Senior Cyber Defense Analyst – Incident Response Lead

MANTECH; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

MANTECH is seeking a Principal Cyber Security Analyst to join our team in Cape Canaveral, FL. The role focuses on leading incident response, ensuring data integrity, and guiding high‑level technical security posture across the organization.

This senior position requires robust SOC experience, extensive cyber operations expertise, and the ability to coordinate complex incidents while delivering actionable guidance and improvements to security policies and processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 4+ years IT experience in lieu of degree.
• 7+ years of cybersecurity experience.
• IAT Level II certification required at start.
• CSSP‑IR certification required within 30 days of hire.
• Experience in a Cybersecurity Operations Center environment.
• Experience managing complex security incidents and coordinating resources.

Responsibilities

• Leading incident response efforts and coordinating resources across teams.
• Directly managing security incidents from inception to after-action reporting.
• Coordinating enterprise incident response and command and control functions.
• Providing detection, identification, and reporting of cyber threats.
• Analyzing network traffic and system data to identify threats.
• Writing cyber incident reports detailing findings and mitigations.
• Developing incident response guidance, processes, and procedures.
• Leading others and ensuring systems meet all requirements.
• Recommending and implementing process and policy improvements.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Incident response

Security operations

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

COTS technologies

Job description

MANTECH is seeking a Principal Cyber Security Analyst to join our team in Cape Canaveral, FL. The role focuses on leading incident response, ensuring data integrity, and guiding high‑level technical security posture across the organization.

This senior position requires robust SOC experience, extensive cyber operations expertise, and the ability to coordinate complex incidents while delivering actionable guidance and improvements to security policies and processes.