Responsibilities
This Junior Analyst supports the Vulnerability Disclosure Program (VDP) -Defense Industrial Base (VDP-DIB) within the Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3) and is responsible for reviewing and vetting security vulnerability reports submitted to VDP-DIB from outside hackers. The Analyst will evaluate the reports to ensure the vulnerability is reproducible and therefore valuable to the customer. They will assess each vulnerability for severity and assign an associated risk statement. The HackerOne Triage console tool will be utilized to assist in assigning and prioritizing reports. It will also assist the Analyst in helping identify duplicate submissions. Valid reports will be written in a DOD approved format and sent to the system owner for coordination and mitigation. The VDP-DIB Analyst will be a VDP liaison with the hacker community and DIB Clients.
Qualifications
Qualifications • Strong understanding of information security principles and practices • Thorough understanding of TCP/IP • Understand basic IDS/IPS rules to identify and prevent malicious activity • Experience operating in a professional IT or cybersecurity environment • Experience investigating security events, threats and/or vulnerabilities • Understand information security principles, technologies and practices • Excellent customer service skills
• Active Secret security clearance required
• 5 years with BS/BA; 3 years with MS/MA; 0 years with PhD
• BS/BA in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Security or related field
Preferred Additional Skills • Working in a Security Monitoring/Security Operations Center environment (SOC) • CEH, CCNA-Security, CySA+, GCIH, GICSP, PenTest+ or similar certification a plus
Peraton Overview
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.