ECS is seeking a Jr. Cyber Incident Analyst to work remotely.

ECS is seeking talented professionals to join our successful and growing team supporting the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC). The JCDC is CISA’s flagship initiative for uniting government, industry, and international partners to proactively defend against cyber threats. Our ECS team is at the center of providing support to JCDC as they continue to plan, share, and respond to cyber threats in real time to support the greater cyber community and we are looking to grow our team supporting this critical mission.

We are looking for a Jr. Cyber Incident Analyst for a team that provides deep technical analysis during active cyber incidents, including insights into vulnerabilities, adversarial tactics, and mitigation strategies across diverse environments like IT, OT/ICS, cloud, and AI systems. This position will support a team that interfaces extensively with multiple organizations within CISA including Vulnerability Management (VM) and Threat Hunt (TH) to provide guidance and analysis on active cyber threats for JCDC partners. This position will assist in defining critical data sources for collection, inform processes, write detection rules, and analyze active and emerging cyber threats and incidents from across Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB), Critical Infrastructure (CI) and State, Local, Tribal and Territorial (SLTT).

The Jr. Cyber Incident Analyst will support a team that works closely with many stakeholders, including DHS CISA TH and VM, Agency security analysts / user groups, and the ECS team to ensure alignment between solution development and needs of stakeholders. The Analyst will perform research and assist with solutions for specific IOCs and IOAs. The Analyst will aid in defining tools, processes, and procedures for advancing Threat Hunting and Incident Response capabilities within CISA, FCEB, CI and SLTT.

Responsibilities:

Perform analysis on active cyber incidents, events and vulnerabilities to provide guidance and targeted recommendations for mitigation
Support the development of written guidance and recommendations to assist JCDC partners with solutions for active and ongoing cyber vulnerabilities
Through hands-on analysis provide insights into vulnerabilities, adversarial tactics, and mitigation strategies across diverse environments like IT, OT/ICS, cloud, and AI systems
Support a team in the translation of strategic products into clear, practical formats that are tailored to the specific needs and operational constr