Monitoring and Incident Response Specialist - (Herndon, VA)

Position title: Monitoring and Incident Response Specialist Location: Herndon, VA Duration: 4+ months Responsibilities Individual contributor to expand our Security Operations and Incident Response team to do the following: Analyze network traffic and various log data to determine the threat/impact against the network, recommend appropriate countermeasures, and assess damage. Assist and participate in Medium- and High-severity incidents across multiple cross-functional teams leveraging multiple tools/applications. Efficiently facilitate and expedite the tracking, handling, and reporting of all security events and computer incidents. Evaluate and perform incident escalation in accordance with incident response procedures. Work with other teammates to ensure an effective and efficient cyber incident management system. Ensure all pertinent details is obtained to allow the identification, categorization, incident handling and triage actions to occur in a time sensitive environment.