SOC Operations Analyst - Senior / Public Trust

Peraton; Warrenton (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton in Warrenton, VA, seeks a Senior SOC Operations Analyst to manage incident triage and SOC operations within Federal Strategic Cyber programs. The role focuses on identifying cyber impacts to IT assets, networks, and ensuring incident management and coordination.

Responsibilities include leading containment and remediation efforts, QA of service desk actions and Remedy submissions, and collaboration with other incident response teams to understand threats and vulnerabilities for client

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of relevant experience required.
• Experience with Netflow/PCAP analysis.
• Knowledge of cyber forensics concepts including malware and hunt.
• Understanding of how Windows and Linux systems are compromised.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Ability to obtain a Public Trust security clearance.
• Travel up to 25% may be required.

Responsibilities

• Manage incident triage and coordination to analyze technology and cyber impacts to IT assets and networks.
• Direct continuity of operations for 24x7x365 security operations.
• Organize containment, investigation, and remediation of incidents.
• QA of service desk actions and Remedy ticket submissions; monitor and catalog SOC/SIM emails.
• Support incident response engagements and coordinate with external incident response teams.
• Monitor multiple data sources to identify cybersecurity incidents, threats, and vulnerabilities.
• Provide classified and unclassified cyber risk briefings to civilian agencies and stakeholders.
• Coordinate with external organizations and senior leadership as needed.

Skills

Netflow/PCAP analysis

Cyber forensics concepts

Windows/Linux compromise understanding

Travel up to 25%

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Splunk

Remedy

Job description

Minimum requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience required.
  • An additional 4 years of experience may be substituted for degree.
• Experience and familiarity with network analytics including Netflow/PCAP analysis.
• Understanding of cyber forensics concepts including malware, hunt, etc.
• Demonstrated understanding of how both Windows and Linux systems are compromised.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Ability to obtain a Public Trust security clearance required.
• Willing and able to travel up to 10-25%.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience using Splunk for system data analytics and monitoring strongly preferred.
• Experience performing cyber forensics, malware analysis, cyber hunt, etc. strongly preferred.
• A professional certification such as GCFA, GNFA, GREM, or GCIH is highly desirable.

Peraton is seeking to hire a Senior SOC Operations Analyst position with its' Federal Strategic Cyber programs.

Location: Warrenton, VA.

Position Description:

• Manage incident triage and coordination with analysis and detection sections to identify and analyze technology and cyber impacts to IT assets, network infrastructure (LAN/WAN), including applying security and ensure proper incident management and coordination.
• Direct continuity of operations for emergency relocation of 24x7x365 operations to include uninterrupted telecommunications, computer systems, cybersecurity, and networks.
• Organizes, supports, and manages the containment, investigation, and remediation efforts in regards to incidences.
• Perform quality assurance of service desk actions and Remedy ticket submissions. Monitor, respond, and catalog SOC and SIM emails as applicable. Submit Remedy tickets as necessary to assist with keeping the triage console free of backlogs.
• Supports incident response engagements, and partners with other incident response teams in maintaining an understanding of threats, vulnerabilities, and exploits that could impact client networks and assets.
• Monitor and review multiple data sources, including intelligence, media, and law enforcement reporting, to identify cybersecurity incidents, threats, and vulnerabilities.
• Provide classified and unclassified cyber risk briefings and activity updates, to include but not limited to civilian government agencies and community stakeholders.
• May be required to coordinate with external organizations, authorities, and senior level leadership.