SITEC - SOC Level 3 Manager - MacDill AFB
About The Position
Peraton is hiring a Security Operations Center (SOC) Level 3 Manager to support the Special Operations Command Information Technology Enterprise Contract (SITEC) 3 Enterprise Operations and Maintenance task order at MacDill AFB, Florida. The contract provides USSOCOM, its component commands, theater special operations commands, and deployed forces with operations and maintenance services, including network operations, systems and network infrastructure maintenance, end-user and common-device support, configuration and asset management, training, and install, move, add, and change services. These services support users operating around the globe 24x7x365. The SOC Level 3 Manager leads a multidisciplinary team carrying out enterprise-wide Defensive Cyber Operations. As the senior leader for SOC Level 3, this role aligns technical strategy, operational priorities, and performance standards with mission objectives. The manager provides operational leadership and oversight for proactive threat hunting, cyber threat intelligence, malware reverse engineering, digital forensic investigations, strategic detection research, and advanced analytics.
Requirements
- At least 14 years of experience with a high school diploma, 12 years with an associate degree, 10 years with a bachelor's degree, 8 years with a master's degree, or 5 years with a Ph.D.
- DoW TS/SCI clearance.
- Security+ certification.
- DoW 8140 compliance under Work Role Code 462 – Cyber Defense Incident Responder - Advanced.
Nice To Haves
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to communicate security issues clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience managing a SOC or team of cyber professionals.
- At least 7 years of technical experience with cyber tools and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
Responsibilities
- Direct intelligence-driven threat hunting across endpoint, identity, network, cloud, and application environments to uncover adversary activity that evaded existing security controls.
- Provide managerial oversight of host, memory, network, cloud, and other digital forensic investigations, ensuring evidence integrity, analytical quality, and timely operational reporting.
- Direct malware triage, static and dynamic analysis, behavioral analysis, and reverse engineering; use findings to produce actionable intelligence, detections, and countermeasures.
- Lead development of strategic cyber threat intelligence products aligned with mission priorities, priority intelligence requirements, and emerging adversary threats.
- Guide responsible adoption of advanced analytics, machine learning, generative AI, and agentic capabilities to improve investigative efficiency, detection coverage, analytical quality, and operational decision-making.
- Direct development, testing, deployment, and continuous improvement of advanced detections and countermeasures informed by adversary tradecraft, threat intelligence, incident findings, threat hunts, and Purple Team exercises.
- Integrate SOC Level 3 capabilities with SOC Levels 1 and 2 by establishing escalation paths, enabling knowledge transfer, and translating advanced threat findings into triage procedures, detections, playbooks, and response improvements.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
- Life insurance.
- Health savings account.
- Short- and long-term disability benefits.
- Employee assistance program (EAP).
- Parental leave.
- 401(k).
- Paid time off (PTO) for vacation.
- Company-paid holidays.
- Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus, depending on the position.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
