24/7 DoD Cyber Operations Watch Specialist

Absolute Business Solutions Corp.; Maryland; On-site; USD 85,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k Matching

Health & Wellness Allowance

Education & Training Funds

Volunteer Time Off

Charitable Match

Referral Program

Living Our Values awards

Job summary

Absolute Business Solutions Corp. (ABSC) is seeking an Operations Watch Specialist for the 24/7/365 Cyber Support Center at Joint Base Andrews. You will monitor AFNCR WAN health, coordinate service restoration, and maintain enterprise situational awareness across classified networks.

The role requires a current DoD Secret clearance with potential for Top Secret in the future, and a full‑time onsite schedule from 6:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday–Thursday.

Qualifications

• Current DoD 8140/8570 IAT Level II certification (e.g., Security+ CE, CySA+, GSEC, SSCP).
• Bachelor’s degree and relevant network/operations-center experience; 5–7 years general experience, 2+ years directly related technical experience.
• At least two years of experience with network switches/routers and enterprise monitoring.
• Experience with Cisco Prime, SolarWinds, and Microsoft System Center Operations Manager or equivalent.
• Experience reviewing alerts/logs/events to determine impact, severity, and urgency.

Responsibilities

• Monitor operational status, availability, and performance of AFNCR WAN services.
• Maintain situational awareness across classified and unclassified networks (NIPRNet/SIPRNet).
• Use Cisco Prime, SolarWinds, and SCCM to monitor enterprise services.
• Coordinate incident response and service restoration with multiple teams.
• Manage incidents from identification through escalation and closure.
• Provide timely operational updates to leadership and stakeholders.
• Create and maintain incident records, logs, and technical documentation.
• Support continuous improvement of monitoring tools and watch procedures.

Skills

DoD 8140/8570 IAT Level II

Network operations

Incident management

Clear client communication

Full-time onsite work

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree (substitution accepted)

Tools

Cisco Prime

SolarWinds

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager

Job description

Absolute Business Solutions Corp. (ABSC) is seeking an Operations Watch Specialist for the 24/7/365 Cyber Support Center at Joint Base Andrews. You will monitor AFNCR WAN health, coordinate service restoration, and maintain enterprise situational awareness across classified networks.

The role requires a current DoD Secret clearance with potential for Top Secret in the future, and a full‑time onsite schedule from 6:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday–Thursday.