Senior SOC Analyst and Incident Responder

Location: Onsite in Merrifield, Virginia, United States; daily schedule from 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM.

Company

hirify.global provides cybersecurity support for the Drug Enforcement Administration, including security operations, incident response, forensics, threat detection, and vulnerability management.

What you will do

• Lead advanced incident detection, investigation, root-cause analysis, and impact assessment.
• Correlate SIEM, EDR, IDS/IPS, firewall, telemetry, log, and threat-intelligence data.
• Coordinate containment, eradication, recovery, forensic collection, evidence preservation, and post-incident reviews.
• Conduct proactive threat hunting for advanced persistent threats, indicators of compromise, anomalous activity, and undiscovered vulnerabilities.
• Develop detection rules, alert thresholds, playbooks, SOPs, automation workflows, and SOC training materials.
• Mentor SOC analysts, lead tabletop exercises and red/blue team drills, collaborate with engineering and cloud teams, and brief leadership on security events.

Requirements

• Active Secret or Top Secret clearance required.
• Master’s degree with 8 years of experience, or bachelor’s degree with 11 years of experience.
• Documented experience in information system security, security assessment and authorization, cybersecurity, computer forensics, or insider threat.
• At least one required certification: CBROPS, CFR, CySA+, Security+ CE, CASP+ CE, FITSP-O, GCFA, GCIA, GDSA, GICSP, CCNA Security, CCNP Security, CISSP, CCSP, CISA, SSCP, or CND.
• Experience with incident response, digital forensics, threat hunting, SIEM/SOAR platforms, and cybersecurity tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time position supporting a 24/7/365 Security Operations Center.
• Fortune 500-level health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Paid time off, 401(k), and life insurance.
• Collaborative work with SOC, engineering, threat intelligence, forensics, IT, cloud, and DEA stakeholders.