Sikich hiring Incident Response Analyst (Active Secret Clearance) in Washington, DC | LinkedIn (2024)

DescriptionIncident Response Analyst (II)What To Expect When You Join The Sikich FamilyTeam members at Sikich have a lot in common while also being part of a rich and diverse group of contributors, creating a distinct and thriving culture. Chief among our commonalities are a desire for growth and a shared unity of purpose in our professional lives. We believe that through diverse perspectives, challenging the status quo, and rewarding action, we accelerate innovation and drive growth – for our clients, for ourselves, and for our communities.

The professional services landscape continues to evolve. For Sikich, this means we have an opportunity to further cement our leadership position in this industry and continue to grow our organization in increasingly exciting ways. This growth is meaningful for every team member at our company because larger companies simply see more interesting client opportunities and can attract impressively talented individuals like you. Through a dedicated focus on key business priorities and intentionally creating a rewarding employee experience, Sikich has developed into a highly regarded provider of professional services and a sought-after employer of choice.

For our CPA candidates, Sikich has been on a journey of building a compelling, alternative option to the traditional CPA company. Do you want to work with other skilled practitioners and serve clients in a way that makes a difference? Are you seeking a supportive environment backed by a deep and extensive set of skillsets and digital strategies? Are you ready to make an impact and be acknowledged for your contributions? If you answered yes to these questions, we see a mutually beneficial and gratifying relationship on the horizon!

Are you ready to grow with us? Sikich has a need for an Incident Response Analyst to support our client that is located in Washington, DC.

We are looking for highly motivated and detail-oriented professionals to join our team.

What will you do in this role?

• Support the development of staff schedules and staffing forecasts for approval
• Ensure shift members follow the appropriate incident escalation and reporting procedures
• Provides support promptly and efficiently through front-line telephone and email communications
• Ingest, triage, prioritize, assign, track, document, and manage incidents and results
• Provide technical support in response to computer security incidents
• Correlate, map, and fuse any and all incident information for the development and distribution of cyber alerts and notices, or other products as required.
• Document technical details of current or potential intruder threats consistent with environment
• Coordinate, communicate, share information, and work closely with organizational stakeholders
• Responsible for knowledge management of operational procedures and support documentation

In addition, specific skills/experience required are as follows:

• Must be able to work onsite 2-3 days a week. (Washington, DC or Arlington, VA)
• Minimum Active DOD Secret Security clearance (Interim Secret Acceptable)
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Minimum 2 years of experience providing technical support in response to cybersecurity incidents
• Strong customer service skills
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Servant Leader – You are hyper focused on engaging employees, fostering their development, and building a positive culture.
• Solutions Focused – You see opportunities in every business problem and can develop, articulate, and implement solutions.
• Collaboration – You are a relationship builder across all levels of the organization and across all business units.
• Instills Trust - You do what you say, and you follow through on commitments, you act with integrity, you are consistent and are perceived as credible.
• Impact & Influence Thinking – You gain support for ideas, proposals, and solutions, and get others to act, with or without formal authority, to advance initiatives/objectives.

Your Work Place/Travel: The majority of the work will be performed in a hybrid setting in either Washington, DC or Arlington, VA. Some additional travel may be required. You must be able to transport a laptop and working documents to these sites.

Your Work Hours: Full-time. Core hours are 9 am-4 pm EST.

About Sikich LLCSikich LLC www.sikich.com is a global company specializing in technology enabled-professional services. With employees across the nation, Sikich draws on a diverse portfolio of technology solutions to deliver transformative digital strategies and ranks as one of the largest CPA companies in the United States. Our dynamic environment attracts top-notch employees who enjoy being at the cutting edge and seeing every day how their work makes a difference.

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Working in a fast-paced environment while also dealing hands-on with valued clients, audit professionals at Sikich are highly motivated and detail-oriented individuals. Professionals in this field possess excellent communication skills and are comfortable providing strategic and tactical accounting advice and recommendations to company clients. Our audit professionals utilize technology to deliver effective client solutions and spend time researching new and developing changes in the field. Sikich’s audit team members are educated in finance, accounting and related fields.

Through a competitive and comprehensive benefits package, we provide professionals the opportunity to excel in their careers, grow as individuals, and contribute to a strong, diverse, professional services company.

Some examples of our many benefits:

• Sikich maintains a Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy. We encourage every full-time employee, as your role permits, to utilize paid time off (personal time, mental/physical health care, vacation, sick leave, etc.). Waiting for time off to accrue is common at other companies. At Sikich, you do not have to wait for this benefit to kick in. FTO is activated on your first day with our organization.
• The company will also recognize paid holidays during the year and strives to permit employees to have time off the last week of the calendar year when client and project work permits.
• Sikich offers a comprehensive wellness program to engage, challenge and empower team members to take responsibility for their wellbeing. Activities can be tracked through our wellness provider to obtain gift cards and other rewards.

We also offer:

• Flexible work arrangements
• Health, dental, vision, life, and accident/death/disability insurance options
• HSA employer contribution
• Nine (9) paid holidays annually.
• A robust paid Parental Bonding Leave program covering birth, adoption, and foster children.
• 401(k) with employer contributions.
• CPA bonus with four (4) paid exam days & four (4) paid study days.
• Tuition reimbursem*nt
• Employee referral bonus program
• Client referral bonus program
• Pet insurance
• FORCE – Sikich community volunteer program enabling each team member to use up to four hours of paid time annually to volunteer and make a difference in their local communities.

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Sikich LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

Sikich currently practices in an alternative practice structure in accordance with the AICPA Professional Code of Conduct and applicable law, regulations, and professional standards. Sikich CPA LLC is a licensed CPA firm that provides audit and attest services to its clients. Sikich LLC has a contractual arrangement with Sikich CPA LLC under which Sikich LLC provides Sikich CPA LLC with professional and support personnel and other services to support Sikich CPA LLC’s performance of its professional services, and Sikich CPA LLC shares certain client information with Sikich LLC with respect to the provision of such services.