Senior Cybersecurity Analyst SME

Partner Forces • Arlington, VA

4d • $150,000 - $180,000

About The Position

As a consultant at Partner Forces, you will serve as a trusted advisor to our clients’ day in and day out. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with your colleagues, our partners, and our clients to ideate, initiate and complete tasks, projects, and initiatives. You will work on mission-oriented projects, where you will bring forward actionable insights, solve complex problems, and thrive on delivering meaningful solutions. Partner Forces is grounded in our core values of integrity, diversity, positivity, candor, determination, and teamwork. Our culture is a reflection of this, ensuring that we: Apply solution-oriented thinking to challenges and opportunities. Thrive by remaining agile and embracing change. Work to create an environment where everyone feels welcome and valued as teammates and contributors. Bring out the best in others by applying sound judgment and exuding principled genuineness. Embrace a continuous learning and growth mindset. Encourage an open dialogue even when it is hard. Continuously promoting teamwork and collaboration to achieve the best outcomes for our clients and teams. As an employee at Partner Forces, you’ll join a team of consultants who share a passion for prioritizing collaboration, crafting solutions to mitigate risk, protecting critical infrastructure and helping our national security and industry partner tackle their most pressing challenges. At Partner Forces, we take our employees’ well-being and growth as seriously as we do our mission. You will be challenged every day, but we know that business and individual growth go hand-in-hand, so we offer a wide array of benefits that support the well-being and personal and professional development of our employees. We are seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Analyst Subject Matter Expert (SME) with deep experience in cybersecurity incident investigation, analysis, and response. The ideal candidate brings strong expertise in analyzing vulnerability- and threat-related cybersecurity reporting and excels at developing clear, repeatable processes, including standard operating procedures and work instructions, to support effective and consistent cybersecurity operations.

Requirements

• US Citizen (the nature of our contract requires employees be US citizens).
• Top Secret clearance required.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• At least 10 years of experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in investigating and responding to cybersecurity incidents.
• Proven experience analyzing cybersecurity reports related to both vulnerabilities and threat actors.
• Strong ability to develop and document repeatable processes for SOPs.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with a focus on mitigating cyber risks.
• Strong communication skills to present complex findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Nice To Haves

• Certifications such as CISSP, CEH, or CISM are a plus.
• Experience in federal contracting or working in a government-related cybersecurity environment is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support the investigation, analysis, and response to cybersecurity incidents across complex environments.
• Analyze and interpret cybersecurity reporting related to both vulnerabilities (environmental) and threats (actor-based) to identify risks, trends, and impacts.
• Develop, document, and refine repeatable operational processes, including standard operating procedures (SOPs) and work instructions (WIs), to enable consistent and effective cybersecurity operations.
• Apply deep subject matter expertise to advise stakeholders and support mission-critical cybersecurity activities, drawing on 10+ years of relevant experience.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level