Junior SOC Analyst: Federal Security Operations

Koniag Government Services; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 108,000 - 131,104; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K with company matching

Paid holidays

Job summary

Koniag Data Solutions, LLC, a Koniag Government Services company, seeks a Junior Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst to support SBA in Washington, DC. You will learn under senior SOC staff, performing first-line monitoring, alert triage, and incident documentation within SBA's enterprise IT environment.

Ideal candidates have foundational SOC knowledge, a degree in cybersecurity/IT/CS, and 0–2 years of experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, IT, CS or related field.
• 0–2 years in cybersecurity or IT operations with foundational SOC knowledge.
• Foundational knowledge of security operations, monitoring, and incident response.
• Certifications: CompTIA Security+, CS, CySA+, SC-200, SSCP.

Responsibilities

• Perform first-line monitoring and triage of security alerts and events from SBA's SIEM, IDS/IPS, EDR, and related tools.
• Assist in initial triage and analysis of security events under senior SOC staff guidance.
• Support incident response activities and document incident details in SBA's systems.
• Monitor SBA networks, systems, and endpoints for IOCs and anomalous activity; escalate findings.
• Assist in collection and analysis of log data from Windows Event Logs, Syslog, firewall, web proxy, and application logs.
• Support documentation and tracking of incidents, tickets, and cases in SBA's incident management platform.
• Prepare SOC shift handoff reports, daily activity summaries, and security event trend reports.
• Support vulnerability management by reviewing scan results and tracking remediation tickets.
• Help maintain SOC SOPs, playbooks, runbooks, and knowledge base articles.
• Participate in SOC team meetings and training to improve skills.
• Assist in reviewing threat intel from US-CERT, CISA, and others for SBA's environment.

Skills

English communication

SOC concepts

SIEM basics

Network security monitoring

Incident response basics

Documentation skills

Public Trust readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity/IT/CS

Tools

SIEM (Splunk/M Sentinel)

EDR tools

Windows Event Logs

Syslog

Job description

Koniag Data Solutions, LLC, a Koniag Government Services company, seeks a Junior Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst to support SBA in Washington, DC. You will learn under senior SOC staff, performing first-line monitoring, alert triage, and incident documentation within SBA's enterprise IT environment.

Ideal candidates have foundational SOC knowledge, a degree in cybersecurity/IT/CS, and 0–2 years of experience.