SOC Tier 2 Analyst: Advanced Cyber Defense (Secret)

VMD Corp; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 94,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Xcelerate Solutions is seeking a Tier 2 SOC Analyst to support government cybersecurity and information management for DHRA, including DMDC and OUSD(P&R). The role requires an Active Secret clearance, U.S.

citizenship, and a Bachelor’s degree with five years of related experience. The position is based in Alexandria, VA and Seaside, CA, with responsibilities spanning incident analysis, escalation, and SOC documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and five years of experience.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• 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 initiate actions under approved procedures.
• Support incident triage, escalation, containment coordination, and evidence preservation 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 to improve detection quality in the 24x7 SOC environment.
• Apply intermediate information‑assurance expertise in approved tools, mitigation and compliance checking, security testing, and Tier 2 troubleshooting.

Skills

US Citizenship

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Xcelerate Solutions is seeking a Tier 2 SOC Analyst to support government cybersecurity and information management for DHRA, including DMDC and OUSD(P&R). The role requires an Active Secret clearance, U.S.

citizenship, and a Bachelor’s degree with five years of related experience. The position is based in Alexandria, VA and Seaside, CA, with responsibilities spanning incident analysis, escalation, and SOC documentation.