Cyber Defense SOC Analyst II – Impact & Career Growth

Chenega MIOS; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 72,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

Chenega MIOS is seeking a Security Operations Center Analyst II to monitor, analyze, and respond to security events within a NOSC environment supporting government clients. You will operate across multiple security tools, perform incident handling, and ensure continuity of operations.

The role requires DoD IAT II certification and TS/SCI eligibility, a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent with experience), and strong analytical skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• DoD IAT Level II Certification required.
• DoD Top Secret Clearance with SCI eligibility required.
• 2 years relevant experience minimum; higher for substitutions or associates.
• Background and drug screening may be required.

Responsibilities

• Monitor devices and apps via dashboards on program networks.
• Manage events and incidents per procedures.
• Perform backup and recovery as needed.
• Analyze network events across program networks.
• Report outages or incidents per guidelines.
• Monitor security events using SIEM toolsets.
• Detect, analyze, and respond to incidents; coordinate containment and recovery.
• Use security/operation analytics tools for log collection and alerting.
• Additional duties as directed by NOSC Lead.
• Provide Mobile Phone support (activating/deactivating SIM cards).
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

SIEM experience

Incident response

Security operations

Network monitoring

Threat analysis

FireEye

Splunk

Palo Alto

Cisco ASA

Bit9/Carbon Black

Stealthwatch

XSOAR

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Associate’s degree + 2 years experience

High school diploma / GED + 4 years exp

Tools

FireEye

WireShark

NetWitness

Palo Alto

Cisco ASA

F5

tcpdump

Snort

Splunk

EMET

Bit9/Carbon Black

Stealthwatch

Ironport

McAfee ePO

Microsoft Defender

XSOAR

Nessus

Extrahop

Opentext NDR

Job description

Chenega MIOS is seeking a Security Operations Center Analyst II to monitor, analyze, and respond to security events within a NOSC environment supporting government clients. You will operate across multiple security tools, perform incident handling, and ensure continuity of operations.

The role requires DoD IAT II certification and TS/SCI eligibility, a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent with experience), and strong analytical skills.