Description

Cyber Data Analyst- Top Secret Clearance

Staffing Pros, a division of VETS Inc., is recruiting for a full-time Cyber Data Analyst onsite in Arlington, VA. An Active Top Secret clearance is required for this role.

This position is located in Arlington, VA and will be onsite 5 days a week. No hybrid/telework allowed.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze large cybersecurity datasets (e.g., network logs, authentication data, threat intelligence) to identify trends, anomalies, and potential risks
• Develop and maintain dashboards and reports (e.g., Power BI, Tableau) to provide actionable insights to leadership and operational teams
• Perform data validation, cleansing, and transformation to ensure accuracy and reliability of reporting
• Support anomaly detection and trend analysis through statistical methods and exploratory data analysis
• Collaborate with cybersecurity analysts to translate data findings into operational insights and recommendations
• Develop and refine metrics (e.g., phishing rates, authentication anomalies, threat activity trends) to improve situational awareness
• Conduct root cause and gap analysis to identify weaknesses in monitoring or detection coverage
• Support automation of recurring data processes and reporting workflows (e.g., Python, SQL, Databricks)
• Document methodologies, assumptions, and data sources to ensure transparency and reproducibility

Required Qualifications:

• A bachelor's degree and minimum of 9 years of relevant experience.
• An additional 4 years of experience may be substituted in lieu of degree.
• Must possess or be able to obtain one of the following certification before start date. Continued certification required as a condition of employment:

• CASP+ CE, CCNP Security, CEH, CFR, CHFI, CISA, CISSP (or Associate), Cloud+, CND, CySA+, GCED, GCIH, GICSP, SSCP.

• Experience with SIEM, EDR/XDR, and network security telemetry (e.g., Splunk, Microsoft Defender, Palo Alto Networks).
• Familiarity with SQL, Python, or PySpark for data manipulation.
• Familiarity with the use of artificial intelligence to add efficiencies to, or automate data capture, sort and analysis efforts, ideally within a cyber security or threat intelligence context.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Active Top Secret security with the ability to obtain a final Top Secret/SCI security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Building executive-level dashboards and presenting insights to non-technical stakeholders.
• Exposure to anomaly detection or basic statistical modeling (not full ML ownership).
• In federal or DoD/DoS environment, particularly with missions involving the creation and application of cyber threat intelligence.

EEO Statement

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