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Early Career (2+ yrs experience)
$79000
IT - Security
Maxwell AFB, AL (On-Site/Office)
Cybersecurity Analyst – Contract to Hire
📍 Location: Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama
🔒 Clearance Required: Active Secret Clearance
🔁 Employment Type: Contract to Hire
Position Overview:
We are seeking a Cybersecurity Analyst with 3+ years of hands-on experience in vulnerability management, system assessments, and security operations within a DoD environment. This role supports the defense-in-depth strategy by identifying, analyzing, and mitigating vulnerabilities across networked systems and enclaves.
Key Responsibilities:
Utilize security tools such as NESSUS, ACAS, DISA STIGs, Forescout, ESS, and other audit tools to assess system and network configurations.
Conduct vulnerability scans, analyze results, identify false positives, and generate POA&Ms and MFRs.
Perform system and network assessments to ensure compliance with DoD, enclave, and local policies.
Actively manage hardware and software inventories to ensure only authorized assets are present and operational.
Submit and track tickets for remediation and corrective actions across technical teams.
Collect and analyze data from IDS alerts, firewalls, network traffic logs, and host system logs to detect and respond to cyber threats.
Investigate and validate cyber incidents, maintain incident tracking, and coordinate recovery activities.
Support scanning operations including environment setup, licensing, asset refreshes, and credential management.
Contribute to monthly and quarterly reporting on vulnerability and incident response activities.
Qualifications:
3+ years of cybersecurity experience in a DoD or federal environment.
Proficiency with vulnerability scanning tools and security frameworks.
Strong understanding of defense-in-depth architecture and risk mitigation strategies.
Experience with POA&M creation, incident response, and compliance reporting.
Familiarity with DoD security policies and DISA STIGs.
Active Secret Clearance is required.
📍 Location: Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama
🔒 Clearance Required: Active Secret Clearance
🔁 Employment Type: Contract to Hire
Position Overview:
We are seeking a Cybersecurity Analyst with 3+ years of hands-on experience in vulnerability management, system assessments, and security operations within a DoD environment. This role supports the defense-in-depth strategy by identifying, analyzing, and mitigating vulnerabilities across networked systems and enclaves.
Key Responsibilities:
Utilize security tools such as NESSUS, ACAS, DISA STIGs, Forescout, ESS, and other audit tools to assess system and network configurations.
Conduct vulnerability scans, analyze results, identify false positives, and generate POA&Ms and MFRs.
Perform system and network assessments to ensure compliance with DoD, enclave, and local policies.
Actively manage hardware and software inventories to ensure only authorized assets are present and operational.
Submit and track tickets for remediation and corrective actions across technical teams.
Collect and analyze data from IDS alerts, firewalls, network traffic logs, and host system logs to detect and respond to cyber threats.
Investigate and validate cyber incidents, maintain incident tracking, and coordinate recovery activities.
Support scanning operations including environment setup, licensing, asset refreshes, and credential management.
Contribute to monthly and quarterly reporting on vulnerability and incident response activities.
Qualifications:
3+ years of cybersecurity experience in a DoD or federal environment.
Proficiency with vulnerability scanning tools and security frameworks.
Strong understanding of defense-in-depth architecture and risk mitigation strategies.
Experience with POA&M creation, incident response, and compliance reporting.
Familiarity with DoD security policies and DISA STIGs.
Active Secret Clearance is required.
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