SOC Mission Support Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton•McLean, VA

10d•$69,400 - $158,000

About The Position

We are seeking a support engineer to provide systems engineering, administration, and operational support for the infrastructure and cybersecurity technology stack. This role is responsible for the operation, maintenance, availability, security, and continuous improvement of Security Operations Center (SOC) platforms, supporting cyber operations across enterprise, cloud, hybrid, and Zero Trust environments. The SOC Mission Support Engineer serves as the technical backbone of the SOC, ensuring that security monitoring, detection, analytics, and incident response tools remain fully operational, patched, integrated, and optimized to support mission requirements. On our team, you’ll serve as a systems engineer and administrator for SOC infrastructure, security platforms, and supporting technologies. The role is responsible for maintaining the operational health, performance, and security of SOC systems while supporting the deployment of new capabilities, technology upgrades, and platform integrations. You’ll perform day-to-day operations and maintenance (O&M) activities for SOC infrastructure, including system administration, patch management, configuration management, software upgrades, performance tuning, backup and recovery support, and troubleshooting. You’ll also manage and maintain the on-prem infrastructure and virtualized technologies hosting SOC applications, the network monitoring and network security solutions within the SOC enclave, the vulnerability scanning solution, threat intelligence integrations, and other cybersecurity technologies supporting SOC operations.

Requirements

7+ years of experience in systems engineering, systems administration, cybersecurity engineering, or security operations support
Experience supporting networking and network security tools, including Zabbix, Juniper, Cisco, and Gigamon
Experience performing system administration in Red Hat Linux and VMware
Experience administering and maintaining enterprise cybersecurity platforms and supporting infrastructure, including Qualys VMDR
Experience troubleshooting complex system, application, and integration issues in enterprise environments
Knowledge of patch management, configuration management, vulnerability remediation, and system hardening practices
Secret clearance
Bachelor’s degree

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting SOCs in federal government, defense, or Intelligence Community environments
Experience with containerization, virtualization, and infrastructure automation technologies
Experience supporting system authorization activities and compliance with NIST and federal cybersecurity requirements
Ability to coordinate with vendors, infrastructure teams, and cybersecurity stakeholders to resolve operational issues and implement enhancements

Responsibilities

Provide systems engineering, administration, and operational support for the infrastructure and cybersecurity technology stack.
Ensure the operation, maintenance, availability, security, and continuous improvement of Security Operations Center (SOC) platforms.
Support cyber operations across enterprise, cloud, hybrid, and Zero Trust environments.
Serve as the technical backbone of the SOC, ensuring security monitoring, detection, analytics, and incident response tools remain fully operational, patched, integrated, and optimized.
Maintain the operational health, performance, and security of SOC systems.
Support the deployment of new capabilities, technology upgrades, and platform integrations.
Perform day-to-day operations and maintenance (O&M) activities for SOC infrastructure, including system administration, patch management, configuration management, software upgrades, performance tuning, backup and recovery support, and troubleshooting.
Manage and maintain the on-prem infrastructure and virtualized technologies hosting SOC applications.
Manage and maintain network monitoring and network security solutions within the SOC enclave.
Manage and maintain the vulnerability scanning solution.
Manage and maintain threat intelligence integrations.
Manage and maintain other cybersecurity technologies supporting SOC operations.