SOC Analyst (Cybersecurity)

Location: Onsite in Fairfax, Virginia, United States, with a daily schedule from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Company

Provides a cybersecurity operations role supporting a large organization, government-agency coordination, and client technology divisions.

What you will do

• Perform network security monitoring, intrusion detection, and incident response.
• Monitor SIEM tools, logs, sensors, and security dashboards to identify and remediate threats.
• Investigate security events, intrusions, compromises, vulnerabilities, malicious emails, payloads, hashes, IPs, and URLs.
• Apply incident handling, containment, eradication, recovery, and other mitigating controls.
• Maintain incident records, prepare written reports, and deliver information security briefings.
• Support security tool deployment, integration, signature creation, system administration, and updates to Standard Operating Procedures.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship and an active Secret or Top Secret security clearance are required.
• Must be eligible for a Top Secret clearance if requested.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, business, physical science, or another technology-related discipline, or equivalent documented formal training.
• 6+ years of documented experience in information system security, security assessment and authorization, cybersecurity, computer forensics, or insider threat.
• Experience with security monitoring, incident detection and response, vulnerability assessment, log management, or SIEM operations.

Nice to have

• CompTIA CySA+ certification.
• Experience with SOC operations, event triage, threat hunting, vulnerability assessment, and root-cause analysis.
• Knowledge of SIEM tools, query generation, cybersecurity dashboards, IOCs, and IOAs.
• Experience with enterprise IT product requirements analysis, architecture, engineering, integration, and deployment.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time onsite work supporting Operations & Response, Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Test, and Engineering teams.
• Coordination with cybersecurity services, IT operations, engineering, software operations, and investigative technology divisions.
• Health, dental, and vision benefits.
• Paid time off, 401(k), and life insurance.