SOC Analyst-Virginia Beach, VA
Required Education: Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience: 4-6 years
Required Clearance: Secret and must be eligible to obtain and maintain TS/SCI
Work Location: Virginia Beach, VA- 100% Onsite

Description:

The SOC Analyst is responsible for continuous monitoring of the SIEM platform, conducting triage/analysis of security alerts, and, if required, performing incident response. Must be able to correlate notable events, create and tune alerts to optimize detection, perform risk-based analysis, and investigate any incidents relevant to the SOC. Daily analysis of logs and reports for the Customer will be required, while vulnerability assessments of on-premises, cloud, and mobile networks are expected. The SOC Analyst will also assist Engineers with change management and configuration control of the SIEM system and report any adverse impact of those changes.
• Assess data being indexed and analyzed to ensure data is source typed as close as possible to industry best practices
• Assist with incident response procedures, utilizing SIEM tools according to industry best practices
• Plan, lead, and execute threat hunting campaigns to track and eliminate adversary or insider threats on the network
• Fuse threat intelligence data, reported incidents, emerging threats, and vulnerabilities with open-source and all-source intelligence to perform intermediate analysis
• Perform other cyber activities as required (e.g., Red Team, Blue Team)
• Support configuration management (CM) for information system security software, hardware, and firmware
• Assist with system management activities, including dashboards, alert tuning, and CIM compliance. Coordinate with the Cyber Engineer for data onboarding, pipeline management.
• Collaborates with peers and customer stakeholders to establish and ensure consistent response practices and ensure timely, complete incident reporting

Requirements:

• IAT Level II/CNDSP Level III certification is required at the time of employment
• CSSP Analyst certification is required at the time of employment

The salary range for this position is $115,000-$145,000 annually, commensurate with experience, qualifications, and other relevant factors.