Network Threat Discovery Analyst

Description

NASA/ AEGIS Enterprise Network Operations Center (ENOC) currently has an opening for a Threat Discovery Analyst within the Network Anomaly Research Cell (NARC) project. This is a great opportunity to be involved in continued development and maturation of an exciting security opportunity within NASA.

Primary Responsibilities

The applicant will be required to use critical thinking skills and creativity to proactively identify potential threats and/or incidents that may otherwise evade traditional security monitoring efforts. The analysts will aggressively monitor existing threat intelligence feeds and in-place security event and security incident monitoring tool suites for indicators of compromise (IOCs) and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs). Under the direction of the NARC team lead and with existing policies and procedures, the analyst will provide technical expertise and opinion in reporting of potential findings.

Basic Qualifications

• Have strong network and operating system knowledge and skills (i.e. understanding of network components, traffic, etc.)
• Understand common security threats (i.e. current malicious codes and efforts) and basic security measures used in defense
• Understand common security components (i.e. vulnerability assessments, incident handling, etc.)
• Possess strong communication skills, written and verbal
• Possess strong organizational skills
• Be able to work independently with minimal supervision as well as function well within a team effort in support of threat discovery searches
• Be proficient in MS Office

• Ability to effectively use dashboards and conduct searches/queries within Splunk.
• An ability to interact well with teammates and NASA..
• Knowledge of the existing NASA corporate network is a plus.
• Hold a Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) certification or equivalent.
• Ability to effectively use common security and penetration testing tools and suites.
• Knowledge of Incident Response investigation procedures.