Incident Response Analyst, Mid

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Serve as a key member of a 24x7x365 Security Operations Center ( SOC ) and incident response team, responsible for continuous monitoring, detection, investigation, and response to cybersecurity threats across enterprise networks, endpoints, applications, and security platforms. Perform hands‑on incident response activities such as alert and incident triage, log and artifact analysis, threat identification, containment support, and incident documentation while leveraging SIEM, EDR, IDS / IPS, SOAR, and forensic tools to validate and elevate security events.

Contribute to the development of incident response playbooks and standard operating procedures, conduct proactive threat hunting using behavioral analytics and threat intelligence, and support continuous monitoring and assessment efforts to identify risks and strengthen detection capabilities. Collaborate closely with federal stakeholders, communicate findings to technical and non‑technical audiences, and produce high‑quality reports and briefings, all while helping to advance the maturity and effectiveness of the organization’s security operations.

Respond to and resolve cybersecurity incidents, participate in cyber incident response investigations requiring forensic, malware, and log analysis, and analyze forensic images and triage datasets to identify indicators of compromise, lateral movement, and unauthorized access or exfiltration of data. Apply specific functional knowledge, and working or general industry knowledge. Develop or contribute to solutions to a variety of problems of moderate scope and complexity.

Work independently with some guidance, and review or guide activities of more junior employees.

• 2+ years of experience in a SOC performing incident response activities, including event triage, log and artifact analysis, threat identification, incident documentation, and coordination of response actions
• Experience using Splunk for security monitoring, log analysis, event correlation, investigation, and incident response
• Experience analyzing and responding to security events across enterprise networks, endpoints, applications, and security platforms such as SIEM, EDR, IDS / IPS, firewalls, and vulnerability management tools
• Experience developing or contributing to incident response playbooks, workflows, or standard operating procedures
• Experience with continuous monitoring and security assessment practices, including log analysis, control evaluation, and risk identification
• Experience with security tools and investigative techniques used by SOC and incident response teams such as packet analysis, log correlation, malware triage, and forensic imaging
• Ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical audiences, and produce high-quality incident reports, briefings, and technical documentation
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements

• Experience with enterprise security technologies, including SOAR platforms, and digital forensics solutions
• Experience conducting threat hunting activities, leveraging behavioral analytics, threat intelligence, and anomaly detection to identify emerging threats
• Knowledge of cybersecurity principles, including network security, endpoint security, identity and access management, and secure configuration baselines
• Knowledge of modern application and infrastructure security concepts such as container security, API security, and workload protection
• Ability to build…