Senior Tier 2 SOC Analyst | Secret Clearance | 24x7 SOC

Xcelerate-Solutions-5; Seaside (CA); On-site; USD 94,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Xcelerate Solutions seeks a Tier 2 SOC Analyst to support DHRA cybersecurity, privacy, records and information management, and related enterprise services in Alexandria, VA and Seaside, CA.

The role involves analyzing security events, correlating alerts, incident triage, documentation, and contributing to 24x7 SOC operations. A U.S. citizenship and an Active Secret clearance are required. Salary ranges from $94,000 to $127,000 per year.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required and at least five years of security analysis experience.
• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Active Secret clearance required when duties involve classified information or SIPRNet access.

Responsibilities

• Perform advanced analysis of security events escalated from Tier 1 or identified through endpoint, user-activity, network, and other monitoring capabilities.
• Correlate alerts and supporting data, determine scope and potential impact, and recommend or initiate actions under approved procedures.
• Support incident triage, escalation, containment coordination, and evidence preservation in collaboration with the incident-response team.
• Document analysis, actions, and conclusions in Government-approved systems and contribute to SOC event reporting.
• Support tuning, process improvement, and knowledge transfer that improve detection quality and analyst effectiveness in the 24x7 SOC environment.
• Apply intermediate information-assurance expertise in approved COTS security-analysis tools, mitigation and compliance checking, security testing, and Tier 2 troubleshooting.

Skills

SOC analysis

Incident coordination

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

COTS security tools

Job description

Xcelerate Solutions seeks a Tier 2 SOC Analyst to support DHRA cybersecurity, privacy, records and information management, and related enterprise services in Alexandria, VA and Seaside, CA.

The role involves analyzing security events, correlating alerts, incident triage, documentation, and contributing to 24x7 SOC operations. A U.S. citizenship and an Active Secret clearance are required. Salary ranges from $94,000 to $127,000 per year.