Cyber Security Analyst

About the Role

As a Security Operations Center (SOC) analyst, you’ll be the first line of cyber defense, responding to and mitigating threats in real time. This role involves monitoring and analyzing threats using state-of-the-art tools to secure critical infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor, detect, and respond to cyber security alerts.
• Review logs, tool output, and intelligence sources to investigate security events.
• Follow escalation processes.
• Identify and recommend improvements.
• Prepare reports and informational documents.
• Work in a team environment to understand, mitigate, and respond to threats quickly, restoring operations and limiting impact.
• Analyze incidents to determine affected systems and assist recovery efforts.
• Combine threat intelligence, event data, and recent event assessments to identify patterns and understand attackers’ goals.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Experience with DoD information systems.
• Ability to support 24/7 operations via a shift work schedule.
• Top Secret clearance required.
• HS diploma or GED.

Nice to Have

• Experience with DoD STIGs and SRGs and hardening guidance.
• Knowledge of ESS, ACAS, and DoD SIEM platforms.
• Ability to work well on a team.
• TS/SCI clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or Engineering.

Clearance

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. A Top Secret clearance is required.