Advanced Cyber Analyst, TS​/SCI; Virginia

GuidePoint Security provides trusted cybersecurity expertise, solutions and services that help organizations make better decisions and minimize risk. By taking a three-tiered, holistic approach for evaluating security posture and ecosystems, GuidePoint enables some of the nation's top organizations, such as Fortune 500 companies and U.S. government agencies, to identify threats, optimize resources and integrate best-fit solutions that mitigate risk.

An Advanced Cybersecurity Analytics Specialist participates on a team of skilled cybersecurity professionals that support the Cybersecurity Operations Center. Advanced Cybersecurity Analytics Specialists perform investigative services in order to identify trends and patterns within the organizations information technology infrastructure that indicate the presence of malicious cyber actors. They aggregate data from multiple sources and provide operational recommendations to organizational leadership. The operational recommendations are delivered to leadership in the form of presentations, graphic visualizations, tuning requests, and custom signature creation.

The Contractor shall provide ACA services which aggregates and analyzes products, data, and information to identify trends and patterns, anomalous activity, provide situational awareness of government networks, missions, and threats, and provide operational recommendations, visualizations, tuning requests, and custom signature creation to the Cybersecurity Operations Center (CSOC) and other internal and external stakeholders.

• US Citizen with an active TS/SCI clearance (required to obtain a CI Poly within 6 months)
• Detail-oriented and willing to collaborate with others.
• Lifelong and fast learner.
• Excellent communicator.
• Excellent research and problem‑solving skills.
• Strong familiarity with SNORT signatures and YARA rules.
• Strong familiarity with the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana).
• Mid‑level cybersecurity experience (e.g., Help‑desk, Tier I‑III SOC, Engineering, Dev Sec Ops ).
• Willing to institute a cultural change on how to use Big Data to impact organizational decision making.

All Contractor personnel performing ACA services shall have or obtain within six months of start a certification that is in compliance with Department of Defense (DoD) Directive (DoDD) 8140.01 and DoD 8570.01‑M IAT Level III and CSSP Analyst.

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GuidePoint Security is a rapidly growing, profitable, privately‑held value‑added reseller that focuses exclusively on Information Security. Since its inception in 2011, GuidePoint has grown to over 1,000 employees, established strategic partnerships with leading security vendors, and serves as a trusted advisor to more than 4,200 customers.

• Group Medical Insurance options:
  Zero Deductible PPO Plan (GuidePoint pays 90% of the premium for employees and 70% for family plans) or High Deductible Health Plan with HSA (GuidePoint pays 100% of the employee’s premiums and 75% for family plans); GPS contributes a lump sum ($500 per EE annually / $1,000 per family annually).
• Group Dental Insurance:
  GuidePoint pays 100% of the premium for employees and 75% for family plans.
• 12 corporate holidays and a Flexible Time Off (FTO) program.
• Healthy mobile phone and home internet allowance.
• Eligibility for retirement plan after 2 months at open enrollment.
• Pet Benefit Option.