Tier 2 Shift Lead- Secret Clearance

Koitecc Solutions; Beltsville, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Staffing Pros, a division of VETS Inc., is seeking a Tier 2 Shift Lead with an Active Secret Clearance for a full-time on-site role in Beltsville, MD.

The position requires extensive incident‑response experience, SIEM/EDR tooling proficiency, and strong malware analysis skills. You will work a daytime shift Tuesday–Saturday, 6:00–14:00 EST, with no hybrid telework. You will coordinate with CISA and CIRTs and support logs and SOAR workflows.

Qualifications

• Experience across the incident response lifecycle.
• Experience with SOAR platforms and automated response workflows.
• Experience with SIEM platforms such as Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Elastic, or QRadar.
• Experience with EDR solutions such as Defender for Endpoint and CrowdStrike.
• Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK and D3FEND frameworks.
• U.S. Citizenship and active Secret clearance at start.
• Knowledge of malware analysis techniques.
• Experience with cloud security monitoring and IOC integration.
• Strong scripting skills in Python, PowerShell, or Bash.

Responsibilities

• Detect, classify, process, track, and report on cyber security events.
• Analyze logs from multiple sources to identify and remediate activity.
• Coordinate incident response with CISA and CIRTs as directed.
• Monitor SOAR platforms and generate tickets per SOPs.
• Perform malware analysis and generate IOCs to mitigate threats.

Skills

Incident response lifecycle

SOAR platforms

SIEM

EDR

MITRE ATT&CK

D3FEND

Threat intelligence

TTPs

Malware analysis

Python

PowerShell

BASH

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

Splunk

Microsoft Sentinel

Elastic

QRadar

ServiceNow SOAR

Autopsy

Axiom MagnetForensics

KAPE

Volatility

Job description

Tier 2 Shift Lead- Secret Clearance

Beltsville, Maryland

ID: j-2643

JOB TYPE: Direct Hire

COMPENSATION: $100000 - $124000 / yr

Staffing Pros, a division of VETS Inc., has a full-time opportunity for a Tier 2 Shift Lead with an Active Secret Clearance.

This position is located in Beltsville, MD and will be onsite 5 days a week. No hybrid/telework allowed.

Work Hours: Day Shift, 06:00 14:00 EST (6:00 - 2:00 PM, EST), Tuesday - Saturday

Responsibilities

• Detect, classify, process, track, and report on cyber security events and incidents.
• Perform advanced in-depth analysis of coordinated Tier 1 alert triage and requests in a 24x7x365 environment.
• Analyze logs from multiple sources (e.g., host logs, EDR, firewalls, intrusion detection systems, servers) to identify, contain, and remediate suspicious activity.
• Characterize and analyze network traffic to identify anomalous activity and potential threats.
• Protect against and prevent potential cyber security threats and vulnerabilities.
• Perform forensic analysis of hosts artifacts, network traffic, and email content.
• Analyze malicious scripts and code to mitigate potential threats.
• Conduct malware analysis to generate IOCs to identify and mitigate threats.
• Collaborate with Department of State teams to analyze and respond to events and incidents.
• Monitor and respond to the CIRT Security Orchestration and Automation Response (SOAR) platform, hotline, email in-boxes.
• Create tickets and initiate workflows as instructed in technical SOPs.
• Coordinate and report incident information to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).
• Collaborate with other local, national and international CIRTs as directed.
• Submit alert tuning requests.

Additionally, as a Tier 2 Shift Lead you will

• Review all Tier 2 shift tickets for accuracy and completeness
• Coordinate with CIRT Watch Officers and government leadership on remediation actions
• Provide technical and procedural improvement recommendations to CIRT leadership
• Assist with Tier 2 candidate technical interviews as required
• Ensure coordinated remediation actions are operating properly

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and minimum of 9 years of relevant experience; or, Master's degree with minimum of 7 years; or PhD with 4 years. In lieu of a degree, 4 years of additional experience may be considered.
• Must possess, or obtain prior to start date, at least one of the following certifications. Continued certification is required as a condition of employment:
  • CASP+ CE; CCNA Cyber Ops; CCNA-Security; CCNP Security; CEH; CFR; CHFI; CISA;CISSP (or Associate); CISSP-ISSAP; CISSP-ISSEP; CySA+; GCED; GCFA; GCIH; SCYBER
• Demonstrated experience across the incident response lifecycle.
• Experience with SOAR platforms and automated response workflows (e.g., ServiceNow, Splunk SOAR, Microsoft Sentinel).
• Experience with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platforms (e.g., Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Elastic, QRadar).
• Experience with Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solutions (e.g., Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Elastic XDR, Carbon Black, CrowdStrike).
• Knowledge of cloud security monitoring and incident response.
• Knowledge of integrating indicators of compromise (IOCs) and tracking advanced persistent threat (APT) actors.
• Ability to analyze cyber threat intelligence and understand adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
• Knowledge of malware analysis techniques.
• Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK and D3FEND frameworks.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Active Secret security clearance required at start.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency with Splunk for security monitoring, alert creation, and threat hunting.
• Experience using Microsoft Azure access and identity management.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Identity for security monitoring, response, and alert generations.
• Experience using digital forensics collection and analysis tools (e.g. Autopsy, Axiom MagnetForensics, Zimmerman-Tools, KAPE, CyLR, Volatility).
• Experience using ServiceNow SOAR for ticketing and automated response.
• Experience using Python, PowerShell and BASH scripting languages.
• Proficiency in cloud security monitoring and incident response.
• Demonstrated ability to perform static/dynamic malware analysis and reverse engineering.
• Experience with integrating cyber threat intelligence and IOC-based hunting.
• Technical certifications such as: Azure SC-900, CCSP, GCIH, CCSK, GSEC, CHFI, GCLD, GCIA.
• Advanced technical certifications such as: SecurityX/CASP+, PRMP, GREM, GEIR, GNFA, or GCFA.

EEO Statement

Staffing Pros a division of VETS-inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.