Cybersecurity Incident Handler

San Antonio, TX

Full-time

Hybrid

$69K/yr - $158K/yr

New Grad, Entry Level

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Cybersecurity Incident Handler to join their security operations center. In this role, you will be the first line of cyber defense, responding to and mitigating threats while developing your cybersecurity skills.

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Responsibilities

Respond to and mitigate threats in real time
Develop network defense skills
Monitor, detect, and analyze threats
Interact directly with affected users and state-of-the-art tools
Collect data to help incident response understand and mitigate the threat
Analyze alerts to figure out how many systems are affected and initiate recovery efforts
Contribute to assessments and learn how to analyze patterns to understand attackers’ goals

Qualification

Required

Experience with a security operations center actively engaged with incident response activities, including analysis of artifacts, writing incident reports, and triaging of security incidents
Experience with cyber threat intelligence, digital forensics, red teaming, threat hunt, cloud incident response, counterintelligence, or detection engineering
Knowledge of cybersecurity standards and the implementation of industry best practices
Knowledge of external standards, including ISO 22301, ISO 22317, and NIST guidelines such as NIST 800-53 or NIST 800-61
Ability to work a rotating shift schedule supporting a 24/7 environment
TS/SCI clearance
HS diploma or GED
DoD 8140 baseline Level II Certification

Preferred

Experience with advanced Microsoft Office products
Experience with cyber technologies and capabilities, including continuous monitoring, incident response, advanced threat hunt, secure Cloud and mobile capabilities, ongoing assessment, digital forensics, and threat hunt
Experience with Cloud and DevSecOps
Experience with cybersecurity tools and solutions such as Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Corelight, Suricata or Snort, Palo Alto and Cisco firewalls, Archer Case Management, ServiceNow, Threat Connect, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk SOAR, Cofense, IronPort Mail Gateways, or Microsoft G5 Defender suite
Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills
Possession of excellent time management and analytical skills