Type of Requisition:
Pipeline
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
None
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
None
Public Trust/Other Required:
MBI (T2)
Job Family:
Cyber Security
Job Qualifications:
Skills:
Cybersecurity, Cyber Threat Intelligence, Risk Scoring
Certifications:
None
Experience:
3 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
No
Job Description:
Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as an Insider Risk Analyst supporting the United States Postal Service. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.
At GDIT, people are our differentiators. As an Insider Risk Analyst, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on an Insider Risk Analyst joining our team to analyze design, develop, implement, and support code for our government customer, the United States Postal Service.
HOW AN INSIDER RISK ANALYST WILL MAKE AN IMPACT
In this role, a typical day will include:
- Lead or support insider risk investigations, including evidence preservation and forensic analysis.
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Leverage AI/ML to quickly assess potential threats and enable proactive, informed decisions, including blocking suspicious activities like unauthorized data transfers or flagging risky user behavior.
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Ability to utilize AI/ML and identify, assess, and mitigate potential security threats posed by individuals, leverage AI-driven solutions to analyze data, pinpoint risky behaviors, and generate actionable insights and recommendations for program resilience and mitigation strategies.
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Facilitate and support the coordination and response to active insider threats, collaborating with counterintelligence, threat intelligence, and law enforcement teams.
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Correlate behavioral, contextual, and technical indicators to identify and assess potential insider threat incidents.
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Support investigations by collecting and analyzing digital evidence, documenting findings, and escalating matters to the appropriate parties.
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Monitor user activity data and alerts to identify potential indicators of insider threats. Analyze system logs, network traffic, and endpoint alerts for suspicious activity.
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Correlate data from multiple sources (including user and entity behavior analytics (UEBA), data loss prevention (DLP), security information and event management (SIEM) tools, and endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions) to detect anomalies and patterns indicative of insider threats.
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Develop and implement detection methods and strategies, including risk scoring and threat analysis tools, and refine alerts based on triage results, understanding of insider threats, and current events.
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Work closely with internal teams such as CISO Operations, Legal, Human Resources, and Counterintelligence, as well as external partners, to address and resolve insider risk incidents.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:
Education:
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Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, preferred but not required.
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NOTE: If resources do not have a relevant college degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required.
Required Experience:
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3+ years of experience in analyzing technical and non-technical indicators related to insider activity, including user behavior, network activity, system logs, and data access patterns.
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Knowledge of AI/ML concepts, algorithms, and applications in insider threat detection, including supervised and unsupervised learning, deep learning, and anomaly detection.
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Proficiency in cybersecurity concepts, network protocols, operating systems, encryption, authentication mechanisms, and security tools like SIEM, UEBA, and DLP solutions.
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Utilize AI-powered platforms like User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) to identify anomalous activities and patterns indicative of insider threats.
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Cultivate and heighten AI/ML models to refine detection capabilities by leading the creation and tuning rules, alerts, and risk scoring models to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
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Familiarity with insider threat regulations, information security reports, and relevant legal and privacy regulations.
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Experience conducting internal investigations, collecting digital evidence while maintaining chain of custody, and understanding forensic analysis tools.
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Strong ability to analyze complex data, identify patterns and trends, apply critical thinking and logic to evaluate evidence, and use quantitative and qualitative methods to assess risk.
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Strong analytical skills to interpret large volumes of data and correlate disparate security signals.
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Knowledge of incident response processes and digital forensics fundamentals related to insider threat scenarios.
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Strong communication skills for cross-team coordination, reporting, and documenting of findings.
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Ethical judgment and discretion, especially when handling sensitive personnel and organizational data.
Security Clearance Level:
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Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance and successfully pass a thorough Government background screening process requiring the completion of detailed forms and fingerprinting
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This position has a U.S. residency requirement. The USPS security clearance process requires the selected candidate to have resided in the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for the last five years as follows: U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 6 months consecutively in the last 3 years (unless they meet certain exceptions). Non-U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 90 days consecutively in the last 3 years.
Location:
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Morrisville, NC
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Falls Church, VA
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Eagan, MN
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Remote considered
GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:
- 401K with company match
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Comprehensive health and wellness packages
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Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career.
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Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications.
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Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
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Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays
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The likely salary range for this position is $94,676 - $128,092. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
Travel Required:
Less than 10%
Telecommuting Options:
Onsite
Work Location:
USA VA Falls Church
Additional Work Locations:
USA NC Morrisville
Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.
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