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Senior Incident Response Analyst
The Senior Incident Response Analyst joins the Digital Modernization Sector to support the DHS CISA Program within the Department of Homeland Security Security Operations Center. This role involves coordinating investigation and response efforts throughout the incident response lifecycle, correlating data to determine the scope of cyber incidents, and analyzing endpoint artifacts, network artifacts, volatile memory, and malicious files. The analyst will develop playbooks, tune security tools like EDR, IDS, and SIEM, and create metrics for SOC operations. Key technical requirements include expertise in Windows and Linux operating systems, enterprise network architectures, and the ATT&CK Framework. Candidates must possess scripting skills in Python, PowerShell, or Bash to develop security content. The role addresses the critical need to monitor, detect, and mitigate cyber threats and adversarial activity across the DHS Enterprise infrastructure.