Incident Response Analyst - Tier II/III, Threat & Remediation

Boston Government Services, LLC; Oak Ridge (TN); Hybrid; USD 131,316 - 154,489; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life Insurance

Paid Vacation

401K

Long and Short-Term Disability

Job summary

Boston Government Services, LLC is seeking a Tier II-III Incident Response Analyst to support client environments across the United States. The role involves hands-on escalation, advanced analysis, cyber threat investigation, and forensic support in a fast-paced security operations setting.

Requirements include a bachelor’s degree and experience in incident response, SOC operations, threat analysis, and evidence handling. Onsite or hybrid/remote work options may apply to specific contracts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• Experience in incident response, SOC operations, threat analysis, vulnerability analysis, or forensic support.
• Familiarity with SIEM, EDR, IDS/IPS, endpoint telemetry, logging platforms, ticketing systems, malware analysis processes, and evidence handling.
• Knowledge of NIST SP 800-61, NIST SP 800-86, US-CERT/Federal incident notification expectations, and common attack techniques.
• Ability to work under time-sensitive conditions and produce clear incident documentation.

Responsibilities

• The Tier II - III Incident Response Analyst provides hands-on support for incident escalation, advanced analysis, cyber threat investigation, forensic support, containment coordination, remediation tracking, and after-action reporting across the client’s managed environment.
• Support escalations from Tier 1, requiring deeper analysis, investigation, or response coordination.
• Conduct triage, event analysis, evidence review, threat correlation, and incident documentation.
• Analyze suspicious emails, websites, web downloads, endpoint alerts, network activity, and SIEM/EDR data.
• Support malware analysis, forensic analysis, artifact collection, and digital evidence preservation under established procedures.
• Coordinate with stakeholders during incident response activities and support containment, eradication, recovery, and lessons learned.
• Develop incident response tickets, after-action reports, daily remediation activity reports, chain-of-custody forms, and monthly forensic activity summaries.
• Collect and disseminate indicators of compromise and support cyber threat intelligence analysis.

Skills

Incident response

SOC operations

Threat analysis

Vulnerability analysis

Forensic support

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

SIEM

EDR

IDS/IPS

Endpoint telemetry

Logging platforms

Job description

Boston Government Services, LLC is seeking a Tier II-III Incident Response Analyst to support client environments across the United States. The role involves hands-on escalation, advanced analysis, cyber threat investigation, and forensic support in a fast-paced security operations setting.

Requirements include a bachelor’s degree and experience in incident response, SOC operations, threat analysis, and evidence handling. Onsite or hybrid/remote work options may apply to specific contracts.