Job Description

Alion's Information Assurance - Forensic Analysts supports US SOUTHERN COMMAND's Information Assurance/Cyber Security team in Doral, FL.  Our IA Forensic Analyst position is ideal for  individuals who are both tech savvy and have a desire to analyze and investigate cyber security capability and incidents.  We support US SOUTHCOM's Operational Mission on a 24/7 basis with some of the worlds most advance IT systems and architectures.  

Duties and Responsibilites are: 

• Determines enterprise information assurance and security standards.
• Develops and implements information assurance/security standards and procedures.
• Coordinates, develops, and evaluates security programs for an organization. Recommends information assurance/security solutions to support customers’ requirement
• Identifies, reports, and resolves security violations.
• Establishes and satisfies information assurance and security requirements based upon the analysis of user, policy, regulatory, and resource demands.
• Supports customers at the highest levels in the development and implementation of doctrine and policies.
• Applies know-how to government and commercial common user systems, as well as to dedicated special purpose systems requiring specialized security features and p
• Performs analysis, design, and development of security features for system architectures.
• Analyzes and defines security requirements for computer systems which may include mainframes, workstations, and personal computers.
• Designs, develops, engineers, and implements solutions that meet security requirements.
• Provides integration and implementation of the computer system security solution.
• Analyzes general information assurance-related technical problems and provides basic engineering and technical support in solving these problems.
• Performs vulnerability/risk analyses of computer systems and applications during all phases of the system development life cycle.
• Ensures that all information systems are functional and secure.
• Performs basic vulnerability scans using vendor utility tools. Monitors security audit and intrusion detection system logs for system and network anomalies.
• Investigates and/or escalates security violations, attempts to gain unauthorized access, virus infections that may affect the network or other event affecting security.
• Assists in providing engineering analysis, design and support for firewalls, routers, networks and operating systems.
• Assists in performing product evaluations and recommends products/services for network security.
• Validates and tests basic security architecture and design solutions to produce detailed engineering specifications with recommended vendor techniques.
• Develops, tests and operates firewalls, intrusion detection systems, enterprise anti-virus systems and software deployment tools.
• Assists in the review and recommends the installation, modification or replacement of hardware or software components and any configuration changes that affect sec
• Assists in providing oversight and enforcement of security directives, orders, standards, plans and procedures at server sites.
• Experience working with internet, web, application and network security techniques.
• Experience working with relevant operating system security.
• Experience working with leading firewall, network scanning and intrusion detection products and authentication technologies.
• Experience working with federal regulations related to information security.
• Experience working with NIST Special Publications and C&A process methodology.