Overview

This position description is subject to change at any time as needed to meet the requirements of the program or company.

Working across the globe, V2X builds smart solutions designed to integrate physical and digital infrastructure from base to battlefield. We bring 120 years of successful mission support to improve security, streamline logistics, and enhance readiness. Aligned around a shared purpose, our $3.9B company and 16,000 people work alongside our clients, here and abroad, to tackle their most complex challenges with integrity, respect, responsibility, and professionalism.

The Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO) division within the U.S.Army’s Global Cyber Center (GCC) is looking for a candidate with strong scripting abilities, experience with systems security administration, and network security technologies. The Forensics / Malware Senior Analyst will lead a team that will design, implement, automate, maintain, and optimize measures protecting systems, networks, and information.

This position is contingent upon successful contract award to V2X.

Responsibilities

Major Job Activities:

• Lead and examine malicious software using reverse engineering techniques to identify the nature of threats and perform analysis to understand adversarial capabilities and tactics.

• Develops procedures and scripts to identify, collect, transfer, and preserve evidence of unauthorized access to military and partner networks.

• Develops and maintains practices on obtaining forensic images of servers, workstations, laptops, flash devices, removable media, cell phones, RAID, and virtual systems.

• Oversees analysis of computer network intrusion events and malicious activity.

• Draft and review forensic and malware reports, briefings, and white papers.

• Analyze trends and statistics to provide proactive indications and warnings of malicious cyber activity and correlate attacks, exploits, and threat vectors.

• Develop mitigation techniques to deny further exploitation and provide recommendations for appropriate response and corrective actions to defend against threat activity.

• Shall work and interact with other DCO professionals internal and external to ARCYBER, with LE/CI Liaison Officers (LNOs), and intelligence professionals as a technical specialist to understand higher-level adversary capability.

  Material & Equipment Directly Used:

  Basic Office Equipment.

  Working Environment:

• Normal office environment.

• May require support during periods of non-traditional working hours including nights or weekends.

  Physical Activities:

  Must be able to lift/push/pull 40 lbs. unassisted.

Qualifications

Education / Certifications:

This position supports DCWF Work Role 541 (Advanced) and accordingly per DoD 8140.03 the candidate must possess GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA) certification , AND one of the following DCWF requirements:

DCWF 541

OR DOD / Military Training OR Certification

4-11-C32-255S (CP) or 4C-255N (CP) or 4C-255A (CP) or A-531-0009 or A-531-0022 or A-531-0045 or WSS 012

CISSO or CPTE or CySA+ or CFR or FITSP-A or GCSA or GPEN or CCE or CISA or CISM or GCIH and GSNA

• U.S. citizenship is required.

• Active DoD TS/SCI (Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmentalized Information) Security Clearance.

• ITIL Foundations certification desired upon hire, required within three months of hiring date.

  Experience / Skills:

• 5 years applicable experience working with various data (network and system) technologies, with a minimum of two of those years focused on information systems security, forensic and malware analysis.

• Exceptional knowledge and experience with commercial binary analysis tools, threat intelligence and visualization technologies, visualization of quantitative (numerical) or qualitative information.

• Excellent interpersonal, organization, writing, communicating, and briefing skills.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Must have a firm understanding of security enclave engineering.

  Supervisory / Budget Responsibilities:

  Acts in a technical based supervisory capacity.

  We are committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace that values and supports the contributions of each individual. This commitment along with our common Vision and Values of Integrity, Respect, and Responsibility, allows us to leverage differences, encourage innovation and expand our success in the global marketplace. V2X is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, protected veteran status or status as an individual with a disability. EOE/Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran.