Cyber Operations Cover Letter

In response to your job posting for cyber operations, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In my previous role, I was responsible for support as required for MBCRA vulnerability analysis, penetration and fault testing, cyber risk assessment, including addressing uncertainty, alternatives analysis, metric development, CONOPs analysis, model analysis, and simulation.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Demonstrated experience in identifying the root cause of an incident and recognize the key elements to investigate with the customer to get the root cause of an incident
• Active Project Management Institute (PMI) Program Management Professional (PMP) certification
• Experience performing CND incident triage to include determining scope, urgency, and potential impact
• Fundamental understanding of Information Assurance aspects of cybersecurity (NIST 800-53, SANS Top 20)
• Exposure to of the below IT security products
• EPolicy Orchestrator
• Host Intrusion Prevention
• Nitro SIEM

Please consider me for the cyber operations opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

In my previous role, I was responsible for technical advice on advanced cyber security and computer processing related technologies and programs, including advanced countermeasure design, development, implementation and assessment vulnerability and penetration testing.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Experience with performing site surveys, gathering data, and conducting research and analysis for deploying and implementing security tools
• Experience with Splunk and RSA Archer
• Experience as a senior security or systems engineer or administrator or lead in a US federal government operating environment and interfacing with CISO-level agency executives on a regular basis, including managing scope through enforcing processes and procedures
• Experience in interacting with clients and onboarding, configuration, and optimization with Dashboard tools and network security and system security, including supporting security event management (SEM) tools
• Experience with integrating Cybersecurity data using enterprise or custom tools, such as data aggregation and analysis tools
• Professional Cybersecurity Certifications, including Security+ or CISSP, Network Administration or Engineer Certification, including Network+ or CCNA Systems Administration or Engineering Certification, including RHSCA(E) or MSCE
• Demonstrated hands-on experience with operating systems (Linux and Windows)
• Demonstrated hands-on experience with IP networking

In response to your job posting for cyber operations, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

Previously, I was responsible for hands on use of automated tools and manual testing techniques to identify flaws, weaknesses, vulnerabilities and attack vectors in web applications (SAST, DAST, & IAST).

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Subject matter expert of cyber security
• Proven track record of Cybersecurity management, across a range of security teams
• Strong leadership experience working with various cultures
• Capable of handling high pressure incidents
• Forensic technologies such as Wireshark
• Working knowledge of virtualisation
• Familiarity with Fireeye, Tipping Point IPS, Peakflow, Motorola ADSP, F5- ASM, and web and email filtering technologies
• Provide monthly input to the Network Services Outage Report

I would like to submit my application for the cyber operations opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In the previous role, I was responsible for direction to internal and external staff responsible for conducting vulnerability scanning, penetration testing and tracking, working with the GRC Manager to ensure identified vulnerabilities are tracked and remediation is validated.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Assist the government in the performance of system administration and database
• Certified IAW DoD 8570.01-M IAT II
• Experience with Information Technology (IT) concepts, practices and procedures
• Adapt to the new environments with innovative changes and updates to process and procedures, resulting in more efficient and effective system/network management
• Track metrics across helpdesk tickets, outage reports, and system logs to identify problems before they occur
• Collaborate daily and share mission-centric infrastructure information and work to standardize configurations and the Configuration Management baseline to ensure that site specific deviations are minimized
• Maintain synchronization utilizing a Master Station Log, Ticketing System, Chat, and configuration management change logs
• Document and troubleshoot procedures to ensure both security and operational capabilities are available to the warfighter

I would like to submit my application for the cyber operations opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In my previous role, I was responsible for written and verbal descriptions of the security defects identified, articulate risk and impact and provide feedback on offensive and defensive cyber operations.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Experience with virtualization technologies including KVM, QEMU, and libvert
• Hands-on experience with setting up laboratory networking and computing equipment, especially experience in configuring and managing VLANs across switches
• Experience with modeling and simulation of wired and wireless networks using discrete event simulation tools such as ns-3 or other similar tools
• Computer system administration experience with Linux and Windows platforms
• Working knowledge of software-defined networks
• OCO-related technical expertise
• Requires a DoD 8570 IAM Level III (CISSP) certification
• Strong technical background in Unix/Linux, Windows administration, Internet protocols (TCP/IP), security concepts on threat & countermeasure, security product(including AV,firewall,IPS/IDS) and web security technology