Security Operations Center Analyst

Booz Allen Hamilton•Columbia, MD

1d•$69,400 - $158,000

About The Position

Are you ready to take a strategic role in cyber defense for U.S Cyber Command? Do you want to use your experience-based knowledge to protect critical warfighter infrastructure from the constant onslaught of cyber threats? If you want a position that uses your extensive threat analysis skills to perform advanced threat identification and complex incident response, you want to be a SOC analyst. As an analyst on our SOC team, you’ll analyze logs, forensic data, and threat intelligence to find the advanced threats that are escaping detection. Using your deep understanding of your customer’s networks, combined with your cybersecurity experience, you’ll analyze patterns to understand attackers’ goals and stop them from succeeding. Once you find the adversary in the SEIM’s blind spot, you’ll advise on ways to close the gaps and harden their network. Let’s outsmart malicious actors and protect U.S. Cyber Command. Join us. The world can’t wait.

Requirements

Experience with SIEM Fundamentals, including Splunk
Knowledge of basic networking fundamentals
Knowledge of the basic functions and configurations of Bro (Zeek)
Knowledge of Suricata or Snort
Ability to review Nessus scans and Firewall configurations
Ability to review Linux hosts for indicators of compromise and hardening of Linux systems
Ability to navigate nix based systems via CLI
Ability to find, read, and analyze various logs
TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
HS diploma or GED and 6+ years of experience with incident response procedures and analysis, or Bachelor's degree and 2+ years of experience with incident response procedures and analysis

Nice To Haves

Experience with correlating threat intelligence (INTEL) to determine the threat actor, the attack's scope, and the affected systems
Experience with AI Fundamentals
Knowledge of Splunk Phantom or SOAR