supports tracking of remediation efforts
• Supports monitoring of employee user activity through insider threat detection tools
• Assists in collecting and cataloging data to identify potentially indicative behavior
• Supports the Cybersecurity Analyst in maintaining insider threat-related scripts and reporting metrics

Requirements

• Minimum/General Experience: 2 - 3 years of vulnerability scanning, remediation, and incident response
• Minimum Education: High School diploma
• Above average experience providing day-to-day monitoring of security alerts and the execution of vulnerability scans and remediation tasks
• Experience with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and Endpoint Protection tools
• Experience identifying potential threats, providing preliminary analysis of logs, and supporting the deployment of precautionary measures
• Experience assisting in the maintenance of technical Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Experience documenting the remediation of vulnerabilities found during scanning cycles
• Knowledge of vulnerability management and scanning operations (e.g., Tenable)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Security: Ability to obtain/maintain a Federal Civilian Public Trust
• U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Resident that has lived in the United States for at least 3 years
• Federal Civilian Public Trust Consists of a review of up to but not limited to:
• Covers 10 year period and in some instances lifetime events
• OPM Security Investigations Index (SII)
• DOD Defense Central Investigations Index (DCII)
• National Agency Check (NAC) records
• FBI name check
• FBI fingerprint check
• Credit report check
• Written inquiries to previous employers and references listed on the application for employment
• Potential interviews with the subject, spouse, neighbors, supervisor, coworkers
• Law enforcement check
• Court records check
• Education check- Attendance and Degrees
• Acceptable Credentials
• Experience supporting a federal agency (preferred)

Skills

Required

• Vulnerability scanning and remediation
• Incident response
• Endpoint Protection tools
• Threat identification and log analysis

Preferred

• Experience supporting a federal agency

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage for you and your family.
• Life Insurance, short-term disability and long-term disability paid for by the Company.
• Supplemental coverages including Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital.
• Additional Life insurance coverage for you and your dependents.
• 401k plan with various options to select based on your retirement goals.
• Compensation & Benefits: The annual projected pay range for this position is $72,571 - $95,543 with consideration being given to various factors including but not limited to qualifications, experience, job responsibilities, and geographic location.