Cyber Defense Analyst (onsite)

Washington, District Of Columbia

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Type: Contract-to-Hire

Experience: 0

Category: Information Technology

Contractor Work Model: Onsite

Brand: System One

Compensation Range: 110000.00 - 130000.00 Per Year

Job ID: 346966

Date Posted: 02/27/2026

Shortcut: http://jobs.systemone.com/UqXsgm


Cyber Defense Analyst
2nd shift (3pm - 11:30pm) and 3rd night shift available
Washington, DC – onsite
Must be able to obtain Public Trust clearance

Responsibilities:
• Collaborates with intrusion analysts to identify, report on, and coordinate remediation of cyber threats to the client
• Provides timely and actionable sanitized intelligence to cyber incident response professionals
• Leverages technical knowledge of computer systems and networks with cyber threat information to assess the client's security posture
• Conducts intelligence analysis to assess intrusion signatures, tactics, techniques and procedures associated with preparation for and execution of cyber attacks
• Researches hackers, hacker techniques, vulnerabilities, exploits, and provides detailed briefings and intelligence reports to leadership

Qualifications:
• Bachelor's with 8+ years of cyber security experience (or commensurate experience)
• 7 years of security intrusion detection examination experience involving a range of security technologies that product logging data; to include wide area networks host and network IPS/IDS/HIPs traffic event review, server web log analysis, raw data logs
• Working experience of Splunk SIEM. Contractor will have at least two years as a cyber security or security operations shift team leader
• At least five years’ experience working at a senior level, performing analytics examination of logs and console events in the following working experience areas of; creating advance queries methods in Splunk or advance Grep skills, firewall ACL review, examining Snort based IDS events, Pcaps, web server log review, and working in a SIEM environment




System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé, ALTA IT Services, and Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.

System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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