SOC Watch Officer (Cybersecurity)

Location: Chandler, Arizona, United States

Company

hirify.global builds and delivers federal technology using a product-oriented approach focused on speed, ownership, and execution.

What you will do

• Maintain situational awareness across monitoring queues, incidents, and security events during the assigned watch.
• Supervise SOC analysts, direct workloads, review analyst actions, and enforce operational discipline.
• Make real-time decisions on event triage, escalation, prioritization, and notification of leadership.
• Support incident response through containment and remediation while coordinating with technical teams.
• Monitor SOC tooling and sensor coverage, escalating detection gaps, outages, and anomalies.
• Document security events, conduct shift turnover briefings, and contribute to after-action reviews and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• At least 3 years of supervisory experience in security operations or a related technical environment.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise monitoring, detection, alert triage, log analysis, and incident response.
• Experience with SIEM platforms, EDR tools, network monitoring technologies, LAN, WAN, and cloud security architectures.
• Knowledge of FISMA, NIST incident response frameworks, and federal security operations standards.
• Active Secret clearance and Top Secret/SCI eligibility are required. One certification from each specified security operations and DoD 8570 CSSP groups is required; six years of equivalent hands-on experience may replace one certification.

Nice to have

• Experience as a watch officer or shift lead in a federal civilian, defense, or intelligence SOC.
• Experience with tier-less SOC operations, threat hunting, APT detection, kill-chain response, Zero Trust monitoring, or cloud-based security operations.
• Active TS/SCI clearance.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible schedules and teleworking options.
• Medical insurance, including HSA-eligible plans, plus employer-paid dental and vision options.
• Employer-sponsored short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance.
• 5% 401(k) company matching, paid holidays, PTO accrual, and paid parental leave.
• Professional development, career growth opportunities, and team recognition events.