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    "description": "<h2>Responsibilities</h2>\n<p>Peraton is seeking an experienced <strong>Tier 2 Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT) Shift Lead</strong> to join Peratons' Federal Strategic Cyber Mission program.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p><strong>Location: Beltsville, MD; On-site</strong></p>\n<p> </p>\n<p><strong>Work Hours:</strong> Day Shift, 06:00– 14:00 EST (6:00 - 2:00 PM, EST), Tuesday - Saturday</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p><strong>In this role, you will:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n <li>Detect, classify, process, track, and report on cyber security events and incidents.</li>\n <li>Perform advanced in-depth analysis of coordinated Tier 1 alert triage and requests in a 24x7x365 environment.</li>\n <li>Analyze logs from multiple sources (e.g., host logs, EDR, firewalls, intrusion detection systems, servers) to identify, contain, and remediate suspicious activity.</li>\n <li>Characterize and analyze network traffic to identify anomalous activity and potential threats.</li>\n <li>Protect against and prevent potential cyber security threats and vulnerabilities.</li>\n <li>Perform forensic analysis of hosts artifacts, network traffic, and email content.</li>\n <li>Analyze malicious scripts and code to mitigate potential threats.</li>\n <li>Conduct malware analysis to generate IOCs to identify and mitigate threats.</li>\n <li>Collaborate with Department of State teams to analyze and respond to events and incidents.</li>\n <li>Monitor and respond to the CIRT Security Orchestration and Automation Response (SOAR) platform, hotline, email in-boxes.</li>\n <li>Create tickets and initiate workflows as instructed in technical SOPs.</li>\n <li>Coordinate and report incident information to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).</li>\n <li>Collaborate with other local, national and international CIRTs as directed.</li>\n <li>Submit alert tuning requests.</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Additionally, as a Tier 2 Shift Lead you will:</strong> </p>\n<ul>\n <li>Review all Tier 2 shift tickets for accuracy and completeness</li>\n <li>Coordinate with CIRT Watch Officers and government leadership on remediation actions</li>\n <li>Provide technical and procedural improvement recommendations to CIRT leadership</li>\n <li>Assist with Tier 2 candidate technical interviews as required</li>\n <li>Ensure coordinated remediation actions are operating properly</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Qualifications</h2>\n<p><strong>Minimum Qualifications</strong></p>\n<ul>\n <li>Bachelor’s degree and minimum of 9 years of relevant experience; or, Master’s degree with minimum of 7 years; or PhD with 4 years.</li>\n <li>Must possess, or obtain prior to start date, at least one of the following certifications. 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