CSSP SOC Analyst – Tier 1 / System Health Monitor - Morning Shift

Chenega Corporation; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in defense and intelligence operations is seeking a SOC Analyst - Tier 1 for morning shifts. The role involves monitoring security and health alerts, incident response, and engaging with federal agencies. Ideal candidates will possess an associate degree in cybersecurity and relevant certifications, along with a commitment to professional growth.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Comprehensive benefits package

Qualifications

• 2+ years in cybersecurity or information assurance.
• 1+ year of relevant SOC experience.
• DoD Top Secret clearance with SCI/SAP eligibility required.

Responsibilities

• Monitor security alerts to detect threats in real time.
• Conduct forensic analysis to identify intrusion patterns.
• Generate detailed incident reports for stakeholders.

Skills

Security Monitoring

Incident Response

Forensic Analysis

Threat Intelligence

Risk Assessment

Reporting

Collaboration

Education

Associate degree in cybersecurity

Tools

Splunk

Job description

Overview

CSSP SOC Analyst – Tier 1 / System Health Monitor – Morning Shift

Oakton, VA

Are you ready to enhance your skills and build your career in a rapidly evolving business climate? Are you looking for a career where professional development is embedded in your employer’s core culture? If so, Chenega Military, Intelligence & Operations Support (MIOS) could be the place for you! Join our team of professionals who support large-scale government operations by leveraging cutting-edge technology and take your career to the next level!

The SOC Analyst - Tier 1 / System Health Monitor entails working in a Network Operations and Security Center NOSC where the team is responsible for monitoring security and health alerts for systems on 14 different networks.

Responsibilities

• Security Monitoring & Alert Management: Continuously monitor system health and security alerts to detect potential threats in real time.
• Incident Response & Forensic Analysis: Conduct forensic analysis of digital evidence to identify intrusion patterns, malicious actors, and attack vectors.
• Threat Intelligence & Correlation: Correlate data from multiple sources (logs, threat feeds, network traffic) to identify emerging threats and attack trends.
• Risk Assessment & Mitigation: Identify security risks, vulnerabilities, and exposures; recommend remediation strategies to prevent future incidents.
• Interpret, analyze, and report all events and anomalies in accordance with computer network directives, including initiating, responding, and reporting discovered events.
• Reporting & Compliance: Generate detailed incident reports and briefings for stakeholders, including executive summaries and technical deep dives.
• Collaborate with federal agencies (CYBERCOM, NSA, FBI, DOJ, DHS) to review cybersecurity intelligence and align with national security protocols.
• Process Improvement Continuously refined SOC workflows, playbooks, and detection logic to adapt to evolving threats.
• Responsible for performing correlation activities and trend analysis to discover attack patterns and assess the risks and potential exposure of assets and develop and enhance correlation rules, logic, and analysis techniques for associating data.

Qualifications

• Associate degree from an accredited institution in cybersecurity OR 2+ additional years in cybersecurity roles demonstrating equivalent knowledge
• 2+ years of overall demonstrated experience in cybersecurity, information assurance or computer science
• 1+ year of SOC related experience
• Security+ required
• CompTIA Network+ required
• CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) required
• DoD Top Secret clearance with SCI/ SAP eligibility is required

Desired Qualifications:

• Splunk Certified Defense Analyst
• GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong customer service experience as this position will require candidate to engage with government leadership.
• Ability to present ideas clearly through briefings, meetings and interaction with leadership of different skill sets.
• Ability to work under time constraints and adapt to changes in requirements and new projects.
• Ability to assimilate information rapidly, motivated to self-study new requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to independently analyze security alerts and make informed incident response decisions
• Excellent communication and documentation skills, with strong organizational and collaborative skills.
• Strong teamwork and engagement as a project team member.

How you’ll grow

At Chenega MIOS, our professional development plan focuses on helping our team members at every level of their careers to identify and use their strengths to do their best work every day. From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there’s always room to learn.

We offer opportunities to help sharpen skills in addition to hands-on experience in the global, fast-changing business world. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their careers.

Benefits

At Chenega MIOS, we know that great people make a great organization. We value our team members and offer them a broad range of benefits.

Learn more about what working at Chenega MIOS can mean for you.

Chenega MIOS’s culture

Our positive and supportive culture encourages our team members to do their best work every day. We celebrate individuals by recognizing their uniqueness and offering them the flexibility to make daily choices that can help them be healthy, centered, confident, and aware. We offer well-being programs and continuously look for new ways to maintain a culture where we excel and lead healthy, happy lives.

Corporate citizenship

Chenega MIOS is led by a purpose to make an impact that matters. This purpose defines who we are and extends to relationships with our clients, our team members, and our communities. We believe that business has the power to inspire and transform. We focus on education, giving, skill-based volunteerism, and leadership to help drive positive social impact in our communities.

Learn more about Chenega’s impact on the world.

Chenega MIOS News- https://chenegamios.com/news/

Tips from your Talent Acquisition Team

We want job seekers exploring opportunities at Chenega MIOS to feel prepared and confident. To help you with your research, we suggest you review the following links:

Chenega MIOS web site - www.chenegamios.com

Glassdoor - https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Chenega-MIOS-EI_IE369514.11,23.htm

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/1472684/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/chenegamios/

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