Tier II SOC Analyst with Security Clearance

Tier II SOC Analyst Washington D.C. / Hybrid Job Overview
We are currently seeking a Tier II Cybersecurity Analyst to provide support to our client in
Washington D.C. Clearance Required: Candidate must be able to receive a Public Trust 6c Clearance Responsibilities and Duties

• Provide Tier 2 support by analyzing network traffic and various log data to determine the threat/impact against the network, recommending appropriate countermeasures, facilitating the tracking, handling, and reporting of all security events and computer incidents.

• Remediate and apply lessons learned to security incident investigation and resolution.

• Perform monitoring, identification and resolution of security events to detect threats through analysis, investigations and prioritization of events based on risk/exposure.

• Develop processes that analyze data and produce accurate, meaningful, easily interpreted results based on user requirements and use cases.

• Develop processes that align with enterprise incident response activities and coordinate closely with other teams within the Security Operations Center .

• Create custom tool content to enhance capabilities of security operations teams.

• Manage the collection, documentation and research of security events generated by the SOC monitoring platform and infrastructure.

• Perform Security Incident Management aligned with NIST standards.

• Technical writing experience:

• Standard Operating Procedures

• Concept of Operations (CONOPS)

• Incident Response Plans

• Training Exercises

• Tool configurations and content creation Qualifications

• 1-3 years of experience on one of the following team(s): Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT), Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), Computer Security Incident Response Center (CSIRC) or a Security Operations Center (SOC).

• Bachelors' degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related technical field. Additional years of experience can be substituted for a degree.

• Experience with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Systems, Anti-Virus, Intrusion Detection Systems, Firewalls, Active Directory, and large Enterprise or Cloud environments.

• Experience with Incident Response, analysis of network traffic, log analysis, ability to prioritize and differentiate between potential intrusion attempts and false alarms, managing and tracking investigations to resolution.

• Good interpersonal skills to interact with customers, team members and support personnel.

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills for investigating security issues.

• Familiarity with one of the following; NIST Incident Response Lifecycle, Cyber Kill Chain, Adversarial Tactics, Techniques & Common Knowledge (ATT&CK).

• At least one active security certification

• Experience with one or more of the following tools:

• Azure Advanced Threat Analytics

• Azure Log Analytics

• Windows Defender Security

• McAfee ePO, HIPS

• FireEye NX, EX/ETP, HX, AX Desired Qualifications:

• Programming and/or scripting language experience; ideally PowerShell

• Search query language experience & content creation; ideally Kusto

• Project management experience to help build tiger teams for special projects

• MS Office, Visio, PowerBI proficiency