Job Description

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Security Operations Center (SOC) is a U.S. Government program responsible to prevent, identify, contain and eradicate cyber threats to CBP networks through monitoring, intrusion detection and protective security services to CBP information systems including local area networks/wide area networks (LAN/WAN), commercial Internet connection, public facing websites, wireless, mobile/cellular, cloud, security devices, servers and workstations.  The CBP SOCis responsible fortheoverall security of CBP Enterprise-wide information systems, and collects, investigates, and reports any suspected and confirmed security violations.

Leidos is seeking an experienced Tier 2 Attack Sensing & Warning Analyst to join our team. As a member of the AS&W team supporting U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), you will be responsible forleveraging advanced security technologies including EDR, SIEM, and network security tools to monitor, triage, and investigate endpoint and network activity, escalating alerts in accordance with established playbooks and procedures, analyzinglogs and attacker behaviors to identify APT tactics, aggregatingIOCs, and developingsecurity content, scripts, and tools that enhance detection and incident response capabilities in support of the protection of the customers’ systems, networks, and assets.

Primary Responsibilities:

Shift schedule: 7am-7pm,Sun-Tues, every other Wednesday.

• Utilizestate of the arttechnologies such as Endpoint Detection & Response(EDR)tools, log analysis (Splunk) andoccasionallynetwork forensics (full packet capture solution) toinvestigative activity to examine endpoint and network-based data.

• Monitor alerting channels for multiple endpoint and network tools for alerts of various criticalities and escalate according to defined processes, procedures, and playbooks.

• Triage alerts todeterminenature of activity occurring on customer networks, systems, servers, and mobile devices.

• Conduct log analysisfrom multiple avenues and tools totriageactivityin support of incident response.

• Recognize attacker and APT activity, tactics, and procedures and aggregateindicators of compromise (IOCs) that can be used to improve monitoring,analysisand incident response.

• Develop and build security content, scripts, tools, or methods to enhance the incident investigation processes.

• LeadIncident Response activities and mentor junior SOC staff.

• Create daily, weekly, and monthly reports for dissemination to customer leadership with emphasis on attention to detail andaccuratecapturing of relevant,timelydata for briefings.

• Succinctly and accurately capture technical details and summarize findings for less technical audiences.

• Work with key stakeholders to implement remediation plans in response to incidents.

• Effectively investigative andidentifyroot cause findings then communicate findings to stakeholders including technical staff, and leadership.

• Strong problem-solving abilities with an analytic and qualitative mindset.

• Effectively communicate with customer leadership anddisseminatetimelyupdates of critical incidents with emphasis on attention to detail andaccuratereporting.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science,engineering, Information Technology(IT), Cyber Security, or related field and 2, 4 or 8 years of professional experience (depending on level). Additional years of experience are accepted in lieu of degree.

• 5years of professional experience(or a Bachelors’ Degree and 3 years of professional experience)in incident detection,responseand remediation

• Minimum of three (3) but (5) preferred years of specialized experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Email security

• Digital media forensic

• Monitoring and detection

• Incident Response

• Vulnerability assessment andpenetration testing

• Cyber intelligence analysis

• Extensive experience analyzing and synthesizing information with other relevant data sources, providing guidance and mentorship to others in cyber threat analysis and operations

• Ability to collaborate with technical staff and customers toidentify, assess, and resolve complex security problems/issues/risks andfacilitateresolution and risk mitigation.

• Ability to stayup to date with the latest threat intelligence,security trends, tools, and capabilities

• Possess strong problem-solving abilities with an analytic and qualitative eye for reasoning

• Ability to independently prioritize and complete multiple tasks with little to no supervision.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to coordinate and communicate well with team leads and government personnel.

• Experience with detection engineering efforts to tune alerts, signatures, and tools to reduce false positives.

• Experience in cyber government, and/or federal law enforcement

• Experience withtheCyber Kill Chainand MITRE ATT&CK framework

• Ability to formulate and create new processes, metrics, and procedures to improve security operations

• Must be able to report into the office as many as 5 days per week in Ashburn, VA

Required certifications:

The candidate should have at minimum ONE of the following certifications:

• CompTIA Cyber Security Analyst (CySA+)

• CEH – Certified EthicalHacker

• CompTIA Linux Network Professional (CLNP)

• CompTIA Pentest+

• CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+)

• GPEN – PenetrationTester

• GWAPT – Web Application Penetration Tester

• GSNA – System andNetwork Auditor

• GISF – SecurityFundamentals

• GXPN – Exploit Researcher and Advanced PenetrationTester

• GWEB – Web ApplicationDefender

• GNFA – Network ForensicAnalyst

• GMON – Continuous Monitoring Certification

• GCTI – Cyber Threat Intelligence

• GOSI –Open SourceIntelligence

• OSCP (CertifiedProfessional)

• OSCE (Certified Expert)

• OSWP (WirelessProfessional)

• OSEE (Exploitation Expert)

• CCFP – Certified Cyber Forensics Professional

• CISSP – Certified Information SystemsSecurity

• CHFI – Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator

• LPT – Licensed PenetrationTester

• CSA – EC Council Certified SOC Analyst (Previously ECSA – EC-Council Certified Security Analyst)

• ENSA – EC-Council Network Security Administrator

• ECIH – EC-Council Certified Incident Handler

• ECSS – EC-Council Certified Security Specialist

• ECES – EC-Council Certified Encryption Specialist

Clearance:

All Department of Homeland Security CBP SOC employeesare required tofavorably pass a 5-year (BI) Background Investigation

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Original Posting:

March 4, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $87,100.00 - $157,450.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.