Senior Security Operations Analyst (15.40)

OCT Consulting • Washington, DC

9h • Hybrid

About The Position

OCT Consulting is seeking a Senior Security Operations Analyst to support a federal client's cybersecurity program at its Washington, DC headquarters. This role focuses on security monitoring, analysis, incident response, and continuous monitoring across the client's hybrid IT infrastructure. This position is contingent upon contract award.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Minimum six (6) continuous years of experience in security operations analysis in a federal government environment.
• Demonstrated experience with security log analysis, threat detection, and incident response in a SOC or similar operational security environment.
• Hands-on experience with SIEM platforms, EDR/NDR tools, and security monitoring technologies.
• Strong knowledge of NIST guidelines, FISMA requirements, and federal cybersecurity frameworks.
• Experience developing and executing security checklists, SOPs, and incident handling procedures.
• Familiarity with continuous monitoring practices, threat hunting, and security posture management.
• Experience preparing security metrics, threat reports, and risk management briefings for senior leadership.
• Security+, GCIA, GCIH, CYSA+, or equivalent security analyst certification required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance; background investigation will involve credit, fingerprint, and law enforcement agency checks.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field preferred; relevant IT certifications may be substituted for a formal degree.

Responsibilities

• Perform all security analysis activities according to established standards and best practices.
• Maintain threat awareness and monitor information systems for exploits and suspicious activities; analyze aggregated logs and reports from security tools.
• Develop and execute a daily security analysis and reporting checklist to ensure comprehensive coverage of security monitoring activities.
• Evaluate effectiveness of security analysis activities compared to best practices and recommend improvements.
• Adhere to continuous monitoring practices to evaluate effectiveness of implemented security controls and execute proactive threat hunting activities to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information systems.
• Develop detection and response configuration policies to increase automation and alerting.
• Develop incident handling procedures and execute incident response activities including all associated actions according to the incident response plan.
• Validate that sufficient and relevant information is captured and retained from security tools to support actionable security awareness and incident investigations.
• Collect security operations performance and security posture management metrics and prepare threat reports to inform risk management decisions.
• Support the development and maintenance of security operations documentation and standard operating procedures.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Retirement savings 401K plan provided by an industry leading provider with 3% employer contributions of the employee’s gross salary
• Paid Time Off and Standard Government Holidays
• Life Insurance, Short- and Long-Term disability benefits
• Training Benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees