Security Operations Center Analyst

Security Operations Center Analyst

The Opportunity:

Do you love the excitement and opportunity to study, analyze, and deal with complex threats to digital security? Are you excited by the potential of identifying threats that affect the Department of Defense and our nation? What if you could use those skills to lead a technical team to improve the technology supporting our client’s no-fail, unique mission? If yes, then this opportunity is for you! As a Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst, you are in the middle of the action, responding to and mitigating threats in real-time. Your combination of people skills, leadership experience, and technical proficiency ensures you can solve complex problems for the mission space.

We are looking for an experienced SOC Analyst to improve monitoring strategies and analyze threats to safeguard infrastructure supporting global missions focused on seeking out and eliminating cyberspace threats to defend the United States and its Allies. 

As a SOC Analyst, you’ll guide the team on best practices and security measures, configure defense tools, create reports and dashboards, and build custom queries. You’ll make recommendations to leadership on best practices to harden infrastructure and improve alerting, lead incident response and remedy potential incidents escalated from SOC Analysts. Work with the team to understand, mitigate, and respond to threats quickly, restoring operations and limiting the impact. You’ll guide efforts to assess how many systems are affected and assist recovery efforts. You’ll combine threat intelligence, event data, and assessments from recent events to identify patterns and provide mitigation techniques and strategies. Apply your knowledge of attacker techniques to uncover threats by analyzing log data and building and tuning detections.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:

• Experience writing detections within SIEM solutions, including Splunk, ArcSight, ElasticSearch, or Azure Sentinel

• Experience monitoring the Intrusion Detection System (IDS) or Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)

• Knowledge of the basic functions and configurations of Bro or Zeek

• Knowledge of OS internals, including Windows, Linux, or Mac

• Knowledge of common security threats and vulnerabilities

• Ability to perform Nessus scans and review results, firewall configurations, and Linux hosts for indicators of compromise and hardening of Linux systems

• Ability to partner and collaborate with both internal and external teams, including developers, vendors, analysts, tech leads, and project managers

• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph

• Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of experience in modeling, cybersecurity, anomaly detection, SOC detection, threat analytics, security incident and event management (SIEM), IT, and operations incident response, or 6+ years of experience in modeling, cybersecurity, anomaly detection, SOC detection, threat analytics, SIEM, IT, and operations incident response in lieu of a degree

• IAT Level II Certification

Nice If You Have:

• Experience creating and debugging Splunk Dashboards, and creating Snort rules

• Experience leveraging common scripting languages, including PowerShell or Python, to parse logs and automate repeatable tasks

• Experience with security related subjects and trends such as digital forensics, reverse engineering, or penetration testing

• Experience with security principles in virtual and hosting software such as MISP, HIVE, CORTEX, WikiJS, VPN, and SecurityOnion

• Experience leading teams in a technical capacity

• Ability to use Splunk to hunt for indicators of compromise, create Splunk Dashboards, and review logs

• Ability to code or script using any language

• Possession of excellent written and verbal communication skills

• DoD 8570 CSSP Analyst Certification

• GCIA, GSLC, GCIH, CISM, CISSP, or CEH Certification

Clearance:
Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required. 

Create Your Career:

Grow With Us

Your growth matters to us—that’s why we offer a variety of ways for you to develop your career. With professional and leadership development opportunities like upskilling programs, tuition reimbursement, mentoring, and firm-sponsored networking, you can chart a unique and fulfilling career path on your own terms.

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