Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Lucidus Solutions is seeking a Security Operations Analyst to support a federal cybersecurity program. The role focuses on day-to-day cybersecurity operations, including vulnerability management, endpoint security, continuous monitoring, incident investigation, security asset management, and coordination with technical teams and stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Identify, analyze, prioritize, track, and validate cybersecurity vulnerabilities
- Support vulnerability remediation and risk-based vulnerability management activities
- Perform continuous security monitoring and analysis of security-relevant events
- Assist with threat detection, log analysis, and investigation of cybersecurity incidents
- Support endpoint protection and endpoint security operations
- Support security asset management and asset intelligence activities
- Assist with Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) activities and reporting
- Support incident response and related investigation activities
- Assist with the development and maintenance of security configuration baselines
- Track security exceptions, waivers, remediation activities, and risk acceptance items
- Prepare technical reports, status updates, and recommendations
- Coordinate with infrastructure teams, security teams, system owners, and other stakeholders
Skills
- Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in cybersecurity, information security, security operations, or systems security
- Experience with vulnerability management and enterprise cybersecurity operations
- Experience analyzing vulnerabilities, security events, or incidents
- Familiarity with endpoint security, continuous monitoring, and security operations tools
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills
- Ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Must be able to successfully complete and maintain the required Public Trust background investigation
- Experience supporting federal government cybersecurity programs
- Experience with Tenable/Nessus or other vulnerability management tools
- Experience with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint or other endpoint security platforms
- Experience with EDR, SIEM, or log analysis tools
- Experience with Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM)
- Experience with security asset management or asset intelligence tools
- Experience supporting incident response activities
- Experience developing or maintaining security configuration baselines
- Familiarity with NIST and FISMA requirements
- Security+, CySA+, CISSP, GCIH, or similar certification is a plus
Benefits
- Paid time off
- Paid Federal holidays
- Medical Insurance
- Retirement benefits with employer contributions
- Life Insurance
- Short- and Long-Term disability
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