Overview

At Criterion Systems, we developed a different kind of business—a company whose real value is a reputation for excellence built upon the collective skills, talents, perspectives, and backgrounds of its people. By accepting a position with Criterion Systems, you will join a group of professionals with a collaborative mindset where we share ideas and foster professional development to accomplish our goals. In addition to our great culture, we also offer competitive compensation and benefit packages, company-sponsored team building events, and advancement opportunities. To find out more about how Criterion can help you take your career to the next level please visit our website: www.criterion-sys.com . Criterion Systems is a Military/Veteran Friendly Company therefore we encourage Veterans to apply.

Our staff provides cyber security support to the Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration.

Responsibilities

We are seeking aTier 2 Intrusion Analystto support a federal government customer inLas Vegas, Nevada!

The candidate will be an experienced senior technical member of a Security Operations Center (SOC) working in a 24x7 operational environment. This position requires daily interaction with management, security personnel at customer sites, and government personnel with other federal agencies. Applicant must be a positive, flexible, driven, self-starter requiring no direct supervision, with the capability to exceed in a fast-paced cybersecurity industry. Strong communication and interpersonal skills are a necessity; including the ability to effectively communicate via written and verbal mediums. Strong documentation skills are a requirement, as senior analysts are responsible for standardizing operational procedure. Developed and demonstrated business and technical writing skills are a must. Tier 2 intrusion analysts must possess senior level technical ability and serve as a subject matter experts within the team. Position may include up to 10% travel both locally and nationwide. Applicants must be demonstrably detail-oriented, self-driven, and be able to multi-task on a high-tempo operational team.

Duties, Tasks & Responsibilities

Employ computer network defense best practice by monitoring, triaging, and responding to cybersecurity alerts within a dynamic operational work environment. Communicate with customer contacts to effectively relay time-sensitive security event and incident information. Review work of junior team members and provide technical coaching and guidance. Research emerging threats and apply proactive investigative measures to predict actions by adversarial threat actors. Develop and maintain in-depth knowledge of industry trends, vulnerability releases, adversarial TTPs, and malware campaigns. Translate investigative results into threat indicators and custom behavioral signatures within intrusion prevention and detection systems. Continually learn and evolve as a member of a team of highly motivated cybersecurity professionals.

Provide other services to include, but not limited to:

• Triage of alerts in support of network security monitoring operations

• Review and analyze network packet capture files

• Review and analyze IDS/IPS alerts

• Review of security vulnerability data

• Utilize threat hunting techniques to pro-actively identify threat activity

• Identification, review, and tracking of malicious code

• Reporting malicious activity to customer sites

• Provide customers with remediation recommendations

• Review and management of incident response activity

• Serve as Subject Matter Expert (SME) within team based on an identified area of technical expertise.

• Development of new services, technology, and products

• Creation of procedural documentation

• Other duties as assigned

• Travel up to 10%

Qualifications

Required Experience, Education, Skills & Technologies

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Security or related technical discipline OR four (4) years professional IT experience may be used in lieu of degree.

• Five (5) years of working experience with a preference in network security monitoring.

• **Prefer active clearance but if no active clearance must be elgiible for: Active Department of Energy (DOE) “Q” Clearance OR Top Secret Security Clearance OR Secret Clearance OR ability to obtain a clearance

• US Citizenship required (no dual citizenship)

• Must be willing to work various 12 hour shifts in a 24x7 environment

• Strong knowledge of network and host-based IDS/IPS

• Strong knowledge of SIEM technologies

• Strong knowledge of Anti-Malware or EDR technologies

• Strong knowledge of networking

• Strong knowledge of common network protocol

• Strong knowledge of information security principles

• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Excellent customer service skills

• Possess Sec+ and CYSA, or obtain within the 6 months of employment

  Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with SOAR solutions

• Experience in supervisory or management of IT operations

• Experience with cybersecurity information assurance and compliance

• Experience with advanced query, regular expression, scripting, or programming languages

• The following security certifications are highly desired: GSEC, GCIA, GCIH, Pentest+, CHFI, OSCP

  Security Clearance Level

• Active Department of Energy (DOE) “Q” Clearance OR Top Secret Security Clearance OR Secret Clearance OR ability to obtain a clearance

  Work Schedule

• Full-time on-site

  Benefits Offered

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Tuition/Training Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid Time Off, and Holidays.

  Criterion Systems, LLC and its subsidiaries are committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination at all levels of our organization. We believe in treating all applicants and employees fairly and make employment decisions without regard to any individual’s protected status: race, ethnicity, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, creed, sex/gender, gender identity/gender expression, sexual orientation, physical and mental disability, marital/parental status, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions), age, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit https://careers-criterion-sys.icims.com/.

Job LocationsUS-NV-Las Vegas

ID 2024-3254

Category Information Technology

Type Junior