SOC Analyst (5333)

SMX; Patuxent (MD); Vor Ort; USD 88.000 - 146.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

SMX is seeking a Journeyman level SOC Analyst to support our NAWCAD customer onsite at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station. The role includes monitoring, analysis, and reporting of cyber threats using SIEMs, firewalls, IDS/IPS, and other security tools.

Required: Top Secret clearance, 3–5 years of experience, CompTIA Network+ and OS certifications, plus DoD-8140 compliance. Salary range $87,700—$146,100 USD with onsite work. SMX offers competitive benefits and growth opportunities.

Qualifikationen

• Top Secret security clearance required.
• 3–5 years of applicable work experience.
• CompTIA Network+ certification.
• Operating System certifications.
• One or more: GCIA, GCIH, GCDA, GSOC, GCED or CYSA or equivalent certs.
• Must maintain DoD-8140 compliance.

Aufgaben

• Provide timely detection, identification, and alerting of attacks, intrusions, and anomalous activities.
• Implement and manage security tools: SIEMs, firewalls, IDS/IPS, DLP, filtering tech, data analytics platforms.
• Monitor with cyber defense tools to identify malicious activity.
• Document and elevate incidents with history, status, and impact for action.
• Analyze malicious activity to determine weaknesses, exploitation methods, and effects.
• Perform event correlation to gain situational awareness on attacks.
• Research and correlate data from multiple sources for indications and warnings.
• Receive and analyze network alerts to identify causes.
• Produce cyber defense trend analysis and reporting.
• Characterize network traffic to spot anomalies and threats.
• Coordinate with cyber defense staff to validate alerts and analyze anomalies.
• Provide daily network event reports and identify devices by traffic patterns.
• Perform threat research, OSINT, and TTPS/IOCs for monitoring and signatures; assist RMF/CONMON.

Kenntnisse

Top Secret Clearance

CompTIA Network+

OS Certifications

GCIA

GCIH

GCDA

GSOC

GCED

CYSA

Tools

SIEM tools

Jobbeschreibung

SMX is seeking a Journeyman level SOC Analyst to support our NAWCAD customer onsite at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide timely detection, identification, and alerting of possible attacks/intrusions, anomalous activities, and misuse activities and distinguish these incidents and events from benign activities
• Implement and manage multiple security tools to include SIEM’s, firewalls, IDS/IPS’s, threat and vulnerability management tools, data loss prevention tools, filtering technologies, traffic inspection solutions, reporting technology and data analytics platforms
• Use cyber defense tools for continual monitoring and analysis of system to identify malicious activity
• Document and elevate incidents (including event’s history, status, and potential impact for further action) that may cause ongoing and immediate impact to the environment
• Analyze identified malicious activity to determine weaknesses exploited, exploitation methods, effects on system and information
• Perform event correlation using information gathered from a variety of sources within the enterprise to gain situational awareness and determine the effectiveness of an observed attack
• Conduct research, analysis, and correlation across a wide variety of all source data sets (indications and warnings)
• Receive and analyze network alerts from various sources within the enterprise and determine possible causes of such alerts
• Perform cyber defense trend analysis and reporting
• Characterize and analyze network traffic to identify anomalous activity and potential threats to network resources
• Coordinate with enterprise-wide cyber defense staff to validate network alerts. Identify and analyze anomalies in network traffic using metadata
• Provide daily summary reports of network events and activity relevant to cyber defense practices. Identify applications and operating systems of a network device based on network traffic
• Threat research, OSINT, and classified sources for TTPS, IOCs and signatures for monitoring and alerting. RMF/CONMON support to aid in the mitigation of findings
• Supporting engineering to ensure network designs and operations are secure from inception to production

Required Skills/Experience

• Clearance Required: Top Secret
• 3-5 years of applicable work experience
• CompTIA Network+ certification
• Operating System certifications
• One or more of the following industry certifications: GCIA, GCIH, GCDA, GSOC, GCED, CYSA or equivalent certs
• Must be able to maintain DoD-8140 compliance

Desired Qualifications:

• Linux OS experience

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The SMX salary determination process takes into account a number of factors, including but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories, relevant prior work experience, specific skills, education and certifications. At SMX, one of our Core Values is to Invest in Our People so we offer a competitive mix of compensation, learning & development opportunities, and benefits. Some key components of our robust benefits include health insurance, paid leave, and retirement.

The proposed salary for this position is:

$87,700—$146,100 USD

At SMX®, we are a team of technical and domain experts dedicated to enabling your mission. From priority national security initiatives for the DoD to highly assured and compliant solutions for healthcare, we understand that digital transformation is key to your future success.

We share your vision for the future and strive to accelerate your impact on the world. We bring both cutting edge technology and an expansive view of what’s possible to every engagement. Our delivery model and unique approaches harness our deep technical and domain knowledge, providing forward-looking insights and practical solutions to power secure mission acceleration.

SMX is an Equal Opportunity employer including disabilities and veterans.

Selected applicant may be subject to a background investigation and/or education verification.

SMX does not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization or immigration related support for this position (i.e. H1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, E-2, E-3, L-1 and O-1, or any EADs or other forms of work authorization that require immigration support from an employer).