Cyber Intrusion Detection System Administrator - TS/SCI with Polygraph

GDIT
Reston, VA

Responsibilities for this Position

Location: USA VA Reston
Full Part/Time: Full time
Job Req: RQ209219

Type of Requisition:
Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Top Secret/SCI

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Public Trust/Other Required:
None

Job Family:
Cyber and IT Risk Management

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Cyber Defense, Data Analysis, Information Assurance
Certifications:
None
Experience:
8 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes

Job Description:

CYBERSECURITY ANALYST PRINCIPAL

Advance your career while impacting our national security in cyber as a Cybersecurity Analyst Principal at GDIT. Here, technologists have many paths to grow a meaningful career supporting cyber missions and operations across the federal government.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT
As a Cybersecurity Analyst Principal, the work you'll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of DIA. You will play a crucial role in helping to protect our customers systems. Networks, and data.

Lead/Manage/Support our customers cyber tool stack and ability to implement defensive rules.

Collaborate with other government agencies to record and prepare incident reports and analysis methodology and results.

Provide insight to Detection and Response teams on signature functionality and providing signature tuning as needed.

Monitoring and analyzing signature alerts from Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS) for false positives.

Creating Splunk Dashboards

Provide guidance and work leadership to less-experienced staff

Utilize Splunk, Snort signatures, Regular Expressions, Suricata, Palo Alto Firewalls, Fidelis, etc

Experience using advanced data analytics tools and techniques, such as Splunk, SQL, Python, and statistical modeling.

Utilize Splunk, Snort signatures, Regular Expressions, Suricata, Palo Alto Firewalls, Fidelis, etc

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED
Bring your cyber expertise and drive for innovation to GDIT. The Cybersecurity Analyst Principal must have:
Education: BS Degree or equivalent experience
Experience: 8+ years of related experience
Technical skills: experience with Perl Compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE), authoring Yara rules and snort signatures
Security clearance level: TS SCI / with CI Poly
US citizenship required
Role requirements: work is performed directly at customer site.

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.
Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore a career in cyber at GDIT and you'll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your focus on defending and protecting what matters.

The likely salary range for this position is $148,750 - $201,250. 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 Reston

Additional Work Locations:
USA CO Colorado Springs, USA DC Washington

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.

Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at
gdit.com/tc .

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans



PI279093859




CYBERSECURITY ANALYST PRINCIPAL


Advance your career while impacting our national security in cyber as a Cybersecurity Analyst Principal at GDIT. Here, technologists have many paths to grow a meaningful career supporting cyber missions and operations across the federal government.


MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT
As a Cybersecurity Analyst Principal, the work you'll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of DIA. You will play a crucial role in helping to protect our customers systems. Networks, and data.


Lead/Manage/Support our customers cyber tool stack and ability to implement defensive rules.


Collaborate with other government agencies to record and prepare incident reports and analysis methodology and results.


Provide insight to Detection and Response teams on signature functionality and providing signature tuning as needed.


Monitoring and analyzing signature alerts from Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS) for false positives.


Creating Splunk Dashboards


Provide guidance and work leadership to less-experienced staff


Utilize Splunk, Snort signatures, Regular Expressions, Suricata, Palo Alto Firewalls, Fidelis, etc


Experience using advanced data analytics tools and techniques, such as Splunk, SQL, Python, and statistical modeling.


Utilize Splunk, Snort signatures, Regular Expressions, Suricata, Palo Alto Firewalls, Fidelis, etc


WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED
Bring your cyber expertise and drive for innovation to GDIT. The Cybersecurity Analyst Principal must have:
Education: BS Degree or equivalent experience
Experience: 8+ years of related experience
Technical skills: experience with Perl Compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE), authoring Yara rules and snort signatures
Security clearance level: TS SCI / with CI Poly
US citizenship required
Role requirements: work is performed directly at customer site.


GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.
Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace


OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore a career in cyber at GDIT and you'll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your focus on defending and protecting what matters.


The likely salary range for this position is $148,750 - $201,250. 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 Reston



Additional Work Locations:
USA CO Colorado Springs, USA DC Washington



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.


Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at

gdit.com/tc .


Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans







PI279093859

Posted 2025-10-24

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