Cloud SOC Analyst

Phase2 Technology; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 99,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Cloud SOC Analyst to monitor and analyze threats for the U.S. Air Force, operating in cloud or hybrid environments with advanced SOC tools to detect, mitigate, and respond to incidents.

You will drive quick remediation and coordinate recovery efforts to limit impact. Required: 4+ years in a SOC or cybersecurity team, 3+ years with cloud SIEM/SOAR (e.g., Splunk), incident response and IT forensics knowledge, Secret clearance, a Bachelor's degree, and the ability

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in a SOC or cybersecurity team within cloud or hybrid environments.
• 3+ years with cloud SIEM or SOAR platforms, such as Splunk.
• Experience with incident response tasks and IT forensics.
• Knowledge of security clearances; ability to obtain DoD 8570 IAT II (Security+) within 60 days.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and analyze threats using state-of-the-art SOC tools and processes.
• Help understand, mitigate, and respond to incidents, restoring operations and limiting impact.
• Coordinate recovery efforts and share insights to prevent recurrence.

Skills

Cloud SOC

SOC Operations

Incident Response

IT Forensics

Security Clearance

DoD 8570 IAT II

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Splunk

Job description

Job Number: R0246278

Cloud SOC Analyst

The Opportunity

Are you looking for an opportunity to leverage your Cloud Security expertise in a high impact role? Booz Allen has an opportunity to showcase your talents by supporting the United States Air Force. Cloud threats move faster than traditional security operations-and organizations increasingly rely on resilient, intelligence-driven cloud defenses.

Job Responsibilities

As a Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst on our team, you’ll monitor and analyze threats, using state-of-the-art tools. You’ll work with the team to understand, mitigate, and respond to threats quickly, restoring operations and limiting the impact. You’ll analyze incidents to figure out just how many systems are affected and assist recovery efforts. You’ll combine threat intelligence, event data, and assessments from recent events, and identify patterns to understand attackers’ goals to stop them from succeeding.

You should thrive in a fast-paced environment, be able to translate customer needs, and assist others in migration and solutioning of mission critical capabilities. Work with us as we secure our client from malicious actors.

You Have

• 4+ years of experience as part of a SOC operations or cybersecurity team within cloud or hybrid environments
• 3+ years of experience with cloud SIEM or SOAR platforms, such as Splunk, and multi-cloud telemetry pipelines
• Experience with incident response tasks, such as step identification within the IR process, remediation of security incidents that could have potential impact, and ongoing investigations
• Knowledge of basic IT forensics
• Secret clearance
• Bachelor's degree
• Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT II Certification, including Security+, within 6 0 days of start date

Nice If You Have

• Experience designing or hardening cloud environments across AWS, Azure, OCI, and GCP
• Experience with cloud automation, such as IaC, serverless security controls, or automated response pipelines
• Experience with vulnerability management and dynamic or static code analysis
• Top Secret clearance
• CISSP, CCSP, GCIH, or cloud security equivalent certification

Clearance

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

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen's benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual's particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $99,000.00 to $225,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen's total compensation package for employees.

This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Identity Statement

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Candidate AI Usage Policy

AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.

Work Model

Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration, whether it occurs in person or virtually. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

• Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
• Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility.
• Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.