Cyber Advanced Threat Analyst (Government)

AT&T - Washington, District of Columbia

• Monitor security alerts of potential hacker attacks detected by security systems such as: Intrusion Detection & Prevention Systems (NIDS/NIPS, HIDS/HIPS, WIDS), Log Monitoring, File Integrity Monitoring and SIEM.
• Determine and classify the severity of alerts and assess potential impacts.
• Report and investigate potential security incidents.
• Provide recommendations for containment and eradication of threats.
• 6 months experience with alert analysis in a computer network intrusion/detection environment or similar field is desirable
• 1-3 years experience working in an operations environment; or previous SOC/NOC experience, strong networking skills
• Knowledge of identified operating system platforms; routers, network protocols, and security architecture Working knowledge of current vulnerabilities and attacks

• Bachelor’s or equivalent in years of professional IT experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent leadership skills and teamwork skills
• Results oriented, high energy, self-motivated
• At least 3 years of hands on experience with virtualization, system, network and/or application security experience
• Knowledge of Firewalls, IDS/IPS, intrusion detection, VLANS, routing and other network security technologies
• Knowledge of network and web related protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, UDP, IPSEC, HTTP, HTTPS, routing protocols)

Required Clearance: Ability to obtain Public Trust Clearance if required. Government fingerprint and background check required. US Citizenship or Permanent Resident Status.


AT&T is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and we are committed to hiring a diverse and talented workforce. EOE/AA/M/F/D/V

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Posted: 30+ days ago

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