Job Description

General Dynamics Information Technology – Health and Civilian Solutions Division is currently looking for an Information Sercurity Analyst to join our team to support our client support the Defense Health Agency (DHA).

Performs all procedures necessary to ensure the safety of information systems assets and to protect systems from intentional or inadvertent access or destruction.

•  Performs Computer Security Incident Response activities for a large organization, coordinates with other government agencies to record and report incidents.

• Monitor and analyze Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) to identify security issues for remediation.
• Recognizes potential, successful, and unsuccessful intrusion attempts and compromises thorough reviews and analyses of relevant event detail and summary information.
• Evaluate firewall change requests and assess organizational risk.
• Communicates alerts to agencies regarding intrusions and compromises to their network infrastructure, applications and operating systems.
• Assists with implementation of counter-measures or mitigating controls.
• Ensures the integrity and protection of networks, systems, and applications by technical enforcement of organizational security policies, through monitoring of vulnerability scanning devices.
• Performs periodic and on-demand system audits and vulnerability assessments, including user accounts, application access, file system and external Web integrity scans to determine compliance.
• Prepares incident reports of analysis methodology and results.
• Maintains current knowledge of relevant technology as assigned.
• Participates in special projects as required.