SOC Analyst

Booz Allen Hamilton; Fort Meade (FL); On-site; USD 69,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking an experienced SOC Analyst (Tier III) to join a 24×7 Security Operations Center team and protect critical infrastructure. You will perform threat hunting, complex investigations, and advanced analysis across endpoints, networks, and cloud environments.

You'll apply tools like Microsoft Sentinel and KQL, tune detection rules, and mentor junior analysts while coordinating with client stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of cybersecurity experience including SOC operations and incident response.
• Experience with Microsoft Sentinel and KQL.
• Experience with SIEM detection engineering, tuning, and investigations.
• Knowledge of malware analysis, forensics, networking, and cloud security.
• Scripting experience with Python.
• Secret clearance.
• HS diploma or GED.

Responsibilities

• Perform intelligence‑driven threat hunting and investigate high‑priority cybersecurity events.
• Develop and tune detection use cases, alerts, and playbooks.
• Mentor Tier I/II analysts and coordinate with SMEs and clients.
• Maintain operational continuity with structured shift handoffs.

Skills

Threat hunting

Incident response

Detection engineering

Malware analysis

Digital forensics

Networking

Cloud security

Python scripting

Education

HS diploma or GED

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

KQL

SIEM

Job description

SOC Analyst

The Opportunity

Are you an experienced cybersecurity analyst who enjoys digging deeper than the alert? Do threat hunting, complex investigations, and finding the activity others miss interest you? Join a team of advanced cybersecurity analysts working to protect the systems that support one of the world’s most critical hubs for global trade and supply chain operations.

As a Tier III Security Operations Center Analyst, you’ll apply deep technical expertise within a 24×7 SOC to identify and respond to sophisticated cyber threats. You’ll conduct intelligence‑driven threat hunting, investigate complex and high‑priority cybersecurity events, and perform advanced technical analysis, including malware triage, digital forensics, network analysis, and investigation of anomalous activity. You’ll use Microsoft Sentinel, KQL, threat intelligence, and security telemetry across endpoint, network, cloud, and operational technology environments to understand adversary activity and identify threats that may bypass automated detections.

You’ll also help continuously improve the SOC’s detection and response capabilities by developing and tuning detection use cases, correlation rules, alerts, and queries, identifying false positives and detection gaps, and improving playbooks and investigative processes. As a senior technical member of the SOC, you’ll serve as an escalation point and mentor to Tier I and Tier II analysts, collaborate with technical SMEs and client stakeholders during investigations, and translate complex technical findings into clear risks, impacts, and recommended actions. You’ll also support structured shift handoffs to maintain situational awareness and operational continuity across the 24×7 SOC.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have

• 3+ years of experience with cybersecurity, including SOC operations, incident response, threat hunting, or detection engineering
• Experience with Microsoft Sentinel and KQL
• Experience with SIEM detection engineering, tuning, and security investigations
• Knowledge of malware analysis, digital forensics, networking, and cloud security concepts
• Knowledge of scripting languages such as Python
• Knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK, NIST SP 800-53, and NIST SP 800-82
• Secret clearance
• HS diploma or GED

Nice If You Have

• Experience supporting critical infrastructure, operational technology, or industrial control system environments
• Experience with Red Canary or similar MDR capabilities
• Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate, GCIH, GSOC, GICSP, GRID, GCIA, CCNA, CISSP, or similar Certification

Clearance

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well‑being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work‑life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full‑time and part‑time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract‑specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $69,400.00 to $158,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees.

Identity Statement

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Candidate AI Usage Policy

AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in‑person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.

Work Model

Our people‑first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration, whether it occurs in person or virtually. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

• Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.

• Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility.

• Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.