Sr. Security Analyst

Location: Work from home in Virginia, United States. Short domestic or international travel may be required. A valid U.S. Passport and at least a Secret clearance are required.

Salary: $90,000–$120,000 per year

Company

Everforth hirify.global provides managed cybersecurity and advanced technology solutions for defense, intelligence, and federal civilian agencies.

What you will do

• Monitor networks and investigate alerts using IDS/IPS, firewalls, host-based security systems, and Elastic SIEM.
• Correlate network, cloud, and endpoint telemetry to identify threats, indicators of compromise, and unauthorized activity.
• Develop and tune SIEM detection rules, machine learning rules, dashboards, visualizations, and endpoint-based detections.
• Triage alerts, analyze phishing submissions, document incidents, and support containment, mitigation, and root cause analysis.
• Create or maintain Python and PowerShell scripts for investigation support, enrichment, automation, and telemetry integrations.
• Train customer teams and improve runbooks, detection standards, triage playbooks, and SOC workflows.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of cybersecurity experience.
• Strong Elastic SIEM experience covering monitoring, detection, triage, and investigation; Kibana experience required, with Logstash or ingest pipeline familiarity preferred.
• Strong cybersecurity fundamentals, including network protocols, encryption concepts, vulnerabilities, and multi-source analysis.
• Experience creating and tuning SIEM rules, signatures, and dashboards, plus Python or PowerShell scripting.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work independently under pressure.
• Must possess and maintain a U.S. Passport and at least a Secret clearance.

Nice to have

• Security Operations Center experience and familiarity with EDR, SIEM, SOAR, and ticketing tools.
• Knowledge of threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, GCP, Elastic observability data, or related security telemetry.
• Certifications such as CISSP, CEH, GCIH, Elastic Certified Analyst, A+, Net+, Sec+, or GSEC.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work arrangement with support for mission-driven cybersecurity services.
• Opportunities to work directly with customers on detection, response, and continuous improvement.
• Professional environment focused on excellence, accountability, innovation, and talent development.
• Benefits are provided by hirify.global.