Senior Cyber Threat Hunter & Incident-Response Analyst

ActioNet, Inc.; Rockville (MD); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

Life and AD&D Insurance

401(k) Savings Plan

Education and Professional Training

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

Employee Referral and Merit Programs

Identity Theft Protection

Paid Holidays: 11 per year

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Disability Insurance

Job summary

ActioNet, Inc. is seeking a Tier 3 Cybersecurity Analyst in Rockville, MD to lead advanced threat detection, incident response, and forensic investigations. You will fuse multi-source data, develop detection analytics, and mentor junior analysts within a mature SOC.

The role requires TS/DOE Q clearance and broad experience across cyber defense disciplines, with responsibilities spanning detection, response, and collaboration with federal agencies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, CS, IT, or related field.
• 8+ years in cybersecurity operations, incident response, malware analysis, forensics, or network security.
• Experience with multiple intelligence and security data sources and guidance to staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead advanced incident detection, analysis, response, containment, eradication, and recovery for high-severity incidents.
• Proactive threat hunting using behavioral analytics and SIEM correlation.
• Conduct comprehensive cyber forensics on host, network, and malware incidents.
• Integrate data from security, intelligence, and operations sources to identify threats.
• Develop detection analytics, SIEM use cases, and SOAR playbooks to improve ops.
• Perform network traffic and log analysis to identify indicators of compromise.
• Support information risk management and risk assessments.
• Assist and mentor Tier 1/2 analysts in threat analysis and IR.

Skills

Threat detection

Incident response

Threat hunting

Forensic analysis

SIEM

Threat intelligence

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity/Information Technology/Computer Science

Tools

SIEM

SOAR

IDS/IPS

DLP

ATP

Threat intel platforms

Job description

ActioNet, Inc. is seeking a Tier 3 Cybersecurity Analyst in Rockville, MD to lead advanced threat detection, incident response, and forensic investigations. You will fuse multi-source data, develop detection analytics, and mentor junior analysts within a mature SOC.

The role requires TS/DOE Q clearance and broad experience across cyber defense disciplines, with responsibilities spanning detection, response, and collaboration with federal agencies.