Cybersecurity Analyst

Xcel Engineering • Oak Ridge, TN

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About The Position

XCEL Engineering, Inc. is an award-winning small business that provides trusted information technology, engineering, consulting and project management solutions and services to federal agencies and organizations. Originally founded in 1971 by professional engineers at the University of Tennessee, XCEL was acquired in 2003 by U.S. Army and Navy veterans and in 2023 became a MartinFed company. XCEL Engineering is a part of IT Lab Partners (ITLP) which was created to support a leading research facility in the East Tennessee region in recruiting the best and the brightest technical talent. Considering joining our impressive team today! XCEL Engineering has an opening for a Cybersecurity Analyst to immediately support their Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO) team. This position's primary responsibility is to conduct event triage in a tiered operational security model while training in and supporting vulnerability management and threat intelligence tasks.

Requirements

• United States citizen with a US Department of Energy (DOE) Q Clearance or US Department of Defense (DOD) issued TS clearance.
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field with 1-2 years of cyber operations work experience or an equivalent amount of education and experience
• Experience with ServiceNow, JIRA ServiceDesk, or other ticketing system

Nice To Haves

• Relevant certifications (GSEC, Security+, CEH, etc) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support the DCO environment in identification and analysis of threats in Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM) alerts, dashboards, and queries.
• Resolve or escalate alerts/events/incidents as defined in DCO service level agreements according to level of severity.
• Help develop advanced queries and alerts to detect adversary actions and compile detailed investigation and analysis reports for internal DCO consumption, and for delivery to management.
• Work with the Emerging Threat team to capture intelligence on threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and leverage automated and manual countermeasures in response.
• Field customer requests for support ranging from potential phishing events to abnormal system activity.
• Triage reports from DOE entities, CISA, and external penetration testers, and coordinate resolution with ORNL system administrators in keeping with BOD 18-01, 19-02, and 22-01 requirements.
• Analyze suspicious links and attachments in a secure malware analytics platform as part of a comprehensive phishing analysis procedure.
• Triage malware and anomalous activity alerts generated by an EDR system.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level