Requisition/Vacancy No\. 116520BR
**Position Title** Cyber Space Defender
**Job Category** Information Technology
**Business Line** Government
**Office Region** USA \- West
**Office Location** US \- Colorado Springs, CO \- 160 Patrick St
**Why Choose AECOM?** With nearly 100,000 employees — including architects, engineers, designers, planners, scientists and management and construction services professionals — serving clients in more than 150 countries around the world following the acquisition of URS, AECOM is a premier, fully integrated infrastructure and support services firm\. AECOM is ranked as the \#1 engineering design firm by revenue in _Engineering News\-Record_ magazine’s annual industry rankings\. The company is a leader in all of the key markets that it serves, including transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, oil and gas, water, high\-rise buildings and government\. AECOM provides a blend of global reach, local knowledge, innovation and technical excellence in delivering solutions that create, enhance and sustain the world's built, natural and social environments\. A _Fortune 500_ company, AECOM companies, including URS, had revenue of $19\.2 billion during the 12 months ended June 30, 2014\. More information on AECOM and its services can be found at www\.aecom\.com\.
**About the Business Line** **Government**
AECOM’s Global Support Services \(GSS\) organization resides within AECOM’s Government business line and is comprised of three divisions — International Development, Operations and Mission Support, and Global Programs\. GSS has the international presence, personnel networks and procurement infrastructure to deliver support for any mission, anywhere\. We optimize the reliability, availability and sustainability of equipment, logistics systems and facilities for clients around the world\. GSS supports the U\.S\. Government, non\-U\.S\. Governments and industry clients with worldwide program management, planning, design, operations and maintenance, logistics, aviation services, security, international development, environmental and civil engineering and mission and intelligence support\.
**Job Summary** Cyber Space Defenders are responsible for employing Cyberspace Defense oversight for the Air Force Integrated Network \(AFIN\)\. AFIN provides core service support primarily to Air Force Space Command \(AFSPC\), Air Mobility Command \(AMC\), Air Education and Training Command \(AETC\), Pacific Air Forces \(PACAF\), United States Strategic Command \(USSTRATCOM\), United States Global Strike Command \(USGC\), US Cyber Command \(USCYBERCOM\), US Transportation Command \(USTRANSCOM\), US Pacific Command \(USPACOM\), Air Force Global Strike Command \(AFGSC\)\.
Cyber Space Defenders maintain a vigilant watch over external and internal data traffic for over 50\+ US Air Force Base’s and installations supporting the 561st Network Operation Squadron \(NOS\) in a 24/7 environment\. Services provided include: overseeing and directing incident response actions to investigating nefarious network activity, researching and making recommendations for effective mitigation of external threats, to include the utilization of Boundary Protection devices and to advise on the utilization of tools and procedures in order to sustain information security, integrity, and availability\.
Duties Include:
+ Monitor, detect, and respond to network events and provide internal/external IT threat analysis affecting the operational availability of the AFIN
+ Identify and verbally report suspicious activity
+ Create and present written threat analysis reports
+ Perform trend analysis of traffic to identify “low\-and\-slow” attacks/scans of the enterprise, and recommend appropriate mitigating options
+ Detect and report host\-to\-host/peer\-to\-peer malicious internal network traffic
+ Terminate network sessions suspected of generating malicious network activity
+ Review, validate and report daily new technologies and tactics which threaten the AFIN
+ Monitor the AFIN in real\-time and identify suspicious activity and immediately report with recommendations/options to mitigate the suspicious activity
+ Coordinate with Air Force Computer Emergency Response Team \(AFCERT\) and affected base IA personnel to block any intruding IP addresses when the authenticity and authorization of a given network connection is not positively established
+ Coordinate with the AFCERT Incident Response Team \(IRT\) and Air Force Office of Special Investigations \(OSI\) personnel when required
**Minimum Requirements**
+ McAfee Host Based Security System \(HBSS\)
+ ArcSight, Splunk, Wireshark or SNORT
+ Network or Host Based IDS \(NIDS/HIDS\)
+ Active Directory
+ Remedy for Incident tracking
+ Experience with US Air Force Network environments
+ Certification or training in Information Security
+ 3\-5 Years experience as Systems Administrator in an Enterprise Environment
+ Possess DoD 8570 baseline \(IAT Level 2\) certifications and Integrated Technology Information Library \(ITIL\) Foundation Certification Course at contract award\.
+ Shift Flexible
+ Current Secret Security Clearance
**Preferred Qualifications**
+ Analyzing Firewall logs \(Sidewinder, CISCO PIX\), Proxy logs \(Blue Coat\) and Windows Event and Security logs
+ Knowledge of Network Topologies and devices
+ Modification Info
**What We Offer** AECOM is a place where you can put your innovative thinking and business skills into high gear and work alongside other highly intelligent and motivated people\. It's a place where you can apply your skills to some of the world's most challenging, interesting, and meaningful projects worldwide\. It's a place that values the diversity of our areas of practice and our people\. It's what makes AECOM a great place to work and grow\.
AECOM is an equal opportunity employer and Minorities, Females, Veterans, and Disabled persons are encouraged to apply\. For further information, please click here to view the EEO Is The Law poster\.
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