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Network Based Systems Analyst III

Arlington, VA💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-11 → 2026-09-26

Core

Monitor network activity, identify and report security events, and recommend proactive measures to protect information systems from threats.

Role type

Senior IC Cyber Network Defense Analyst

Builds

Incident response investigations and network security posture improvements for US Government clients

Domain

Cybersecurity / Network Defense

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery

Required skills

Network investigations, TCP/IP protocols, standard network protocols (ICMP, HTTP/S, DNS, SSH, SMTP, SMB, NFS), Wi-Fi networking, network topology analysis (DMZ, WAN), SIEM (Splunk), MITRE ATT&CK, defense-in-depth principles, network traffic analysis, PCAP analysis, network device integrity assessment

Preferred skills

Network analysis software (Wireshark), PCAP carving, non-traditional traffic analysis (C2), evidence preservation, virtualized environments

Technologies

Splunk, Wireshark, TCP/IP, HTTP/S, DNS, SSH, SMB, NFS, MITRE ATT&CK

Responsibilities

Coordinate preliminary incident response investigations, analyze anomalous network activity to determine courses of action, assess network topology and device configurations for security concerns, collect and analyze network intrusion artifacts, analyze malicious network activity to identify weaknesses and effects, collect network device integrity data, assist with real-time CND incident handling tasks

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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