SOC Analyst Security Clearance

Position: SOC Analyst with Security Clearance
Job #: 3009837 Apex Systems is currently hiring a SOC Analyst for one of our DoD/ Government clients. This will be a “6 months contract to hire” opportunity. You’ll work 5 days onsite each week in Alexandria, VA providing mission critical services.

Location:

Alexandria, VA
Onsite expectation: 5 days onsite per week
Duration: 6 months contract to hire
Clearance Level: Top Secret with SCI eligibility
Contract Rate: $65 - $75 per hour Salary upon conversion: $135,000 - $150,000 Qualified candidates will have the following experience and skills:
• Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a SOC Analyst to support a DOD customer. Our client is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.
• At our client, people are our differentiator. As a SOC Analyst you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a joining our team to defend the customer's multi-domain, on-prem and cloud environments. •
• How an SOC Analyst will Make an Impact:
• Interacts with the team daily to deliver on the customer’s requirements.
• Communicates with the team and other work centers to secure the customer’s cloud and on-prem environments.
• Able to work on a team that supports a mission focused customer with high expectations.
• Triages and resolves events and incidents successfully defending the customer’s environments with multiple boundaries.
• Utilizes technical knowledge, interpersonal skills and grit to solve challenging operational requirements.
• Provide Cyber Security Threat Hunting expertise and deep analysis of raw data from assets supporting Network Security Services, Endpoint Security Services, and Cybersecurity Data Analysis Services
• Proactively search and identify indicators of compromise and anomalous behavior which is indicative of malicious behavior that has not yet met the event/incident threshold, or has not been detected by automated security tools
• Assess data from multiple sources and navigates the cyber terrain to identified suspicious behavior
• Provide input to the daily CSOC Significant Activity Report, the daily CSOC Operations Update, and the Weekly CSOC Status Report
• Identify potential conflicts with implementation of any CND tools within the enterprise and develop recommendations to remediate these conflicts
• Demonstrate systems experience using Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and Incident Response analysis
• Knowledge of Network Intrusion Detection System/Intrusion Prevention Systems (NIDS/IPS) as well as Host Intrusion Detection System/Intrusion Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS)
• Knowledge of Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR), Endpoint and Network Detection and Response (EDR/NDR) and User Behavior Analytics (UBA)
• Ability to demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving, and also leverage interpersonal, organizational, writing, communications, and briefing skills
• Ability to work within a team environment to meet security challenges, by documenting requirements and researching solutions, and providing recommendations for resolution • Will use experience developing in Bash, Perl, Shell, Power Shell, SQL, D3, HTML, XML, CSS, Bash, JAVA and/or Python scripts, as well as experience writing Splunk queries in Splunk Programming Language (SPL). •
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Education:

• Bachelors
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Required Experience:

• 5+ years
• Required Technical

Skills:

• Security+, CEH (or equivalent)
• Required

Skills and Abilities:

• Effective communication, problem solving, attention to detail
• Preferred

Skills:

• Splunk Enterprise Security, Admin, Splunk Programming Language, AWS Security, User Behavior Analytics, Endpoint Detection & Response, Network Detection and Response, Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention Systems

PLEASE NOTE:

Candidates must be able to obtain and/or maintain a Department of Defense Top Secret/SCI security clearance as a condition and continuation of employment
* If you are interested, please apply here or email an updated copy of your resume to Trevor Jones at Apex Systems Military & Veteran Programs
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