SOC Analyst Jobs

SOC Analyst

Leidos' Digital sector has frequent opportunities available for SOC Analysts to join our team in Alexandria, VA. Applicants must be comfortable supporting shift work in a 24/7 environment, have a minimum Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain SCI, and have at least 2 years of incident handling/response experience in a SOC environment.

Responsibilities include:

• Utilize alerts from endpoints, IDS/IPS, netflow, and custom sensors to identify compromises on customer networks/endpoints.
• Perform intermediate-level review of massive log files, pivot between data sets, and correlate evidence for incident investigations.
• Pass triaged alerts to senior-level SOC personnel and assist in identifying malicious actors on customer networks.
• Document analysis, findings, and actions in a case/knowledge management system.
• Creation and distribution of incident reports to customers and higher headquarters.

Required qualifications:

• Active DoD Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain SCI
• DoD 8570 IAT II or higher certification (such as CompTIA Security+ CE, ISC2 SSCP, SANS GSEC, etc.) prior to starting.
• Ability to obtain DoD 8570 CSSP-Analyst certification (such as CEH, CySA+, GCIA, etc.) within 6 months of starting.
• Willingness to perform shift work on site; all shifts include weekend hours and inclement weather (SOC is deemed mission essential personnel).
• Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of prior relevant experience; additional military service and/or relevant work experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• 2+ years of prior incident handling/response experience.
• 2+ years of experience working in a SOC environment.
• CND experience (Protect, Detect, Respond and Sustain) within a Computer Incident Response organization.
• Demonstrated understanding of the life cycle of network threats, attacks, attack vectors and methods of exploitation with an understanding of intrusion set tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs).
• Sound understanding of TCP/IP, common networking ports and protocols, traffic flow, system administration, OSI model, defense-in-depth and common security elements.
• Motivated self-starter with strong written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to create complex technical reports on analytic findings
• Demonstrated commitment to mentoring, training, self-study and maintaining proficiency in the technical cybersecurity domain and an ability to think and work independently
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.

Hands-on experience analyzing high volumes of logs, network data (e.g. Netflow, Full Packet Capture), and other attack artifacts in support of incident investigations.

In-depth knowledge of architecture, engineering, and operations of at least one enterprise SIEM platform (e.g. Arc Sight, Splunk, Nitro/McAfee Enterprise Security Manager, QRadar, Log Logic).

Experience and proficiency with any of the following:
Anti-Virus, HIPS/HBSS, IDS/IPS, Full Packet Capture, Network Forensics.

Experience with malware analysis concepts and methods.

Unix/Linux command line experience.

Scripting and programming experience.

Familiarity or experience in Intelligence Driven Defense, Cyber Kill Chain methodology, and/or MITRE ATT&CK framework.