Senior SOC Technical SME - Onsite Fort Meade (TS/SCI)

Athletes Global Corporation; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 160,000 - 177,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Health savings account

Job summary

Athletes Global Corporation seeks a highly skilled SOC Technical SME to join our Fort Meade-based team as the technical backbone of a 24/7 SOC. You will specialize in log analysis, SIEM administration, and detection engineering to strengthen threat visibility and response.

Ideal candidate has 7+ years in information security, hands-on experience with SIEMs (Splunk, QRadar, Elastic, Sentinel), and relevant certifications (CySA+, GCIH, CISSP). This onsite role offers competitive pay and benefits.

Qualifications

• A degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related discipline is preferred.
• At least seven (7) years of information security experience with demonstrated depth in SIEM administration/engineering, log analysis, and security tool stacks in a SOC environment.
• Experience with SIEM platforms (e.g., Splunk, QRadar, Elastic, Sentinel) required; threat intelligence integration strongly preferred; CySA+, GCIA, GCIH, or CISSP required.

Responsibilities

• Deeply analyze and interrogate logs across network, host, application, cloud, and identity sources to identify anomalies and indicators of compromise.
• Monitor, tune, and optimize SIEM platforms to improve detection fidelity and reduce false positives/negatives.
• Evaluate log volume, retention, and ingestion pipelines to ensure data completeness and identify blind spots.
• Develop, refine, and maintain correlation rules, use cases, and detection content aligned to threat intelligence techniques.
• Serve as an escalation point for Tier 1/2 analysts on complex triage, investigation, and incident analysis.
• Utilize and maintain proficiency across SIEM, EDR, NDR, SOAR, threat intel platforms, and related tools.
• Support containment, eradication, and recovery efforts during security incidents as a senior technical responder.
• Collaborate with the SOC Program Manager to report on SOC metrics, detection coverage, and operational effectiveness.
• Recommend and support implementation of process improvements, automation, and playbooks to increase SOC efficiency.
• Stay current on emerging threats and adversary TTPs, incorporating relevant intelligence into detection strategy.
• Assist in mentoring and upskilling junior SOC analysts.

Skills

SIEM administration

Log analysis

Detection engineering

Threat intelligence integration

Incident response

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Information Systems / Engineering

Tools

Splunk

QRadar

Elastic

Sentinel

SOAR

EDR

Job description

Athletes Global Corporation seeks a highly skilled SOC Technical SME to join our Fort Meade-based team as the technical backbone of a 24/7 SOC. You will specialize in log analysis, SIEM administration, and detection engineering to strengthen threat visibility and response.

Ideal candidate has 7+ years in information security, hands-on experience with SIEMs (Splunk, QRadar, Elastic, Sentinel), and relevant certifications (CySA+, GCIH, CISSP). This onsite role offers competitive pay and benefits.